Four years ago, I had my first and only near-death experience in which I came very close to running myself over with my own car.  (0 out of 0 stars; I do not recommend). Fortunately, I lived to tell the tale, but I was definitely injured, hospitalized, and had some recovery. At the time this happened, I had been a trauma therapist for almost 2 decades. I thoroughly understood the symptomatology of PTSD but had never actually experienced it.