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I walked in on my dad, looking like he was dead (eyes open, but lifeless) He was suffering a full cardiac arrest. I called 911 and gave him chest compressions for 10 minutes until EMTs arrived. When they got there they told me his heart and lungs had stopped (full cardiac arrest) and they were struggling getting a pulse. I thought no way this is it and he did end up getting a pulse, being transported to the hospital and having his heart operated on. He survived!

Caseylightning , Pressmaster Report

Final score:

264points

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The long necked dino 1 year ago

yay! this seems terryfying to excperience :(

71points

I was 13 when I came out as a lesbian to my dad, and he threw me against the wall and strangled me till I passed out, saying that I was a wicked girl who would go to hell for such a sinful choice. The only reason he didn’t kill me was because my brother intervened.

Eli_JMI , simonapilolla Report

Final score:

235points

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blobby_grrl 1 year ago

Ohmigod I hope you're okay now

113points

My friend (B) lived down the street from me growing up. Once when she and her mom and brother were out of town her dad called my house and asked my dad if I could come over and take a look at a gift he bought my friend to see if she would like it. I went down and he told me he was in love with me and couldn’t stop thinking of me since I got new glasses. He said vulgar sexual things about oral sex and other s**t I can’t even remember at this point. I went into a panicked state and tricked him into letting me get out of there because at the time I was a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and I thought “what would Buffy do” literally like those Jesus bracelets lol. I had no idea what to do so I called my other friend (C), who was at a different friends (J) house. I asked C to tell J’s mom what happened because I didn’t know what else to do and telling my parents at the time was out of the question. C comes back to the phone and says “she didn’t believe you” and it was scarier than the event itself in some ways.

I was 12.

Squeko , prathanchorruangsak Report

Final score:

213points

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KJ 1 year ago

I hate hearing about c**p adults that don't believe kids, I hope the bloke is locked away somewhere.

168points

Promiscuousgirl1998 , Nguyễn Hiếu Report

During one of my psychotic episodes, the voices were telling me that if I didn't jump off a bridge, all my neighbours would be [unalived]. So I jumped lol.

Broke both of legs and surprisingly nothing fatal. So when I woke up, I was heavily sedated but was telling myself " OMG Now I won't be able to walk". Schizophrenia and paraplegia?? This scared me so much, I cried for days, wishing I had died, until they told me that I was going to walk.

At least, I am a physically healthy paranoid schizophrenic hahaha

Final score:

189points

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SuperChicken 1 year ago

That's pretty scary. I hope you're getting help and getting better.

95points

When a guy was following me home at night, we were the only ones on the street, and he whispered ' I can smell your fear' behind me

Pass_the_Lasagna , Josh Hild Report

Final score:

183points

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Nor 1 year ago

I'd have sh@t in my pants

97points

Hiking in Oregon and a grizzly bear stood up from behind a bush ten feet in front of me. Thought for sure I was lunch but he got this disgusted look on his face like "ugh, a fkn *human*" and turned around and walked away. I was shaking in my boots.

Earthling1a , MatHayward Report

Final score:

171points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

"Ugh, human. Those things are full of cholesterol."

127points

When I went into preterm labor at 25 weeks. Same night she was born but wasn't making any sound. She was floppy and not breathing. So grateful to our team who breathed for her. She's delayed some but she's now 20 months and thriving.

prettysouthernchick , DC_Studio Report

Final score:

162points

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DEW 1 year ago

What was a horror story turned into a dream!! I'm so glad they were to keep her going.She's blessed having parent(s) to be there for her day in and day out. My son was born with a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. It was nothing but hospital, doctor's and tests.They can't give how long he has. They can't go into the liver to see what is or isn't working. So they did a Kasai procedure and we prayed. He had his double hernia surgery at 6wks. and his Kasai procdure at 8wks. So the only cure is a liver transplant and he may need it between late teens or early 20's. He just turned 20 Jan. 3rd.Now I'm getting petrified that he'll have to have one in the next 3 or4 yrs.For now he's healthy and not the list for a transplant. I'm happy to hear your little girl is doing well. I wish all the best!

52points

When I was 8, I came home from school and my mom had a bag packed. She said we had to go then and I couldn’t take anything with us. I had a 2 year old brother who was nowhere to be found, and I remember screaming at my mother, demanding to know where he was (because he was all had in the whole world) and she told me he was kidnapped by his father and she didn’t know where he was.

His dad saw that my mom called the FBI from the phone bill of all places (and this is all too long of a story to go into), flipped out, and took my brother. Years before my brother was born, my mom and I were also in federal witness protection.

My brother was found safe a couple of days later.

The kidnapping caused a whole ripple of events that ended in a FBI car chase and my stepdad going to prison for 8 years.

bicycleday419 , alinabuphoto Report

Final score:

159points

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Helena 1 year ago

Holy c**p. These stories don't generally involve FBI involvement.

83points

#10

Feeling myself dying from Covid pneumonia in March of 2021. The moment my lungs stopped for the first time was the most terrifying moment of my life. I just remember my chest going completely still and internally screaming at them to move while my nurse called a code and started yelling for respiratory. She kept telling me to hold on, just hold on, and I saw the respiratory tech running into the room. I passed out from lack of oxygen right as she slammed the bag on my face. I woke up God-knows-how-long after that on bipap, but it just couldn't keep my oxygen up. It would drop, I would pass out, my lungs would stop, and we would just repeat the process for several hours before they finally moved me to the ICU and told me that my only shot at survival was a ventilator. I agreed. I was on it for 15 days and awake for a lot of that, which was another terrifying experience. If you want more details, you can find them in my history from last year. I don't feel like getting into them now.

Indie516 , Wavebreakmedia Report

Final score:

151points

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V33333P 1 year ago

I stopped breathing several times when I had whooping cough. It's one of the most involuntary and terrifying things in the world

69points

#11

Hit black ice on an exit. My Sis in the car with me, I was driving. IDK how many 360's we did. Ended up not hitting anything and stopped inches from a light pole. How we both didn't p**s our pants is beyond me. We were in our teens. It was the worst carnival ride ever.

pgabrielfreak , nelsonart Report

Final score:

141points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

Many years ago I was in a traffic accident where I ricocheted from one side of the road to the other only coming to a full stop when a lamp post stopped the momentum. For months it was under consideration whether or not I was liable for the cost of the lamp post. I think if was around £150 in the 1990s.

40points

#12

I was on a rollercoaster, and the safety bar hadn't been secured properly by the attendant. As we climbed the hill, I was struggling to get it to fasten. I managed it before I got to the top, obviously, or I probably wouldn't be writing this.

CollectionStraight2 , jacoblund Report

Final score:

138points

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Katie the Koala 1 year ago

THIS IS WHY I DONT LIKE ROLLERCOASTERS

79points

#13

Son and I were ran over after he exited his school bus. I had to stumble and crawl to him because he flew a lot farther than I did. I thought he was dead, all while trying to get a grip on myself to not pass out, call 911, and stop crying. There was a bus full of children screaming. The bus driver too. 911 couldn't understand me because I could barely speak. They separated us once fire fighters and emt showed. I was treated like garbage because even with injuries they assumed I allowed this to happen to my child. Brought to the hospital in separate ambulances. Wouldn't give me an update for 8 hours on how he was as they were fighting to save his life, all while throwing me in a hallway naked under a sheet crying in pain and worry about my son being alive or not.

If I had not grabbed him in the split second that I did, to take all impact from the car, he'd be dead. He's perfectly healthy. Scarring, missing teeth, and a tbi. But that kid is alive. I'm not sure how he is so lucky. But I'm thankful every single day.

This just happened last December.

DickeTittenn , aetb Report

Final score:

136points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago (edited)

Dang! People can be sh*t sometimes for assuming tragedies are self-inflicted... But a parent's love knows no limits, even when faced with an oncoming car.

93points

#14

I still don't know if they dropped me (unintentionally) or pushed me (intentionally), trauma brain seems pretty intent on keeping those details locked down. But my Gr. 10 classmates holding me out the window to our science class after my attempt to fight back went wrong. And then falling the three stories and somehow landing in the industrial recycling bin that was chock full with end-of-year shredding. Every time I moved I kept expecting to finally hit concrete. Took a bit to pull myself out of the bin, walked to the local pizza hangout across the street in quite the daze.

LysWritesNow , Abdul Rahman Report

Final score:

124points

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Oktogal 1 year ago

WHAT THE? WHAT WERE YOUR CLASSMATES THINKING?

92points

GhostlyFinn 1 year ago

Coming from a current highschooler, kids are a$$holes. I got called a homophobic slur for scoring a point in fitness.

37points

Hobby Hopper 1 year ago

A lot of kids lack empathy and good judgement. This behavior doesn't surprise me at all. It angers me, sure, but it doesn't surprise me.

19points

ADHD raptor 1 year ago

ya i get bullied (M11) alot, middle school sucks man.

9points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

Kids these days are complete twats. I got yelled at constantly and hit in college because I was a Chinese girl and in America, so therefore I should just drown myself in a river or something. I hit them only once but I got suspended, they did it all the time and no one believed me. Messed up, but I once actually got really angry and grabbed a big tree branch and whacked one of the boys on the head. His friends called the cops, and I was nearly arrested.

4points

Pineapple 1 year ago

yea kids are stupid sometimes

2points

Helena Hultström 1 year ago

Where were the adults... hiding from feral children? I hope they got themselves more suitable jobs.

0points

The Person 1 year ago

They weren't.

0points

-Mellohi- 1 year ago

High schooler here. I'm in tenth grade and I'm called a lot of things. During a lockdown, I was having a mental breakdown, asking everyone to be quiet (since the teacher wasn't doing anything and I thought we were all going to be shot), and a group of girls just laughed at me and called me the r slur and yelled that I "should be locked in a mental hospital." Teacher did nothing and witnessed the whole thing.

0points

Anonymous 1 year ago

"Snitches get stitches."

0points

Katie the Koala 1 year ago

WTF WHY WERE YOU BEING HUNG OUT A WINDOW?!?!?

15points

Gin Marie 1 year ago

How is that not attempted murder?

23points

R.A. Haley 1 year ago

I once read that, until the age of 21, "that part of the brain which assesses risk is not yet fully developed." It explains a lot of idiotic behavior like this.

11points

Silre 1 year ago

I hope those kids faced some consequences. But they probably didn't.

7points

rs_adahl1971 1 year ago

Kids are the meanest people in the world sometimes

5points

Lil Potato 1 year ago

That is a miracle I'm so glad you are safe

4points

A P 1 year ago

My friend, when his daughter was in middle school, a group of girls gave her a treat. It had peanut butter hidden in the middle. The girl is deathly allergic to peanut butter, they knew it, and thought it would be funny. They tried to kill this poor girl, and all they got was a few days detention.

2points

Via Hawk 1 year ago

WHERE THE HELL WAS THE TEACHER AT THIS TIME??

1point

Niki A 1 year ago

Where were the adults?!

1point

Josh Dorsett 1 year ago

When I was in grade 12 I was stabbed with a pen and pushed out a 2nd story window. Thankfully I conveniently landed on a crash mat and only got a concussion and a subdural hematoma. The origin of this? Half the class were relentlessly making fun of a young female substitute teacher and making sexual jokes. I yelled at them to have some Fuxxing respect and stop being pigs. Had a trip to hospital my friend (one of 2 in the entire school) in that class came with me in the ambulance. The sub visited me in hospital after and thanked me with a hug (which surprised me). I don't expect a thanks for standing up for what's right. It's the right thing to do. Objectifying women is Fxxung Bullsxt

0points

#15

When I saw someone try and jump off a bridge, only to be talked down as i was driving past and then change their mind and jump at exactly the moment I passed. One moment they were there and then I looked in the side mirror, they fell and were just gone.

And there was nothing I could do about it.

OctaviaQueen766 , wirestockc Report

Final score:

121points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago

Please know that sometimes, you can't save them all no matter how hard you try. And you tried, but it seems they had already made up their mind even after you did. Be blessed and at peace with yourself, the Powers-That-Be know that you did what you could.

57points

#16

My son was born with complications. They took him away to resuscitate him. I didn't know if he was alive or dead for 45 minutes. Then the doctor brought him back to the room, and he was OK.

Ko_ogs , Chalabala Report

Final score:

120points

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Sunshine Lady 1 year ago (edited)

My second baby had complications after birth, he cried but his skin started turning blue. Thw lungs didn't open as they should. We didn't know if he will live for 2-3 days. After that the doctors said he will probably live, but he will have some brain issues, because of the time there was no oxygen in the blood. Thank God today he is almost 4 years old, completely fine and very smart kid.

59points

#17

I was beaten up by a gang of youth on a bus. I was in hospital for 6 months. I still have headaches from it. I wish they had [taken my life] because the mental scar on my life has been enormous. I could not go out for years. Kept myself to myself. Even now when I have to go out I still get anxious and sometimes it overwhelms me so much I can’t. I only go out for hospital appointments and the odd meal (When I can) I never make eye contact with people I struggle with just the simplest of conversations. Even with my cancer doctor I find it difficult and breakdown.

Big-End-9824 , Pressmaster Report

Final score:

116points

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Heather Lambie 1 year ago

Please talk to d sad one one about ALL of these feelings!! It’s too much for you to carry❤️

45points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#18

Losing my eye sight and the doctors not knowing how to save it was tough. Thankfully they saved a bit. That experience has made me see things in a different way. Yeah I know, pun intended 😂

EyeamClever , Beachbumledford Report

Final score:

116points

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Potty pagan panda 1 year ago

What we take for granted…

32points

#19

Seeing my dad collapsed on the floor and my mom panicking and crying trying to call an ambulance. Then seeing him die (he was clinically dead for just over a minute) there on the floor and be revived by the EMTs and be carted off to the hospital. He later died a second time and could not be brought back. I was 12 and I’m the one who called all the family members while waiting for the ambulance. I’m the one who had to tell my grandma her son might die.

VidaDani , LightFieldStudios Report

Final score:

115points

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Quackers 1 year ago

I'm so sorry for your loss, I hope you feel better soon❤

42points

#20

When my moms brain aneurysm ruptured and she pretty much bled out (internally) on our bathroom floor and it took The ambulance an hour to get there. Me and my grandmother both pretty much watched her die before our eyes and being unable to help other than doing cpr when she stopped breathing

thatawesomeperson98 , Chalabala Report

Final score:

114points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

Is it appropriate to comment on how the ambulance looks like it's crying too 😭

42points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#21

I have schizophrenia, so there are multiple contenders, but the worst was when I had a poster of Stephen Kings IT on my wall. Hallucinated it crawling out of the poster and trying to attack me. Don't recommend, 0/10 experience

eggplantofdestiny69 , Gorey Bits Report

Final score:

109points

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Clown fish 1 year ago

SH#T

47points

#22

Growing up our house was at the end of a mile long dirt road and had been broken into twice so we got a male and female Dobermans. The female immediately bonded with me the male hated everybody but me and dad. He stayed chained up outside and she was free to roam outside. One day when we returned home from the grocery store I went to do my chores and one of them was feeding the male aka Satan. He was asleep and when I went to pet him he jumped me and had me pinned down. He chewed up my left leg my side and my cheek. If it wasn’t for the female aka Goldie I would have been dead. To this day I can still see the look in his eyes. I raise Dobermans now and I’ve never let a fear hold me back, life is too short

LoverboyQQ , TNS Sofres Report

Final score:

106points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

Incredible story, especially how you didn't let what happened prevent you from raising Dobermans now. So many of the stories here do not have the same outcome and want to make it clear your accomplishment does not diminish their story or the other way round x

75points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#23

Had a couple of them that I couldn't decide between:

First one: Driving fast on a rural road, two lanes & hilly. I pop over a hill and there's a car stopped in the lane just ahead, and another car coming from the other direction. No way to stop in time and no open lane. Everything went slow motion in my head, and I whipped my car onto the tiny gravel shoulder with inches to spare and got around without losing control. My friends in the car were all screaming.

Second one: Just got out of surgery for my neck and was pretty much immobilized. They told me if I felt any pain to click the button for the morphine drip taped to my hand, and that it self limits to every 15 minutes. I'm in pain and click it. No relief. This goes on for a while and the pain gets worse and worse. The young attendant finally starts paying attention and says "Oh. We left the clip on the drip line" and pulls it off. I knew I'd clicked that button a few times so there was probably a lot in the line. My last memory was the older nurse in the room yelling "Nooooo!" and lunging towards me.

lapsangsouchogn , westend61 Report

Final score:

102points

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

Thank God for Narcan

57points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#24

Hemorrhage during a miscarriage. (13 weeks.)

Had been to my 12 week scan late to discover the heartbeat recently stopped, according to measurement. Was given pills to expedite the process and expel tissue.

I took them and nothing really happened aside from a ton of pain for nearly two days.

I was sitting down while my husband made some dinner for us and suddenly I felt something *large* make it’s way down. I went to the bathroom and it’s like I was pissing blood. Constant pouring. I didn’t want to ruin my clothes or bleed on the floor, so I ran the shower.

I was standing in the shower with the water running and it just wouldn’t stop. My husband came in, he was horrified. The last thing I remember saying is that I shouldn’t be bleeding like this and that something was wrong. Passed out. Luckily my husband was within arms reach so I didn’t fall.

I woke up in an ambulance and had to have two blood transfusions + emergency surgery. I remember feeling intense panic while also feeling… light? Like I was made of air. I have never seen that much blood in my life. I want to try again for a child one day but I’m terrified something like that will happen again.

cursedcombee , ckstockphoto Report

Final score:

100points

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Helena 1 year ago

Justifiably terrified.

58points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#25

TRIGGER WARNING: Death

Husband died 3 years ago this month of a rare disease, cjd. I was laying next to him as he gasped and took his last breath. Within seconds his skin grew cold and I watched his fingernails turn blue. Suddenly he looked like a complete different being and in my state of mind, I convinced myself that in the time I’d been in the bathroom 15 minutes earlier, they’d switched him with someone else, and that my husband was really alive somewhere else. I’d been present when my grandmother, dad, and mom died but this was the first time someone changed so drastically that I couldn’t recognize them. I was in denial for weeks thinking he really wasn’t gone. To this day, I sometimes think he’s out there and maybe he’ll come home when he’s able to. I wonder if I have ptsd because sometimes the image is something I can’t escape.

adoglovingartteacher , LightFieldStudios Report

Final score:

100points

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Pangoro 1 year ago

Sounds like you definitely have PTSD. Please talk to a therapist that can help you through the mourning process. I'm so sorry you had to experience that:(

64points

#26

Was working on a lobster boat and as the traps were going off the back my foot got caught in the lines and I was quickly dragged towards the water. As I got towards the edge of the deck I managed to grab the railing and a split second later my boot popped off and I was free.

If my boot didn't come off I would have probably been dragged to the bottom of the ocean and never been found, crab food for sure. My life flashed before my eyes and I have never been more scared. The drink I had when got back to land was the best I've ever tasted and I didn't work at sea for much longer after that.

Beruwan , jacksonnick Report

Final score:

95points

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Brocken Blue 1 year ago

😳 go fishing they said. It’ be fun they said

58points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#27

I ran out of oxygen while scuba diving. I was 70 feet underwater and had a faulty oxygen gauge on my regulator that said I had plenty of pressure. And all of a sudden I couldn't breathe.

roadmasterwagon , nualaimages Report

Final score:

94points

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Robert T 1 year ago (edited)

I ran out of air on my first scuba dive, and we hadn't been taught to check our own gauges. Fortunately they checked on us and I had to surface early. It was only a couple of meters, but I remember that it felt like I was having to suck air out of the tank.

37points

#28

Diagnosis of bladder cancer, the best day of my life was six months later when the urologist reported that I was completely clean

_jid_ , seventyfourimages Report

Final score:

92points

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Clown fish 1 year ago

Yay

30points

#29

Car accident. It was flying, fully airborne, sideways, heading towards other cars. I had a moment of “we’ll be right back” and didn’t really black out, just stopped perceiving, and snapped back the moment the car’s motion stopped. I was unscathed.

It’s also one of my lowest points. All because I was angry at a woman who s**t all over me and mistreated me, I angrily made a driving mistake and nearly [unalived] myself and a few friends who were also in the car. I did drive again, but I don’t take any safety for granted now. And I don’t let my anger take control anymore.

Finally, I’ll say this: if a significant other mistreats you and shows no consternation or guilt, remember that more than their apology later. Abusive relationships are not ok, and the only correct answer is to walk away from the abusers. It is not our job to fix them, and we are the last one who ever could, were it possible.

maonohkom001 , cavanimages Report

Final score:

86points

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V33333P 1 year ago

Am I the only one who genuinely hates it when they use uNaLiVe instead of dead. Dead like death as in the normal thing that happens to every living thing

99points

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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#30

Mountain lion screamed at me while i was out photographing at night by myself 15 days ago

But maybe just recency bias cuz i get scared a lot

Anaaatomy , Santa Monica Mountains N Report

Final score:

78points

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Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

No, this is legit. I've heard a puma scream. If that doesn't scare someone, they lack the fear response. Of course, my late gramps helpfully said, "It's the one you don't hear"...

59points

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Rachel Reynolds 1 year ago

I was in shop class and working on a truck's A/C. All the hoist's were taken so I'm in a flat bay, but it's fine, I'm small and fit under the truck on my creeper. I didn't realize the line cracked and was leaking R-12 in my face, until I take a breath. My lungs fill, but there's no oxygen. So I take another breath and another. At this point black spots are dancing in front of my eyes and I still have to wiggle out from under the the truck. I can't yell, I can barely get a whisper out, even if i could, the shop is loud. As I'm struggling to get out, someone grabs my feet and yanks me out. The instructor noticed me thrashing and pulled me out. It still took a full minute before I could get oxygen to my lungs. Fortunately the EMT class (faster than an ambulance) was nearby and they had O2. I've been hit by a car and died for five minutes, but this was by far scarier because I was aware the whole time.

6points

Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

A scary experience I remember from when I was around 10 yrs old: My father (who had a lot of anger issues), was robbed at gunpoint. A few days later, a very polite, older (shabbily dressed) man showed up at our door---he said he found my father's driver's license and brought it to return to us.My mom and I were the only ones home at the time--he wasn't at all threatening and seemed genuine so my mom gave him some money as a reward he was grateful and left. When my father was told about it, he had a fit (major anger management issues), got his unlicensed gun to go after this guy he now decided was the mugger (even though his description was of a much young man). He dragged me along, driving in very sketchy areas to "identify" the guy who came to the door. My mom didn't know about this until after we got home (and was livid at his disregard for my safety---I was about 9 or 10 at the time). I'll tell ya, I wouldn't have pointed him out to my father in a million years---even if I had thhe was the mugger (which I didn't). (When we were a little older my mom left him with me and my siblings in tow.)

6points

AZ Panda 1 year ago

"You don't sound bad. Go to the ER if it get worse" An urgent care nurse told me after checking my lungs with a stethoscope over a heavy woolen after I went there an April 2020 after having a cold (Covid I presume..had all the symptoms) that was getting worse and getting harder to breathe. After that I literally had nightmares that someone was choking me..once I started to black out on my dream..only to wake up gasping for air. I finally did get better...in all...it took eight month for the worse to pass.

5points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

Sounds like Covid followed by Long Covid.

0points

Psychopathic Mermaid 1 year ago

8-6 months ago, I needed to have surgery on both my legs. The first one happened in May, and all was fine. But the second one happened in July and truly was one of the worst experiences I've had. They gave me an epidural and for some reason didn't tell or even ask my parents (for context I'm 13). Idk why the epidural did this but it started hurting my back and head really badly. I couldn't sit stand or even stay awake. I was nauseous and didn't eat food for two days. Lost 3-4 kgs (still haven't gained them back). Pain went away after 9 goddamn days. It still hurts sometimes. 6 months later, still have flashbacks.

5points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Someone f*cked up, and as an MD, I apologize on their behalf. I had to relearn to walk b/c of my own frigging professional colleagues in my early 40s (10 years ago now and I still have pain every day). Best guess, from your description, spinal nerve damage, and there are specialists for PTSD from medical trauma and chronic pain. I wish you a great deal of healing. Oh, and a good lawyer. Sue them. That tends to be the only way to get their attention.

9points

Emma S 1 year ago

I experienced auditory and visual hallucinations when withdrawing from alcohol. I'd been on a three week drinking binge and decided to stop cold turkey thinking I'd be OK. Thought my neighbours were all conspiring to kill me and that there was a microchip in my brain so everyone could hear my thoughts. I eventually ended up in A+E after having a seizure. I still remember being absolutely terrified. Spent a few days in hospital being properly detoxed and was allowed home. Been sober six years. God bless the NHS.

4points

Vix Spiderthrust 1 year ago (edited)

Congratulations on your sobriety! Can I add to Emma's experience that you should never, ever try to quit alcohol cold turkey, even if you get only mild withdrawal symptoms. As well as the mental issues she describes and seizures - themselves very dangerous - it can result in cardiac arrest. If you need to stop drinking, seek professional help. You can arrange librium to safely detox at home.

2points

Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

I was about eight years old, playing in my bedroom. My parents were downstairs looking at grocery ads for the upcoming grocery day. All of a sudden, my mom lets out this horrible scream like she got stabbed, and I hear my dad freak out and tell my grandpa to call 911, saying that my mom was having a seizure. Dad told me to stay upstairs and go to his room to watch TV, so I wouldn't have to see anything. Mom was at the hospital until the following evening because the seizure was so severe it caused her to forget how to speak, and she had another one in the parking lot when she was discharged the first time so they had to take her back. She had them for about ten more years, thinking it was epilepsy, but turns out her thyroid had totally shut down. She hasn't had another one in roughly ten years since then, but that first one will haunt me for the rest of my days.

4points

talliloo 1 year ago (edited)

timeframe: i was eleven. (disclaimer: no, not a racist-just an experience during height of civil rights movement.) living in city students took the city bus to school as the stop was in front of the school. predominantly black as i was one of two white students attending. was always told not to go to back of bus so many kids crowded at the front. one morning i got shoved to the back. a group of older students jumped up and asked me: "are you white & proud?" there was no right answer to that question. proceeded to get roughed up, things stolen, etc. their school was the stop right before mine and as they got out of the rear door one of them set fire to my long hair. didn't even realize it until a bunch of kids knocked me down and started pounding on me to put it out. always grateful mom explained idiots & a******s come from all communities so i never held negative attitudes about the perpetrators of this act. and, no, they didn't get in trouble for it. the left overs of this is fear of catching on fire. firing up the bbq is quite the safety production at my house as well as a life time of short hair

4points

Lisa H 1 year ago

I can't swim and I figured that out the hard way several times throughout my life. First time, I was about 7 years old and I had to save myself since my family couldn't see me. Second time, I was about 14 years old and, again, had to save myself because the people I was with as well as the lifeguards couldn't see me because it was so crowded. Third time, I was 30-31 years old and my ex had to save me, only to get mad at me for "letting it happen." Yeah, I can't swim. I've had lessons, too.

4points

Via Hawk 1 year ago

When my brother threw my kid down the stairs

1point

Doodles1983 1 year ago

I have a few that scare for different reasons. 1.) My childhood best friend died from drowning at 4 years old. A couple of years later, I almost drowned. I remember fighting in the water, losing my sense of direction, then it became very bright, calm and I knew I would see my friend soon. My sibling found me, dragged me back to the surface and the bright calm was torn away. I am not sure what is more scary, that I almost drowned, or remembering being saved was almost unwelcome. I almost imagine it to be like as a baby is born. Calm womb, to noise, panic and chaos. 2.) Having to tell my 16 year old sister our mum had passed away, because my stepdad was too cowardly. She had been in full blown denial that mum was sick and I was terrified at her reaction. 3.) Having to see anyone/thing else I love pass/ after passing. I swore after seeing Nan, Granddad, my Mum and then, father-in-law, I couldn’t see it again. They lose “something”.

0points

Kody Franks 1 year ago

The scariest moment of my life to date is watching my mom have a seizure. I was sitting on the couch with one earbud in watching youtube when I heard my stepmom say "Baby?" over and over again. I didn't think anything of it until I heard "911 what's your emergency?" and ran off the couch to find my stepmom over my mother's seizing body. I couldn't breathe. It was so scary, watching her try to speak but only baby talk came out. Her body kept seizing and I could tell she was about to pass out. I started crying and screaming. I had to wait outside for the ambulance, crying and screaming "Something's wrong with my momma." Our neighbors helped me to calm down and I called my best friend who stayed with me while my mom was taken to the hospital. Watching her get rolled out of the house on a stretcher, I was so scared. The fear of wondering if I would wake up without my mother is the worst fear I've ever felt. Luckily, she is perfectly fine and healthy now, and I still have my amazing mother.

0points

Cass Malone 1 year ago

I got a couple, all involving cars. 1) I was driving my ex's car and the breaks suddenly went out. Went into traffic and was luckily able to be missed by the 3 cars in the street and pull over in a parking lot. 2) driving down a windy road and it starts to rain. My rear tire blew out and I had overcorrected and did a 180° spin and rolled backward into a ditch. My car was 2-4 inches away from a big chunk of concrete. My dad (who did accident investigation as an MP) said had I hit that I probably wouldn't be here now. 3) driving on the interstate to meet up with my MIL to pick up my son. Again, raining. I hit a big puddle and hydroplaned, another 180° spin for me, and smacked sideways into the guardrail. I didn't hit anyone or get hit but there were a couple other vehicles behind me that did hit each other. I felt horrible for everyone else.

0points

Dave Freeman 1 year ago (edited)

Years ago I was in the northern Nevada desert taking pictures of the stars. I'm parked along the old highway which most avoid to save time. As I'm bent over my camera I hear the sound of footsteps in the gravel. Turn around and no one was there. I noped the frak out of there in about 2 minutes flat.

0points

Brenda 1 year ago

I was almost 36 with a 10 month old & a 7 year old. SAHM. Horrible teeth but no dental insurance. Go to bed Sunday night fine. Wake up Monday morning with face swollen from right ear to just past the left side of my mouth and from shoulder/neck to my hairline. Put off going to ER until about 9pm whenhubbyinsisted. Sent home with pain meds. Back in am, excruciating pain and dilerious. Admitted immediately. Turn out I had micro accesses across the entire top row of teeth. The infection had turned septic and if I had waited any longer I probably would have died. Wonderful on-call dental surgeon told me to come back next week saying I was in pain again. He ended up removing all but 2 top teeth as an emergency surgery so our medical insurance would cover it. He wouldn't even charge me for the follow-up. If not for him, I'd be dead. Scares me to remember

0points

An Unpopular Opinion. 1 year ago

It's 11:30 and I'm about to go to sleep. Tempting!! But I think is best to revisit this in the morning LOL

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Rachel Reynolds 1 year ago

6points

Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago

6points

AZ Panda 1 year ago

5points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

Sounds like Covid followed by Long Covid.

0points

Psychopathic Mermaid 1 year ago

5points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

9points

Emma S 1 year ago

4points

Vix Spiderthrust 1 year ago (edited)

2points