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#1
When the bulling took its toll and my girl was committed to a mental institution for a short time. And nobody ever touched the bullies. I didn’t have proof, but in order to obtain proof , I would have to secretly record them, which is illegal. So dealing with bullies in Japan is sort of Catch 22.
Final score:
10points
censorshipsucks 10 months ago
Record them, post the recording anonymously online. At least then they do not know who to prosecute except the bullies.
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#2
I had a stroke. It was minor, no long lasting effects, but it was still terrifying. I'm only 44 years old. If you've been meaning to get healthier, but take the attitude "I'll do it when things start to get hard," don't. Do it now. I literally woke up and couldn't speak right for half a day. It could have just as easily killed me. Quit smoking today. Start a healthy diet today. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed.
Final score:
10points
RedBadgerCan'tSwim 10 months ago
Been there. Done that. Didn't even get a T-shirt. Stay healthy.
#3
Toss up between Noro virus and bad case if Influenza. Noro virus had ne vomiting and crapping half my guts out. The influenza had me wanting to stab my head open to relieve the pressure since it felt as though my head was going to burst from the pain.
Final score:
9points
mulberiiesformeg 10 months ago
Boy, the human body is so strong and so pathetically weak at the same time T_T
#4
The loss of a 35 year friendship due to an illness diagnosis
Final score:
8points
#5
After getting bullied at work end of 2022, I started to rethink my job. I decided to ask for a wage and more responsabilities and tasks. 3 months into 2023, my boss got sick of me, started gadloghting me and when I went home overwhelmed, I got a letter next day being fired ("reorganisation" was the reason he stated). I fell back in my depression.. a month later, I had a kidneystone and surgery.
Half a year later I found a new job, more pay for less hours, more appreciation and coworkers who don't bully me and a boss who says I fit in (instaid of gaslighting me).
Sunshine after the rain
Final score:
8points
#6
Hmmm, probably being used and then ghosted by an immature s****. who then proceeded to spread false rumours about me.
Final score:
8points
Spooky Demon Bat (she/they) (Submission author) 10 months ago
I meant 'son of a b!tch' but it censored weirdly
#7
finally realising I have depression, and not being able to do anything about it
Final score:
7points
#8
Lost my best friend
Final score:
7points
#9
Lost my job which was paying enough to cover all my costs... and now have had to beg friends for small pieces here and there. Got so bad I had to sleep in my car briefly. I've never gotten that rock-bottom before. What's scary is I am old and it's kinda hard to start over.
Final score:
7points
#10
Attempted gaslighting from some of my middle school students - they never learned any social norms about respecting elders during the pandemic, and refused to take any responsibility for their actions. Because I maintained fidelity to the curriculum, they felt that I wasn't honoring their beliefs or their interests, and because they felt that they shouldn't have to follow school rules that impinge on their perceived freedoms, they shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. They would repeatedly lie about what they did in class and tried to make it look like I was wronging them, both through false accusations against me and through their denials of any rule breaking. Eventually, my administration recognized how toxic these students were and had them shifted to another teacher, but the mental health stress made me panicky about entering into my classroom, and I've been teaching for 30 years now.
TL;DR - Students tried to gaslight me and my administration over their right to break school rules.
Final score:
6points
Robin Roper 10 months ago
"I have a right to learn the facts as I believe them and only study the subjects I want to study." Equals, "I have the right to be an undereducated idiot."
#11
Had my gallbladder die and get removed.
Had a stroke. Not being able to move the whole left side if my body was terrifying.
Had to put down my dog.
Final score:
6points
#12
Hearing "pain free is not the goal" from a dr I had hoped could help me. It was a struggle to accept that. Not sure I have yet
Final score:
5points
Lene 10 months ago
Aiming for pain free should still be an option, though. A dr should encourage you. Do you think you can do some research on whatever condition you have (can it possibly be pain free?) And perhaps if other doctors have some expertise in your condition? I'm sorry that your doctor made that remark to you. I hope you'll get better in 2024 😊
#13
The permanent end of a friendship, someone I viewed as family. We separated in 2022, which I thought we might eventually patch up or remain casual friends. Then in 2023 I found out how much trash talking and backstabbing she had done about me while I kept silent about her.
She still doesn't know I have audio recordings and documents from when she was hospitalized (mental health, suicide attempts, etc.). Only three people know, they were involved in her hospitalization. The docs and recordings are being kept in case she's hospitalized again.
Final score:
4points
#14
Started the year with a 10x10cm ovarian cyst causing ovary torsion, so emergency surgery. Ended the year with a diagnosis of carpel tunnel in both wrists, bursitis in one shoulder and muscle problems in the other!
Final score:
4points
#15
Being rejected by my crush. She did it very respectfully, but it still hurts none the less.
Final score:
4points
Lena Sklenar🇺🇦 10 months ago
Yeah it happens to a lot of us. I’ve had it happen too but once me and him became “friends” I kinda lost the 6 year crush that I had and then just eventually lost interest. He goes to a different school now. The reason I put friends with quotation marks is because it was more of like a situationship cause we always flirted with each other. No I’ve moved on and realized that there’s more to life than boys and who’s dating who. I now have 2 boys that like me. So my best advice is to move on and seek new relationships and friendships cause you never know if you become friends with a really sweet and pretty girl. Who knows she might like you. All with the best love, Lena :)
Lene 10 months ago
I remember that happening to me when I was in my 20s. It would cause me to stay in foetus position in bed for a week's time feeling sorry for myself. And then I'd begin to get angry because I wouldn't let another person put my life on hold like that. So I'd get out of bed and make plans to get my life back up and running. Hanging out with friends and just enjoying exploring who I am as a person and developing the things about my personality that I liked the best. I hope you will be able to work out a strategy to get over being rejected so it becomes easier. I don't know you but you deserve to be happy. And you deserve to find someone who will appreciate you for you. And I hope that 2024 will bring you just that 😊
censorshipsucks 10 months ago
Tough, but I've found it's best to not get too attached to the people around you, even if it's imaginary (a crush). Rather go onto Tinder or similar. At least the social contract there is clear: everyone is there to find a partner. So people who swipe right on you on Tinder are basically saying that they DO want to meet you FOR romantic reasons, so if you don't work out, at least there are a few thousand more people to look through. Whereas a workplace/school crush is bad news... once they are "off the table" you are left devastated with fewer options. At least on Tinder you can set the radius bigger than a mere building (office or school), so you have way better chances.
What do you think ?
StrangeOne 10 months ago
Seeing a punk a*s teen pull a machete out at the bus stop and chasing a poor, homeless man with it. Then later on that night a couple was stabbed in a park blocks away.
Lene 10 months ago
Asking my dr to be referred to be examined for add/adhd because I feel like my life is pretty much falling apart and it seems that I have pretty much all the symptoms. But she doesn't believe me -she did give me the referrence (I have an appointment in Sep. 2026...) and even though the unemployment office asked for help from my dr to get me further up the waiting list my dr won't believe I have that much of a problem. And I realized that my oldest friend also refuses to believe I could have adhd. My bf and immediate family are all certain I may have it, though. Because they see my struggles on a daily basis. I am 40yo and I guess I just learned to do my masking pretty well.... ?
Doodles1983 10 months ago
Had to say goodbye to my first cat. Had to say goodbye to my auntie. Got moved to a manager who is bullying and harassing me. Realised “friends” are no longer friends and not worth my time anymore.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
Seeing a punk a*s teen pull a machete out at the bus stop and chasing a poor, homeless man with it. Then later on that night a couple was stabbed in a park blocks away.
Lene 10 months ago
Asking my dr to be referred to be examined for add/adhd because I feel like my life is pretty much falling apart and it seems that I have pretty much all the symptoms. But she doesn't believe me -she did give me the referrence (I have an appointment in Sep. 2026...) and even though the unemployment office asked for help from my dr to get me further up the waiting list my dr won't believe I have that much of a problem. And I realized that my oldest friend also refuses to believe I could have adhd. My bf and immediate family are all certain I may have it, though. Because they see my struggles on a daily basis. I am 40yo and I guess I just learned to do my masking pretty well.... ?
Doodles1983 10 months ago
Had to say goodbye to my first cat. Had to say goodbye to my auntie. Got moved to a manager who is bullying and harassing me. Realised “friends” are no longer friends and not worth my time anymore.
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