Teenager dealing with a death
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| Mon, 01-29-2007 - 11:54am |
Hi, I really need some sound advice for my 15yr. old son. This wkd. my son and I were the first on the scene of the accident in a rural area. It was a very bad accident involving a man that we tried to help, but couldn't and he died right before our eyes. He was stuck underneath his front tire and we couldn't get him out from underneath to get to his chest or face to perform cpr or anything. We also were dealing with another part of panic, because there was a carseat in the suv and a babies jacket underneath the suv. So we were trying to help the man and look for a child in the dark with a light from a cellphone. We literally had to climb around on our hands and knees looking for this child and anyone else and never did find anyone else. While we were trying to somehow help this man as we were trying to keep him warm, console him, figure out if he was alive, and figure out how to get him from underneath the truck. It was absolutely horrible experience for son and myself. I will get over it, but my son is really freaked out! He is a very strong 15 year old that is very independent usually, but this has really messed him up. Granted it's only been 2 days, but I don't know how to handle this. I have talked to him, we have prayed together, and tried to hand this over to God, but it's still there on a constant basis. My son and I have slept in our living room for 2 nights together, because he will not sleep in his bed, he won't take a shower without me right outside the bathroom with the bathroom door open, he won't open his dresser drawers without me right there. This is not my son, he is a teenager and usually I have to beg him to spend time with me and not that I mind doing any of this, but I am truly worried about him! Please help!
Thanks,
STaci

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