@MagicalGirl,
Well, then you did your best. We live in a crazy, violent world. No one understands the effect of violence except the victim. There is no way I can diminish the severity of you being thrown by your hair. That is a horrible thought because you are a young girl. I'm just saying that it helps to compare what you have been through with others. I don't know if you know what a jack handle is, but it is a steel bar about 5/8"-3/4". At 16, I had to block one swung full-force at my head. ( twice) The first time hurt. The second time didn't. At 20, I had to block a hammer. I've had my nose laid over sideways by a mugger in the dark and had to straighten it in a service station bathroom mirror. It took three "cracks". I have been pushed over backwards and slammed the back of my head on a concrete floor. ( I'm 6'1". That was a lot of momentum)Still, I think "I've never been shot. I've never been stabbed. (Incidentally, it took my heel in a guy's stomach to prevent that)
I've never had bones broken. I've never been beaten black and blue and red and left for dead in a ditch." This is only about what we have lived through to tell about.
I said that telling her you were sorry was the best you could do. Actually, forgiving her is the best you can do for yourself.