Have you seen somebody die “unnaturally”, and if so, what happened and how did you cope?

Posted by D1789@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 380 comments

By “unnaturally”, I mean something along the lines of a tragic accident or the result of an attack, and not necessarily anything health related. I recently saw a motorcyclist have an incredibly near miss when overtaking at high speed. I’ve seen some dodgy overtaking in my time, but this was a close one! Anyway, it got me wondering how I would have initially reactived if they’d have gone and killed themselves in front of me, and what impact seeing something like that would have had in the days/weeks that followed. I don’t intend this to be morbid so don’t go into too much detail if you witnessed something… more interested in how you reacted initially and then dealt with it.