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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I’m an alcoholic, gotten so bad to the point I was in jail and I was admitted into a psych ward once. My drinking life was wild and destructive. Decided I’ve had enough. After 2 failed attempts I’m currently 36 days sober, the most sober I’ve been in years.

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Alex, defs not a coat possum 1 year ago

Good job!

116points

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread My dog and my mother died in the same year.

I was so devastated when my dog passed. That kind of pain didn't even touch the pain of losing my mom.

Partially because she had given up on me and life years before she died. She drank herself to death and got sepsis. My dad killed himself in 02. I'm 38 now. I miss them.

I miss my dog more. She was always there for me, through so much illness and loneliness and pain. She was my best friend.

RIP

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Weird Any 1 year ago

I lost my dog four days ago. No words can describe that pain. I miss him more every day. And my husband said he felt more pain for him than for his mother who passed away two years ago.

18points

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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread My cat is the only thing keeping me from offing myself. I have a husband and kids, and they should be the reason I stay alive. The thing is… my family has people to take care of them if I go. But my cat only likes me. He waits every night by the door for me to come home, and every time I’m in a dark place and thinking of just… ending it, I think about how this damn cat would just wait and wait for me until he died. Kind of like that Futurama episode with Fry’s dog.

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Lynne Hammar 1 year ago

He's your guardian angel

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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread Less scary and more shocking, but when I was 9 years old I survived a home invasion where I was [injured] 6 times. I played dead on the floor until the man left and called 911 and in my adrenaline rush I thought they couldn't find my house so I crawled with my left are swinging the wrong way and my right leg limp from nerve damage, all the way to the front door when he broke in from the back of the house.

I lived with only my mother who unfortunately didn't survive. I vividly remember picking out the guy in a photo line up while recovering in the ICU.

I am very lucky to have kept my left arm, I have 32 pins and screws to make up for my shattered elbow. My left leg has permanent nerve damage and I now have "drop foot". Despite my physical injuries and PTSD, I am doing very well.

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Alex, defs not a coat possum 1 year ago (edited)

I’m glad that you’re doing well. Edited my grammar mistake, didn’t notice it at first.

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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I constantly think about leaving my current life behind and just living alone somewhere remote where no one knows I exist.

Odd thing is, I have a really good happy life- and I’d never do it, but I think about it constantly

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Pepper Pots 1 year ago

I think about that too, but taking my cats

128points

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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I put my dad out of his misery when he was on his death bed. I overdosed him with his painkillers and he died an hour later.

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Clown fish 1 year ago

That's sad. That you lost your dad and sad that he was in so much pain you had to make that decision

186points

I’m slowly leaving society and don’t plan to tell anyone. I purchased a small piece of property, one small cabin in which I’ll live and a second that has been remodeled for use as a rental to subsidize my income. I have 2 years +/- of work left and have no intention of telling them either. My parents are both dead and my brother has been estranged for 2 decades. When I hit my monetary goal in a couple years, I’m just not showing up for life any more. I’ve deleted all socials aside from Reddit as I use it for news and information to stay current until I leave the grid. My phone will also be be left behind. I plan to take a laptop to communicate with the rental agency and any issues with renters that may arise as I plan to act as the caretaker of said rental. Tl;dr: I’m walking away from it all. Work, friends, any and all obligations. The world tires me and I see no point in continuing to be part of it on any real scale. And telling no one.

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scag$y 1 year ago

No mate, this thread is for scary, unsettling facts, not facts that will make every single panda uncontrollably jealous of you. Good luck though, sounds literally, perfect.

214points

When I was 18 years old, I was incarcerated for three years, found not guilty, and acquitted on all charges. I had roughly 12 charges, some of which would have led to life in prison had I been found guilty, but I knew I was innocent and decided to fight my case. My best friend at the time was found guilty and given three life sentences. At one point, 1 1/2 years in, the D.A. offered me seven years, and two felony strikes as a deal or I could roll on my best friend and go home that same day. I passed and had to continue to fight my case as I knew they didn’t have any solid evidence against me. As my parents ran out of money for an attorney, I was eventually appointed a State appointed attorney who fought for me tooth and nail. He kicked a*s and listened to everything I presented to him about why I wasn’t guilty. Mind you, I was 18 and I was surrounded by grown men and saw some horrific s**t. I kept in contact with my attorney afterward and informed him that I was still doing well out here; he died a couple of years ago.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I was no saint, I was in a gang and running the streets and up to no good, but I wasn’t guilty of these charges. A part of me felt that maybe it was the universes way of slowing me down and helping me get my s**t together. Took a short while but I’ve been on the right track.

This February will be 20 years since I’ve been released.

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Katie the Koala 1 year ago

Congratulations and wow I’m sorry 😬

62points

#10

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread Sometimes I think I have memories of being sexually molested or exploited as a young child. But I can’t ever be sure if the memories are real, and I wouldn’t dare ask anyone.

Edit: I am shocked and horrified at how many others have similar experiences/suspicions. But the amount of people that feel comfort in knowing they aren’t alone has made sharing this post worth it. Wishing you all clarity, peace, and healing.

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Alexia 1 year ago

Get a therapist specialized on trauma (not any therapist can deal with this). If you don't "click" with that person (it happens often), look for somebody else. It will be worth it

105points

#11

Slept in my mom's bed until I was 12 years old. Everyone believed I was just a momma's boy, including myself. It was actually because I shared a bedroom with my brother who molested me. I start therapy soon.

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SkankHunt42 1 year ago

Damn

70points

#12

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I have unusually good night vision, extra cones/rods (I forget which is for low light) which means I walk around in what other people consider complete darkness, able to see just fine. Add onto that I'm 6'10" and very large, basically a cryptid

TheUnfunOwl , Mati Mango Report

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EMRS 1 year ago

Nigt vision sounds more like a cool fact than scary or unsettling.

102points

#13

I have a tendency to self isolate, and it’s damaged very long term friendships because people don’t understand that it’s not them it’s me and that I really mean no harm or have any ill feelings towards them, I just kinda want to recede into my own mind. I feel really bad about it and keep telling myself to reach out but I don’t.

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Dre Mosley 1 year ago

Can relate.

87points

#14

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I'm intersex, and my bone structure is fully compromised, cause of deformities, and a lot of pain...

need surgeries that I'll probably be never able to afford
will live life like a ghost inside a shell

Halle-Hellion , Ana Bregantin Report

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213points

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that weird wallflower 1 year ago

time to move to a place where healthcare is free

108points

#15

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I can turn my emotions off to any situation if I choose too and basically be in a state of blankness. Doesn’t matter how sad or bad it is. Therapist said it’s a defense mechanism from a messed up childhood.

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scag$y 1 year ago

I can turn them off but then I can't turn them back on again. They just make a dramatic surprise random appearance, usually at the most embarrassing time possible.

75points

#16

I have no will to live and I'm only still here so I don't upset my family and friends.

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scag$y 1 year ago

There are many of us. But WHY are we all struggling like this? Has it always been this way? Or is modern life just too much to deal with? WTF is going on here??!!

149points

#17

I'm one of the lucky few with the CCR5-delta-32 mutation. Why is that relevant? It makes me immune to HIV and a handful of other pathogens, most notably the Bubonic Plague.

SursumCorda-NJ Report

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AJay 1 year ago

You never know when an immunity to bubonic plague might be useful...

114points

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#18

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread My mental health has taken a sharp decline in the last year, and my friends and family don’t know about everything I’m trying to deal with (I just crack jokes about it or manically word vomit some things but not everything). Here’s some word vomit for anyone who cares to read (TW: bad mental health):

I think I have PTSD (I get flashes of the worst night of my life, and that happened November, 2021). I can’t touch soft sweaters without damn near having a panic attack. I’m getting intrusive thoughts that tell me I’m bad, worthless, unloved, unworthy of being loved, and all other mean things. I constantly maintain a very high level of anxiety. I overthink everything to the point that I can’t focus on anything else sometimes. I have no motivation to clean, exercise, cook, or do anything else I used to enjoy. I din’t enjoy moments when I feel happy because I feel guilty when I’m happy. I just want to sleep, but I can’t for very long because of my anxiety. My Wellbutrin and propranolol don’t work anymore, not very well anyway. I can’t just walk away and keep walking until I die of hunger or exhaustion because my husband would be sad, and I don’t want my last action on earth to be another bad one. I cry a lot. I couldn’t maintain eye contact with my husband last night because every time I looked at him, I wanted to burst into tears. He hugged me, and I almost burst into tears. I stopped cuddling because I was about to burst into tears. I started keeping a mental health journal, and I have so many more bad days than good. Even the good days are marred by bad stuff. I just lie in bed all day instead of being busy and productive like I used to.

Sorry for the wall of text. I’m just very tired and wanted to holler my problems into the Internet void.

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184points

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SkankHunt42 1 year ago

I'm listening.

117points

#19

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I take a shower with socks on ever so often.

skuloph , Tenis Amante Report

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Dre Mosley 1 year ago

I hate the way wet socks feel on my feet.

24points

#20

I was emotionally abused by my dad. He died of cancer around 6 years ago, and I felt nothing.

I felt bad that he was in so much pain. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I just remember waking up the day after he died and feeling so oddly at peace when there was no one yelling at me in my doorway. I truly believe his death helped me recover from my eating disorder, and I became so much less suicidal and reclusive after that.

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Dre Mosley 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with not mourning the death of your abuser.

127points

#21

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I talk with myself.

Not the usual "You can do it!" type of s**t.

Literally act like I am 2 people, that are having a conversation.

I called him "G". He is ok.

an_omori_fan , cottonbro studio Report

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160points

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Alex, defs not a coat possum 1 year ago

Hello, G

72points

#22

I am depressed, I want to off myself, and yet, I seem more or less normal on the outside. I often wonder how many people like me are there, hiding in plain sight.

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Lynne Hammar 1 year ago

From this post, I'd say a lot!

96points

#23

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I have 2 lenses in my right eye, so it focuses like binoculars. My doctor wrote a paper about it. Mostly blinded as a baby in my left eye. Dr suspected my right lense split then healed as 2 distinct lenses. Better than 20/20 in my right eye.

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Dani Pret 1 year ago

Wow!!

46points

#24

My daughter was an accident. I was planning on ghosting the guy and both our families and moving to a state where abortion was legal. The only reason I didn’t is because he came home from work early and saw me crying with the pregnancy tests next to me. We’re married now, though.

But, I would’ve OD’d on pills again if I hadn’t gotten pregnant. I got clean the second I found out. She’s the absolute light of my life and the only thing that keeps me alive every day.

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Clown fish 1 year ago

Well done on being clean. And hugs

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#25

My father hit me, sometimes closed fist. He even pointed a gun at my sister and I and threatened to pull the trigger if my mom left him. He’s also a drug addict.

That’s not the scary thing about me though. The scary thing about me is that my father is in me and can come out. People think I’m a really nice person and I really try to be a good person, but when I get angry, like really angry, he can come out. This is why I don’t drink or do drugs, I have to stay on top of it.

I have the belt that my father liked to hit us with, he wanted me to have it for some reason. I keep it hanging so that I have to always see it and remind myself to keep myself in check.

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barn owls ️ 1 year ago

you are a much better person than your dad. you are actually trying to get better, and that instantly makes you different and better than him.

142points

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#26

I don't usually experience grief when someone dies, unless the death was particularly tragic somehow (really young, suicide, etc.)

It's not that I don't love them, I just accept death as a part of life. It's something that happens and it's not something to wallow in for so long.

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142points

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my name 1 year ago

Me too.

35points

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#27

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread From ages 6 to 14, I spent all of my time in a pitch black, cold and locked basement, only leaving for school and never letting anyone (outside the family) know.

Acceptable-Arm-3744 , Malik Shibly Report

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140points

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Jesse 1 year ago

what on Earth

78points

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#28

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread Since I was very young (age 9 or 10 I think), I've had thoughts that I was going to die young. The older I got, the age 24 just kept reoccurring. I'll be 24 in a few months. I have appointments for neurologists for a suspected brain tumor coming up. Nothing is certain or set but this all feels very weird.

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122points

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Domi 1 year ago

Something similar happened to me, I know how you feel.

48points

#29

I inherited a lot of money from my grandmother about 2 years ago that no one in my family knew existed. I still don't know where it came from, her lawyer wouldn't tell me, but it's in the upper 7 figures.
My father, her son, got the flat she owned and we all thought that was everything she had. Apparently it wasn't but I havent told anyone about it and I dont plan on doing so either.
I just work a normal 8-5 desk job, rent a flat downtown of the City i live in (nothing expensive) and live a normal life on my own. No partner or children, no expensive vacations, I don't even have a car lol.
I just don't feel comfortable sharing this secret and the longer I keep it the stranger it would get telling it.

TLDR: I'm a millionaire because my grandmother died and no one knows about it.

Edit: I'm trying to answer to as many people as possible but as I said I still have a normal job so here are the answers to the most asked questions/Suggestions.

1. What do you want to do with the money?

I dont know yet, for now its safe where it is and I will either use it or invest it once I think its time. Maybe in a week, maybe never.

2. Can you give me X amount of money?

No, it wouldnt be fair to give it to one person and deny it another. I also dont really care about your tragic stories in my DMs, I read them and just get depressed so please dont.

3. Can I be "in your life"?

No I also dont want to adopt you/get to know you or be in a relationship with you (except for big tiddie goth GFs)

4. You have to invest in bitcoin/real estate/stocks/your friendly neighbourhood pyramid scheme!

No, f**k off.
I know most of you are genuine, nice people but I dont want your advice.

If this makes me sound like a douche I'm fine with that, it's just a lot right now.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Dre Mosley 1 year ago (edited)

Good for you. If I ever became rich, no one would ever know. I already live like someone who makes far less money than I make.

58points

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#30

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread A random guy in a bar bit part of my ear off.

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Damon 1 year ago

Sue found his dad

56points

#31

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I do not actually remember a decent chunk of my life, whenever I talk about most of my childhood I use words that leave room for mistakes and am generally using memories and ideas I've compiled from hearing other people say things about me.

There is actually a large chunks of facts about myself that I only think I know, and don't have personal confirmation of.

Cendruex , Roman Kraft Report

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114points

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SewingStaffy 1 year ago

I have moments like this. I try not to think of my early years as I don't much, except a lot of what I'm told. Strange thing is, I know I had a happy childhood. Unless something serious is being hidden from me, nothing bad ever happened

39points

#32

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I've ripped a mans ear off with my teeth.

Context: Self-defence. The ear rips off the head like paper wear your earmuffs out you never know who's hungry

TrashGorlUwU , Tony Alter Report

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113points

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Alex, defs not a coat possum 1 year ago

Know the guy above?

206points

#33

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread Diabetes and high blood pressure and cholesterol (that I’ve had since I was 21) means that I’ll probably die an early death.

Might not be scary and unsettling to you, but it bums the s**t out of me.

Edit; thanks for the kind words everyone. I spent some time on my health, and went from being 230 lbs amd on injectable insulin in my late 20s, to be being 180 lbs and a regular jogger on only some oral meds in my early 30s. I’m now 42 and I’ve backslid, 195 lbs and not jogging. I’m still on only oral meds, no insulin, but my blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar are all creeping up and less poorly controlled. I don’t think I’m going to die tomorrow, but I’m still worried about having a lower standard of living in 20-30 years. So it’s time to put on my big boy pants and get back to work on myself.

GeneralLoofah , Diabetes Report

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109points

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Meep-Meep 1 year ago

Good for you!

31points

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#34

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread A third of my body is covered in burn scars.

Marisa_latex , Réka Romány Report

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104points

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SkankHunt42 1 year ago

Adds character.

27points

#35

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I am a very friendly/nice/happy person trapped in the body of a dull, slow person.

I have bipolar 2, depression, anxiety, adhd, and fibromyalgia. I have had so many different medications over the course of my life that it has literally ruined my brain. Most of my life I have been very friendly and made friends easily enough. Over the last ten years I have been trying to get my various ailments under control using tons of different mediations and mental health treatments. Now I struggle greatly to show any emotion other than a stoic demeanor. I don't laugh often (usually only when I am stoned), I will just call things out as funny and remain straight faced. My memory and cognitive function are compromised. It's a f*****g nightmare to be a completely different person in your head.

Annishe , Alexander Dummer Report

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104points

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Rosie Red 1 year ago

It took over a decade to find the right meds and combination of meds to finally make me feel "normal". I don't think I'll ever be over the moon happy, but I'm finally content. Some of the medications have side effects that are almost as bad, or worse, than the illness.

4points

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#36

I pooped in my neighbors backyard when I was 8 years old. Just gargoyled under his jungle gym and let loose. This is the first I’ve talked about it in over 20 years…

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103points

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Biofish23 1 year ago

This list was getting pretty dark, happy to find one that makes me laugh.

20points

#37

I just really dont care about people, I have a few friends i like to spend time with but I wouldnt feel anything if these friendships wouldnt last. When anybody i know tries to manipulate me or be toxic in any way i can just cut them off.

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a fruity dream of delusion 1 year ago (edited)

it’s sort of the same for me. i often question if i truly care about those around me. i think there are a few couple i would miss if they were gone, but not for long. i’m not sure why this is, and i usually feel bad that i can’t bring myself to feel sad if they were to be gone. i don’t think? this is me being fake, i just.. don’t care.

27points

#38

I honesty barely know myself. Someone asks me about what I do, what I like, etc, and I legitimately have no idea

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Dani Pret 1 year ago

Yes! I know myself but can't verbalize it

37points

#39

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I have an enlarged aortic root. It's very unlikely, but it could spontaneously rupture leading to the medical term *adjusts glasses*... "instantaneous death". I would pass out, bleed to death, and then fall over. Dead before hitting the ground. And it could happen at any time. My wife is very uncomfortable thinking about it lol.

ignisnex , cottonbro studio Report

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90points

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Dominik 1 year ago

get it fixed!! my dad had this, too. Or do you live in 'Murica? 😳

46points

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#40

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread That I woke up in the middle of surgery and threw a mayo pan at a nurse before they pinned me back down and upped my dosage of sedatives. Key note still had retracters in so I briefly looked like a dead space enemy.

Have spotty memory of it. Sedation is very hit and miss with me. Has happened three times. Once during surgery, once during a nerve burn (never went out just paralyzed for about 3 minutes then started speaking during the procedure), the last was during colonoscopy (seriously painful and asked the doctor if he was an old scout leader he was laughing then asked the nurse if I was within range for another dose of sedative)

ZentheOgre , Alexander Grey Report

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81points

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Meeliasi 1 year ago

I wonder if OP is ginger. No stab at gingers here, they often require more anesthesia than non-ginger folk and have a high tolerance to pain.

115points

#41

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I sometimes smile and laugh at tragic news/events, especially if I see someone else crying and/or is the barer of bad news.

I hate it, however I think I understand why it happens, it's some sort of trauma defense mechanism because someone is expecting me to feel saddened and to frown.

SpiritAnimal01 , Vlada Karpovich Report

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79points

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Clown fish 1 year ago

This is more common than you know!

49points

scag$y 1 year ago

Totally! My wife and mum both... um... I was gonna say 'suffer from it' but somehow, that doesn't seem appropriate considering how they both howl with laughter when I regale them with such hilarities as 'falling down' or 'breaking an ankle'.

7points

TheElementalGod️️ 1 year ago

I think I have it to prevent me from crying. Someone on roblox because their dog ate all the nutella so they didn't have any nutella left. I warned them to take the dog to the vet (They didnt know that chocolate was bad for dogs) but i cloudn't stop laughing

1point

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

I don’t know why but if I’m threatened physically (usually by my little bro playing rough) I start laughing hysterically.

1point

Lynne Hammar 1 year ago

there is actually a medical condition where people laugh and/or cry inappropriately

7points

Debby Keir 1 year ago

Laughter when sad is an autonomic nervous system response. We get so overwhelmed that too many buttons are pushed and the 'wrong' one starts first. Don't worry, it's actually quite normal.

5points

Lizz 1 year ago

Ooooh ok

0points

robman1ok1 Hernandez 1 year ago

Are you related to Claire Dunphy?

2points

LJ 1 year ago

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Daffydillz~ 1 year ago

I think it's possible that OP uses it as a trauma defense mechanism, but my first thought was this... Pathological laughter and crying Also called: PBA, pseudobulbar affect Inappropriate involuntary laughing and crying due to a nervous system disorder. This condition is characterized by an involuntary and uncontrollable reaction of laughter or crying that's disproportionate to an event." Per The Mayo Clinic. It would be interesting to know if OP could have something like this disorder.

1point

LillieMean 1 year ago

I've heard it compared to a brain error code or a blue screen of death. Laughing sort of resets the fact that the brain doesn't know how to process the information it receives. This can happen to anyone without any disorders. For example, I giggled in a situation where I was helping a woman who had just had a stroke and she was farting. I will surely be ashamed for the rest of my life that I reacted like this.

2points

Lola Kassedy 1 year ago

OMG me too! I laughed when my best friends told me her cousin was shot in a school shooting!! I felt like absolute s**t and I wanted to tell her I was so sorry and I didn't mean it but I could stop smiling. It was the worst moment in our relationship. I cant control it. I always feel like s**t when it happens

0points

Caroline Fraser 1 year ago

I laughed when I was told my father had died. He was only 45.

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R. H. 1 year ago

My sister and I both suffer this. It's because our mother is miserable and expressed smug self righteousness at others tragedy. They deserved their fate, they had it coming, and so on.

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Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

I have to work on this, too.

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Pink Taco Eater 1 year ago

I burst out laughing around people crying. It sucks. I generally leave the room now so I don’t look like a jerk. I can feel sad and still end up laughing.

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David 1 year ago

I remember hearing a long time ago (accurate??) that laughter is a release of tension. That a good joke builds up some tension and then the punchline relieves it. Which in part is also why a lame joke you can figure out isn't funny - because you already anticipate the ending. Anyway - if that is correct, it may tie into why some folks laugh under tension. I have a friend who is like that. If stressed out she laughs. As a girl it once got her in more trouble with a cop who thought she didn't care / was mocking when really she was just stressed the F out.

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

Me too. Talk about ramped up social anxiety! I'd be so anxious that I'd vomit

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Just Jeff 1 year ago

This happens to me a lot! Once I went Elk hunting with my friend and when he shot the animal I just laughed and quickly caught myself and stopped. The rest of the hunters were looking at me funny too.

0points

Sunny Day 1 year ago

A little song, A little dance. A little seltzer, down your pants.

0points

BetterBitterButter 1 year ago

I do this too and now I know many people are same way.

0points

Isabela Cincu 1 year ago

It must be a self defense- reaction! Every single time i fell the lowest, i laugh histerically...

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Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

I burst out laughing when my sister told me that my mother had unexpectedly died. It only lasted a few seconds, but I thought it was a bizarre response to hearing that the person I loved more than anyone else in the world had passed away. I've come to believe that my nervous system was just overloaded with grief; a few seconds later, I was literally howling with pain.

0points

Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago

My brain starts to make weird asss jokes if I get too upset. Old "don't let them see you cry" - defense mechanism that can be really annoying and inappropriate at times

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45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread i can walk in a backbend. it looks demonic

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JoyfulZebra 1 year ago

A fellow zebra!!!

29points

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I'm a bilingual illiterate. Can't read in two languages.

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Deborah Harris2 1 year ago

There's about 40 languages I can't read it either ...

41points

#44

I love going to the dentist. I like that bit of pain when they scrape my teeth and gums.

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72points

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Peppy 1 year ago

Oh don’t, I got a dentist appointment on Monday and I’m shi**ing it, thanks for the mental image

34points

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#45

45 Of The Most Unsettling Secrets People Have Revealed About Themselves In This Online Thread I had 6 toes on each foot at birth and got them cut off you can see the place they cut them at.

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alias D. 1 year ago

Why cut them off. We’re they going to be an issue

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lil bear bear 1 year ago

I have had 4 suicide attempts and I'm severely depressed. I act super sweet and happy in public to make sure nobody finds out. I feel like an animal, screaming into my pillow, crying, dry-heaving, cutting, killer nightmares, puking up anything I eat. And no one knows

11points

birdhouse 1 year ago

I feel you. I know how, when and where I am going to end my life. I have told no one. I will just disappear and never be found.

3points

Sky Render 1 year ago

My whole life history is pretty unsettling, but by far the most unsettling is that I went through 41 years of my life never fully realizing that something was really, really messed up with the form of my lower abdomen (genitals way too high, perineum way too large, a**s way too far back, and many others). I was basically conditioned from a young age to ignore it, even the fact that I have two tailbones. And the scariest part is that doctors even to this day act like there's nothing strange going on.

8points

MimSorensson 1 year ago

Huh? What on earth for? What kind of doctors do you have?

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Data1001 1 year ago

I can't see that I'd ever take my own life (unless I end up with some horrible incurable disease or something), but I often find myself thinking how much of a relief it would be if the world ended, because then so would all my problems and my anxiety, and I wouldn't have to worry about anyone else being sad about it, nor about not having lived up to my full potential -- because everyone and everything would be gone.

5points

Momica98 1 year ago

I have similar thoughts, and it definitely keeps me awake at night.

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a fruity dream of delusion 1 year ago

i waited for comments to show up, because even though this is something i have an urge to say i don’t want to publicize it too much. but after about 4 years of consideration, i’ve decided i’m not going to do this anymore. i’ll be gone around spring, and i hope to create something in the meantime to post on bored panda as a thank-you for all of you. i’m currently working on all the- things? for after i’m gone. i’ve honestly started to smile thinking about when it’s time, though i do sometimes wonder about the ones i leave behind. i’m mostly concerned about how my little brother and cousins will handle it, and my two dogs.

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simplyTas 1 year ago

I am so sorry that you feel as if this is this is the only option you have for whatever is occurring in your life. Please reconsider and know that you are loved by the family members you mentioned. :(

3points

DahDumm 1 year ago

Thank you. It's been 8 years of Active Addiction and I am so done with being sick. All of your messages means so much

3points

Saphira Hambert 1 year ago

I have had really dark urges involving sadism and torture, but I’ve never done anything and I never will. I’d rather kill myself than hurt someone else, but my mind just wants me to. I can’t tell anybody because I’m too scared, and my parents don’t believe in therapy anyways. I feel like a monster and every day I consider ending myself. What if one day I decided to hurt someone?

3points

Bec 1 year ago

Intrusive thoughts are pretty common, know that you are normal

5points

tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 1 year ago

The tone of this thread changed drastically throughout

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Mr. Toast 1 year ago

Some of these have made me feel I am not alone in the way I feel. COVID lockdown has touched the boundaries of my mental health,.I re-evaluated a lot of my life and the people in it to the extent I no longer tolerate the harmful however trivial. And the feeling however good your life is and the people in it to just to go off to somewhere remote. See poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

2points

Via Hawk 1 year ago

I have symptoms of PTSD and never told my family cuz I'm afraid they'd send me to more therapy. My friends and I call it "not PTSD PTSD" because it is the same thing as PTSD but not traumatic enough to really be PTSD. My dad used to hit me a lot when I lived with him. When I get triggered I kinda just zone/black out

2points

Literal Pigeon 1 year ago

That sounds like actual PTSD, domestic abuse can totally cause PTSD.

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the one panda _ 1 year ago

Well theres a list of secrets.

2points

Jose Ortiz 1 year ago

I lack grieving and i really do not understand why. I show emotions but when i lose someone close, i don't really grieve. I feel they are in a better place and i am scared to be like this..

1point

Momica98 1 year ago

I think a lot of people feel the same way. I meet all kinds of people through my job. Sometimes our discussions include talking about their loved ones who have passed away. I've learned that grief is different from one person to the next, and there's no wrong way to do it.

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Thor Haugen 1 year ago

I don't know if it's unsettling, but I don't know if I can have a deep attachment to anyone. I was close to my parents and I watched both of them die slow, painful deaths from cancer a year and a half apart about a decade ago. I've worked through the anger at God and the universe. I'm done my grief work. I am a caring and compassionate person; bitterness is silly. I have had serious romantic relationships since then that have ended with people I have really opened up to, that have opened up to me, and shared things together with. Some that lasted for years. When they end, I am sad, but I am not devastated the way I would have been when I was younger. I am not sure if that's a function of age or if something has been burned out inside me from dealing with that horrible time in my life. But it's kind of nice either way. Not to be emotionally ruined if things end.

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Momica98 1 year ago

To anyone who feels like this: you are not alone in your struggles.

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lil bear bear 1 year ago

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birdhouse 1 year ago

I feel you. I know how, when and where I am going to end my life. I have told no one. I will just disappear and never be found.

3points

Sky Render 1 year ago

8points

MimSorensson 1 year ago

Huh? What on earth for? What kind of doctors do you have?

0points

Data1001 1 year ago

5points

Momica98 1 year ago

I have similar thoughts, and it definitely keeps me awake at night.

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a fruity dream of delusion 1 year ago

4points

simplyTas 1 year ago

3points

DahDumm 1 year ago

Thank you. It's been 8 years of Active Addiction and I am so done with being sick. All of your messages means so much

3points

Saphira Hambert 1 year ago

3points

Bec 1 year ago

Intrusive thoughts are pretty common, know that you are normal

5points

tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 1 year ago

The tone of this thread changed drastically throughout

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Mr. Toast 1 year ago

2points

Via Hawk 1 year ago

2points

Literal Pigeon 1 year ago

That sounds like actual PTSD, domestic abuse can totally cause PTSD.

7points

the one panda _ 1 year ago

Well theres a list of secrets.

2points

Jose Ortiz 1 year ago

I lack grieving and i really do not understand why. I show emotions but when i lose someone close, i don't really grieve. I feel they are in a better place and i am scared to be like this..

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Momica98 1 year ago

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