Most people tend tooverestimatethe risks various daily activities bring, but that doesn’t mean anyone expects to be in mortal danger on an average day. We are pretty blessed to live in a day and age where most of us won’t be subjected to major risks most days, but still, every now and then,something happensthat is a reminder of just how risky things can be.
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February 2018 the fourth I believe was a Tuesday if I recall correctly woke up headed to the gym at 4 AM like normal except the previous two months. I’ve been feeling like I’ve had the flu really bad achy feeling really old and tired rundown that morning vomited four toilet bowls, full of yellow bile And thought to myself this isn’t the flu went to the hospital discovered my liver and kidneys had begun shutting down I had begun the process of dying from plasma cell leukemia, December 2024 is joyfully my 79th month battling sad diseaseIt ain’t easyBut I’m aliveAnd that’s the bottom lineBe cool Be Kind Be Loving AS BEST YOU CAN.
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Failed s***ide. Gun jammed. Scared me so bad, but made me realize what I was going to do wasn’t the answer. 12 years ago and doing much better now, and truly happy.
I was driving home late at night when a drunk driver ran a red light and T-boned my car. My vehicle flipped multiple times. When it stopped, I was hanging upside down, covered in glass. The paramedics said the seatbelt saved my life.
Walking home late at night in -30 celsius weather. Slipped on ice, legs went forward and fell hitting the back of my head on the ice covered sidewalk - cracked my skull and got a concussion, but didn’t know it yet. I got back up and tried to keep walking home, but I passed out - this time falling forward into the ground smashing my face, breaking my nose and a few teeth.I woke up about 30 mins later and had to peel my face off my frozen pool of blood, stumbled home and instinctively started running a bath to clean myself up. That’s when my roommates saw me and had the good sense to call me an ambulance.Got rushed to surgery to fix my bleeding brain.
My friends and I were on an aluminum paddle boat in the middle of a lake, a random and fast thunderstorm came on and suddenly our friends hair was standing up straight from static electricity. Huge lightning storm and we’re essentially in a tin can in the middle of the lake. We all bailed and started to swim back as it started pouring, and someone in a boat saw us rushing and came out to scoop us to safety. Scary s**t.
This past summer I was eating laying down and ended up choking.I couldn’t scream for help. Ran to the bathroom to get some water to wash it down.The water would hit the blockage and come right back out of my mouth, it was terrifying to see that in the mirror.That horrible feeling of water will not go down. Thought this was the end of me.Turns out that little bits of water did make it past the blockage enough for it to go down.Panicked. Absolutely certain I would die but here I am.
Starved myself down to 73lbs.I’m not really sure how my body held out so well. I went up and down between 73-83lbs for years.Multiple hospital admissions. Constantly at threat of being forcibly taken in to hospital.I was told I would never recover but that was b******t. I’m 105-110lbs now.
Shot point blank in the groin with an AK-47, destroyed the Femoral nerve bundle and artery, bullet blew apart when it hit the femur ( broke that too) Doctors told my parents they gave me a .7% chance of living. I’m not dead yet.
Had a scare with a flash flood. I was going to get my nails done at a mall some distance from my house (it was a Wednesday) and my wedding was Saturday. This was June 2018. It is beautiful outside, nice and warm and in the evening. I sit at the nail shop for like an hour and hear rain beating down. It was really loud, and me and the tech were talking about it. I go outside and the water in the lot is up to my ankles. It was raining so hard I could barely see, and I was an hour from home. I wasn’t near a water source like a river or lake or anything. The whole way the fire departments were racing in front of me with those sawhorses that say road closed. At one point I get stuck in traffic (it’s night time) and there is a river flowing right next to me that never existed before. It was coming on the road. I have a little Hyundai. I would literally floor it and hydroplane from one dry spot to the next to try to stay above it. The water was pushing my car around. I kept looking at the houses next to me (they were on a hillside) thinking I can jump out and run. Finally dawned on me how people die in these things. I always commented about dumb people in floods, but it came out of nowhere and so fast. I couldn’t believe it. There weren’t even any water sources near me to flood. Every road I tried to take to get off this one was 20 feet under water. When I got home I found out a lady less than a mile from me was swept away. The fast food place only 1/4 mile away got flooded so fast the patrons and staff were jumping on the tables watching their cars get swept away.I also had a twisted ovary I refused to go to the doctor for like an idiot. I had a pain below my belly button that got worse in like 2 days so I got a heating pad. Finally my parents yelled at me that I am changing colors and this isn’t normal. I went to the hospital where the doctor (Dr. Idiot as I call him) and Nurse Ratchet decided I had a kidney stone and made fun of me. She said I better never have kids if I can’t tolerate this. I wasn’t even screaming or crying just groaning and moving around. They held me captive for 4 hours, finally ordered a test and I got a ovarian cyst. Dr. Idiot told me to go to my gyno and have them “pop it” then he refused to release me until 8 am. My mom said your not giving her medicine anyway just racking up a hospital bill. He pulled his BS and I pulled my “I was an EMT and work for a lawyer and you can’t make me stay because I don’t have a head injury and I am not under the influence so I can make my own decision” comment. I go to the gyno the next day, she checks me and looks at me and asks if I drove myself in. I said no, my parents are out front. She said I want you to go straight to your parents, have them take you to the local hospital in the emergency room entrance where the ambulances are. She asked if I knew where that was and I said yes, I used it before I was an EMT. She said to hit the call button, and they will know exactly who I am. If she calls an ambulance for me, it will take too long. I had emergency surgery within 30 minutes of arrival. My cyst twisted my ovary and fallopian tube and they could not be saved. Dr. Idiot sent a bill to which my primary doctor told the hospital I lost 2 organs because of his failure to act and he was actually fired. What’s funny is the surgeon was pulled out of a tennis game and came in with the cutest outfit on and my dad thought she was some kind of student nurse! She did an excellent job and all is good.
My parents decided to give me a pringle chip in the car when i was 1. They had to hold me upside down so it would fall out. My soul would have been so upset if i died from a pringle…thank god i’m still here 😀.
Appendix attack at 5, and my parents didn’t want to take me in when i was puking, passing out, and could only lean over a chair. When I was 7, my mom replaced my lime drink with antifreeze, i drank it ,and she laughed when she told me what it was then left for work telling my 12yo sister not to call 911. My mom wanted to see how many shots of alcohol I could take at 11, it was a lot, then drove me to the middle of nowhere in 98° weather and kicked me out of the car, I got alcohol poisoning and don’t remember how I even got to the hospital. My dad has beaten me bloody and unconscious multiple times, I could have easily died if he hit the right spot. My mom fed me a bunch of pills when I was sick, it made me violently shake, lethargic, and not “there” she laughed and said “Oops, those weren’t supposed to be mixed.” Then left me. There’s more but thats enough for now.
Cardiac arrest last year. My heart went into ventricular fibrillation and the heart is unable to pump oxygen to the body. Had to be shocked back. I was clinically dead for a little while. No issues now though.
Couple years ago I was spending time in the jungle area of the Philippines. Got a deadly amoeba from water and almost died. Had a full on feeling I was gong to die. Pain (which was BRUTAL) was washed away and peace just entered my whole body. Like a peace I’ve NEVER felt before. It got warm and fuzzy and started to go lights out, but I heard this loud and clear voice say “You’re going to be okay.” Not my own and not in my head. Then I passed out on an extremely pregnant like 4”9 nurse. I’m 5”7 and was 155 lbs at the time. Thankfully she was okay! Couldn’t control it, but I definitely feel super bad about that 😅.
I cut trees for a living and sometimes in this job you will hear something fall and you just pray it’s not going to hit you or that it won’t k*ll you.
Playing golf and my ball went into woods ..I spotted my ball on what looked like a dry creek bed…stepped in and sank up to my chest and kept sinking…there was a tiny sapling next to me and I reached out and started pulling, convinced it would pull out of the ground…it didn’t…I was able to wiggle my way closer to the sapling and pull myself out…the suction was unreal…if that sapling wasn’t there, I was a goner.
I was driving late at night and just, like, blacked out for a second. Woke up just in time to avoid running off the road. It was so surreal. I still think about how lucky I was. That was one of those wake-up calls where you realize you could have easily not made it.
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I lived with a broken neck for nearly a year. Going too fast over a speedbump could’ve k*lled me, but I kept playing football and even scored 5 goals with my head during that time. Was only found out when my migraines wouldn’t go away.
I was driving, it was dark and I didn’t knew the area. I was going like 50kmh and was “only” distracted for like 2 seconds but that was enough for me missing a curve. When I looked up I was already off the road but luckily was able to turn the wheel fast enough so I just hit a street sign. If I would have reacted just one second later I would’ve hit a tree.
I was very lonely at one point of my life and decided to link up with an old friend. I hadn’t seen this friend in a while, and I didn’t know that he was an active d**g addiction. He did not look like an addict (not to be rude but you can tell when someone is an addict, usually) however his room was TRASHED. It was a depression room, in my head. Now I know that it was a mixture of a depression room and active addiction room. I don’t judge depressed people. When I went to see him, he asked me if I wanted to take a Xnax. I said yes. The next thing I know I wake up in the hospital, I had overdosed. I was dead for seven minutes. The Xnax was a fentanyl pill. He was in such active addiction that fentanyl does not affect him. He was fine & swore up & down he didn’t even know they had fentanyl in them. He also went and beat up the man who gave him the pills. I Literally died And never spoke to him again. What do you even say after that? And I can’t even be mad at him. I’m the one who took the pill. God used that as my don’t ever take any pills lesson. Ever.
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17 years old. Got drunk with friends and climbed the high school light towers for the field,(60 feet high). I fell at the very top but my friend Joe grabbed my arm last second. With his incredible strength he pulled me back to the platform. I think of this moment in my life often. Thank you Joe R. Not sure where you are but thank you. 🙏🏻.
I self harmed on my leg with a broken bottle and was half an inch away from the main artery. I didn’t even realise the danger I was in. I was in such a state and didn’t know the location of the artery but I was extremely lucky. I had 10 staples and 15 stitches to put the cut back together again.Haven’t self harmed since and in a much better place now 😊.
I cant swimWent to a college tripEveryone was jumping off the cliff in the riverTold a really nice guy that if i dont float then rescue meNice guy rescued meALIVE :).
Years ago, I took several months' worth of Lithium as a s**ide attempt. Kidney dialysis several times in a 24-hour period saved me. But they put a port with several lines in me in case I slipped into a coma.I had strange visions and weird bouts of strength in between losing consciousness. The dialysis room was so cold, but I was too tired to say anything. I sht myself a few times but couldn’t move.Those Poor nurses. I apologized profusely as they helped clean me up. That was the hardest part for me. I felt terrible for everybody else. Being temporarily paralyzed also made me have a deep empathy instead of sympathy for a lot of disabled folk. I walked every day with my dog even when my legs felt like numb, pokey, tree trunks dragging around. Eventually, got some of my feeling back. But I struggle with chronic fatigue and nerve damage to this day.
I slipped on some rocks along the cliff above the Mississippi River. The only thing that kept me from plummeting down the cliff was the bush that I landed on. The bush was growing sideways out of the cliff and broke my fall. When I opened my eyes after slipping I was looking down through the branches of the bush at the rocks below. Still freaks me out how close I came to at least severe injury and quite possibly death. Moral of the story: stay away from cliff edges.
As a child, my family was packed up and ready to leave on a weekend camping trip along the river in Big Thompson Canyon.Just as we were ready to leave, another family we had made plans with called to let us know they had unexpected visitors and couldn’t make the trip so my father decided we wouldn’t go either.The date was[July 30, 1976]
5 heart attacks.
I had sceptic multiple organ failure (liver, lungs, kidneys and heart) and was in a coma on life support for nearly 3 weeks.It happened two and a half years ago. I got and signed a contract for a job today as i hadnt worked since it happened.
I don’t know if I should have died, but the possibility was high.I was on vacation with my parents in middle school, and we were at the beach. I got caught in an undertow and was sucked under the water.. Somehow got lucky with the current and actually tumbled to shore. It all happened in the blink of an eye. I was just hanging out in the water and a wave was coming, next thing I knew I’m under, swallowing mouthfuls of seawater, feeling myself rolling and reaching in any direction to find air or land, finally hitting sand and crawling out of the water. Puked some seawater, but was otherwise fine. Just shaken. My mom came running over freaking out and yelling at my dad that she knew I was out too far.
Myself and 2 friends got into a fight one night with 4 other guys in a parking lot. I did not see that one guy had a baseball bat. He hit me across my face and knocked me out cold. After a minute or 2 I’m told that I regained consciousness and stood up. The guy then took a full swing and hit on the side of my head again. I woke up 10 hours later in the hospital with my jaw broken in 3 places and stitches on both sides of my face.
Ate undercooked chicken.
Went cliff jumping at a popular spot in Oahu. I jumped and I don’t know how, but on my way in right where I was there was a rock jutting out. It scratched my back pretty bad, but if I would have been a few millimeters closer I would have died or very badly injured. I don’t cliff jump anymore, at all.
I was crying at 15, i drank perfume, hoping that i would have died… but no… i’m still existing.
Drowned when I was 3. They found me floating facedown in the water. My aunt did CPR and got me back. But yeah, I died for a couple minutes.
Walking to my house, minding my own business.A motorcycle comes speeding out of nowhere, coming towards me.I was walking on the sidewalk, just passing a bike repair business, motorcycle hits the curb, dude falls down, the bike comes like a freaking missile towards me, I froze.It’s back wheel grazed my forehead, and then got literally embedded on the metal curtain door just behind me.Literally less than an inch away from dying a stupid death.I went and bought a water bottle for the guy who crashed, and a six-pack of beers for me.
Embarrassing- but almost fainted while driving and nearly went off a cliff side. I was so sick.Don’t drive while recovering from an illness.
That one time I decided to try skydiving without a parachute…just kidding, I’m still here. But seriously, wear a helmet when riding a bike, kids. Safety first.
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