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I used to think I was a tough guy and talked a lot of st about how I could kick my roommates a*s if I wanted to. He politely challenged me to a boxing match. I took two hits but didn’t get a serious one in. I went down.In retrospect he was way cooler about it than he should have been. I was talking a lot of st and he brought out boxing gloves and even some foam helmet things. I went down like a bh lol. I firmly believe that every st talker needs a good as kicking once in a while because that st humbled me and I’m a better man for it. If you’re out there Isaac, it’s Jibs and I’m still sorry for talking st lol.
My grandfather was an alcoholic. My father was an alcoholic.Definitely wouldn’t happen to ME though.F*****g wrong.Drank too much beer in college. Party, party.Drank too much on weekends through my thirties.Finally got sober when I had my daughter at forty.Literally the best thing that ever happened to me other than my daughter was 100% stopping any form of alcohol in any way. Got my life back. Found happiness again.
It is ingrained in human nature that we are curious beings. For instance,curiosityis a driving force for people’s development. It helps us learn new things when we’re babies and even when we grow up.When a person is curious, their brain releasesdopamine. This hormone makes an individual feel satisfaction and motivation, as well as controls memory, mood, learning concentration, and many other body functions. The positivereinforcementacquired from curiosity fuels a person to continue seeking out new experiences and information. Learning about one’s environment is what makes a person a properly functioning social creature.
It is ingrained in human nature that we are curious beings. For instance,curiosityis a driving force for people’s development. It helps us learn new things when we’re babies and even when we grow up.
When a person is curious, their brain releasesdopamine. This hormone makes an individual feel satisfaction and motivation, as well as controls memory, mood, learning concentration, and many other body functions. The positivereinforcementacquired from curiosity fuels a person to continue seeking out new experiences and information. Learning about one’s environment is what makes a person a properly functioning social creature.
Was using and selling d***s. Got locked up. Now im starting life over with nothing.Edit: thanks for all of the upvotes and kind words. Yes im sober and it is a big relief not to worry about the next time ill get busted or anything like that. Im very thankful to have a second chance.
Learning isn’t the only benefit of curiosity. When a person’s brain is driven to be curious, it doesn’t let their mind bepassive. This trainsmental strength, which helps people deal with life’s challenges effectively. It also trains coping skills, such as adaptability, emotional resilience, self-awareness, and others.
I thought after 4 years of sobriety I could celebrate with just a drink or 2. 6 months later and I almost lost my amazing new job, and am currently a week sober after a month long bender and suffering severe anxiety/panic attacks, paranoia, and audio hallucinations.
Kept dating a girl legit my whole family told me to get rid of. She emotionally abused me for years, cheated on me after my dad died and probably was during and still, 8 years later cries about how im her abuser and blah blah blah.If your whole family gives you an intervention, LISTEN.
I looked at my now ex-wife’s phone and she was 100% in a relationship with another dude while I was at work.Joke’s on her though. I got promoted and now making twice my salary at the time, and I’m about to be engaged to the most amazing woman.
At the same time, curiosity isn’t always the best thing. Thesaying“curiosity killed the cat” suggests that there are some downfalls to being curious. Some things can be so interesting for people to find out about that they can even act in an overlyriskymanner. And while riskiness can sometimes be worthwhile, in other cases, it can end on a sadder note.Certain demographics are more likely to engage in risky behavior. According to Psychology ProfessorMatthew Tull, young adults are one of them. Since during early adulthood, the brain is still maturing, it makes people more impulsive and take more risks without consideration of the consequences.
At the same time, curiosity isn’t always the best thing. Thesaying“curiosity killed the cat” suggests that there are some downfalls to being curious. Some things can be so interesting for people to find out about that they can even act in an overlyriskymanner. And while riskiness can sometimes be worthwhile, in other cases, it can end on a sadder note.
Certain demographics are more likely to engage in risky behavior. According to Psychology ProfessorMatthew Tull, young adults are one of them. Since during early adulthood, the brain is still maturing, it makes people more impulsive and take more risks without consideration of the consequences.
I ran for Congress thinking I could change the world. It nearly ruined my life. Took years to recover professionally and emotionally.
Some say that biological sex can also have an influence on engaging in risky behaviors. It might be due to either the levels of testosterone orgendernorms. Also, apparently, certain genetic variants influence an individual’s willingness to make risky decisions. Just as there are certain genes, there are also some personality traits ormental disordersthat prompt people to act in a risky way.Yet, just as we said before, sometimes, risks pay off in one way or another. That’s how welearn. Maybe you’ll get hurt in some capacity, but it’ll be a lesson for the rest of your life. If you want examples of it, just take a look at today’s list.
Some say that biological sex can also have an influence on engaging in risky behaviors. It might be due to either the levels of testosterone orgendernorms. Also, apparently, certain genetic variants influence an individual’s willingness to make risky decisions. Just as there are certain genes, there are also some personality traits ormental disordersthat prompt people to act in a risky way.
Yet, just as we said before, sometimes, risks pay off in one way or another. That’s how welearn. Maybe you’ll get hurt in some capacity, but it’ll be a lesson for the rest of your life. If you want examples of it, just take a look at today’s list.
I grew up racing motocross. My dad rode as well and was pretty good. As I got into my teens, I started to catch up to him in speed. One day while we were out at a practice day I kept trying to pass him in not so respectful ways. Like I would try to make him fall over in corners and stuff. I finally pass him and as I approach the next corner, my dad is magically right next to me. Before I could even react, he slams his rear tire into my front tire and makes me crash. It didn’t hurt physically but it sure hit the ego. When I got back to the truck, my dad had a big grin on his face. “You mess with the bull, you get the horns.”.
Severe anger issues. Family & Friends kept telling me to take a step back and let it go. I never did. Yelled at my girlfriend of four years two months before the wedding. She called it off. Lost a an amazing woman because of a silly argument.Four years later - I have taken steps to work on my anger issues. I know to recognize my triggers and I know to walk away. Cost me a relationship.
I was always warned to not play with fireworks as a kid. My dad had set up mortar shells in the vertical tubes that launch them, and went inside to grab his drink. I thought it would be a good idea to light the mortar shell while he was gone. I didn’t realize how short the fuse was, and it went off a lot quicker than I had expected, with my face inches away from the outside edge of the tube. It launched so close to my face that my eyebrows and front of my hair were singed off.Safe to say that I learned my lesson after having to appear like that in school the next week.
Well, maybe it can at least work as a warning for us to be more cautious if we don’t want to find ourselves in these people’sshoes. And while it’s probably not as effective as experiencing it yourself, it can still be a form of a lesson.
Wrap it up. Herpes is for life.
F****d around with a crazy girl.Found out when she broke into my apartment and kidnapped my cat.Then again when she popped out of my walk-in closet at 2am.And again when she whipped me like a slave with a vacuum cord after breaking down my apartment door.On that last one…man, I was wishing for the days when she only left 200+ texts or waited to ambush me in the parking lot at work.
Once while hanging out with friends at my house, we decided it would be funny if I ate an entire 8 oz bag of Haribo sugarless gummy bears.We had a good laugh.20 minutes later, I had to sprint to the toilet and didn’t quite make it. I had unbuckled my pants and the effort of bending down to sit on the toilet caused my a*e to blow out with the force of a garden hose. Because of the position only about half the stream made it into the toilet bowl.The wall beside the toilet, the, toilet seat and the toilet paper in the holder were sprayed with a stream of chunky liquid st. I was forced to sit in my own mess for about 10 minutes as an almost continous fire hose of diarrhea splashed noisily into the bowl. My friends left early that evening.I had to clean it up myself in the end.Fk.
I got married young when everybody told me not to.I learned that there’s a good reason they were telling me not to. I also learned that you can never judge a marriage from the outside looking in. Everyone was shocked that I left him, but I had been struggling for a long time and had even contemplated taking my own life just to escape how toxic it was. I was raised believing it was only okay to leave someone if they cheat on you or beat you. I then learned abuse isn’t always physical.Yes I regret it lol.ETA: Just in case it wasn’t clear, I regret the marriage, not the divorce. The divorce saved my life. The marriage is what almost ended it.
Passed a slower vehicle on the shoulder in my younger years. I was being hasty and just thought f**k it. Like 20 mins later I was getting gas and they had followed me, gotten out and threatened to beat my a*s. Screaming about how unsafe what I did was, filming me and everything. Dude was jacked. I was mostly confused like who they were but eventually it clicked.Bit of an overreaction on their part but yeah you shouldn’t pass people on the shoulder. Also found out road rage is real and people will indeed follow you lol.
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I left my old job because I thought I could find a better one. I was wrong.
My friend and I had been playing on out on the ice for hours, literally 6+ hours. We decide at that point we’re gonna start walking home.She was on the other side and almost off the ice and I heard the crack. Didn’t even have time to react… I went under.To this day I don’t know how I survived. I have no memory of anything past looking up at the ice when I was under water.According to my friend I somehow crawled out, she stripped me down and I walked the like 2 miles home barefoot and in my underwear.
I ran track and cross country in college. Not exactly amazing or top dog, but very solid, ran D1, all that. The real reason I was good is just that I was very resilient - I could basically run a shitload of mileage without getting hurt. Naturally, that made me better at longer distances - 5k, 10k, and longer were my strengths. So the year after I graduated undergrad, I trained to try and hit the U.S. Olympic marathon trials standard. I went entirely too hard. It’s not just that I was running 110+ mile weeks at 22, but I was doing a lot of the mileage way too fast and wasn’t taking proper rest. And to boot, most people who run high mileage run 2-3 times per day, but I insisted on doing as few two-a-days as possible. Anyhow, I did hit the trials standard, but majorly fd up my leg doing it. That was my first major injury as an athlete, and it was the one that ended my running career.I 100% regret it. Fd around thinking I was invincible, found out I’m definitely not.
I was around 9 and playing in a creek after heavy rains, and there was a whirlpool, maybe 2 feet across at max. We had been warned, multiple times, about not playing around whirlpools, but I had always imagined some huge 20 ft wide thing. My older brother would hold my arm, and I could reach my hand right into the center of it. I had him let go, took one more step, and found myself swirling around under water thinking “whe’llp, I’m dead”.
Oh I f****d around alright. And I found out that the office does in fact have security cameras in it…..
When i was about 6 or 7, my visiting cousins and I went to prank call the police while our parents were out with friends. We absolutely regretted it. Few days later we got an angry warning letter in the mail from the cops.
Quitting a job without having another one lined up. If you don’t have a big savings to cover several months of expenses DONT QUIT you will feel the insane stress when bills start coming and your paychecks don’t.
Talked s**t on a sub about my specific field and I stupidly put details in about myself and was subsequently caught in the sub and terminated lol.
Accepted free d***s from the stranger in the tent next to me at a music festival. Scary day that was.
I didn’t “FAFO” in the toughness sense, but rather the professional one. I spent FAR too many hours at my first job distracted, not working, and otherwise screwing around on the internet (which is funny because that’s where I am rn). This led to be getting the axe due to performance.In all honesty, this was ultimately the best for both my career and personal / professional growth. I still get distracted on the internet, but I learned a valuable lesson in not letting it get in the way of my work. I’m at a much better job now, doing work I enjoy much more.
Really didn’t want to pay an old bill from 2020 and was told to try and have it dismissed. Filed and got called to court a week later. The judge and lawyer were talking about their last fishing trip together while I waited.
I thought I was smart enough to time the market. Wrong!
Idk. I pushed my father once. He threw me through a wall.
Found out that the loud muffler at 4 or 5 am wasn’t a d**g dealer, it was in fact the newspaper guy. Also if you come running and screaming down the street after the newspaper guy he jumps out of his car with a pistol with the ‘stendo.
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