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Why trauma survivors obsess over recreating their accidents

After my motorcycle accident last year I can't stop watching crash videos online, like I'm trying to understand something that won't let me go.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The psyche is compulsively returning to the scene of its shattering, seeking integration it cannot find.

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