My face got mashed into the plastic headrest in front of me. While the physical wounds healed, I was left with weird, intrusive thoughts
s it possible to pick one regret above all others? My league table is highly competitive. Recently, I found myself presenting one of my Top 10 regrets to my five-year-old son . We were discussing the importance of seatbelts and – to make my point – I suggested he reach forward and squeeze my face: prod the knuckly ridge of scar tissue in my eyebrow, then explore the blocky cartilage of my nose.
By this point, my son had put on his seatbelt and was losing interest in the story. But I was just getting started. I spent a few nights in hospital, I told him, and a few weeks outstaying my welcome with my Australian friend’s parents, and a few years feeling miserable about my injuries. My wife interrupted me to ask if this story was, ultimately, about my vanity. With outrage in my voice, I replied that no, it was not about my vanity, or, at least, not much about my vanity – or not exclusively about my vanity. There was also lasting psychological damage, I said. Because, afterwards, I had these weird, intrusive thoughts.
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