Have you ever come close to death?

[Scream Lucid Dream 103]

1. I ran into a car as it came out of a driveway. I slid under the hood and came close to being crushed to death.

 

2. Set fire to my hair while burning pieces of tissue in the bathroom. I had to put my head down the toilet to put it out.

 

3. Paracetamol overdose.

 

4. Acute pancreatitis.

 

5. Jumping in front of a train.

 

6. Crash into the sun. (like a boss)

[Princess Derpy 672]

Back when I was 3 or 4 years old, I had a nasty run in with my neighbor's dog, whose name was Valentine, ironically. I had been in my neighbor's yard and we were playing with his dog. I went to pet the damned thing and it snapped at me, nearly ripping half of my face off. I was obviously screaming and crying quite a bit as the boy stood there and stared at me without getting any help, I can't really blame him much considering he was around 10 or so and likely scared to death. Anywho, after about a minute at most, my parents rushed out and came over to see what was wrong, freaked out, and called an ambulance. I think I blacked out and when I woke back up, I was in the ambulance. I remember one of the EMTs, or whatever, she gave me a small stuffed animal to calm me down. It was a dog, I still have it somewhere around here. Thankfully it bared no resemblance to the dog that had just attacked me. Okay, off track again. Something happened after that, I don't quite remember, then I was taken to a plastic surgeon. I was held down for maybe 5 hours while I had my skin stitched back to my face. Because of that, I had to walk around with surgical tape on my face for close to a year at least. That was not a fun thing to try and explain to fellow little kids. Oh, and there was (obviously) some legal stuff. I got a super cool lawyer who did his job pretty well, he gave me a huge stuffed purple unicorn by the way, which is why I totally don't believe the whole "every lawyer's a jerk" thing.

But, yeah! As a result of this, I got two stuffed animals, a really terrible fear of large dogs, a super neato lawyer, a social stigma all because of surgical tape, and a scar on my face (two actually).

 

I DIGRESS A LOT, I APOLOGIZE.

 

Also, I once when I was 8 got a pretty bad concussion by falling off my bike, but it wasn't as close to a near death experience as the dog bite.

 

Oh, and once when I was really little I fell off a boat into the lake. 

Edited February 2, 2015 by Princess Derpy

[Scream Lucid Dream 103]

Back when I was 3 or 4 years old, I had a nasty run in with my neighbor's dog, whose name was Valentine, ironically. I had been in my neighbor's yard and we were playing with his dog. I went to pet the damned thing and it snapped at me, nearly ripping half of my face off. I was obviously screaming and crying quite a bit as the boy stood there and stared at me without getting any help, I can't really blame him much considering he was around 10 or so and likely scared to death. Anywho, after about a minute at most, my parents rushed out and came over to see what was wrong, freaked out, and called an ambulance. I think I blacked out and when I woke back up, I was in the ambulance. I remember one of the EMTs, or whatever, she gave me a small stuffed animal to calm me down. It was a dog, I still have it somewhere around here. Thankfully it bared no resemblance to the dog that had just attacked me. Okay, off track again. Something happened after that, I don't quite remember, then I was taken to a plastic surgeon. I was held down for maybe 5 hours while I had my skin stitched back to my face. Because of that, I had to walk around with surgical tape on my face for close to a year at least. That was not a fun thing to try and explain to fellow little kids. Oh, and there was (obviously) some legal stuff. I got a super cool lawyer who did his job pretty well, he gave me a huge stuffed purple unicorn by the way, which is why I totally don't believe the whole "every lawyer's a jerk" thing.

But, yeah! As a result of this, I got two stuffed animals, a really terrible fear of large dogs, a super neato lawyer, a social stigma all because of surgical tape, and a scar on my face (two actually).

 

I DIGRESS A LOT, I APOLOGIZE.

 

Also, I once when I was 8 got a pretty bad concussion by falling off my bike, but it wasn't as close to a near death experience as the dog bite.

 

Oh, and once when I was really little I fell off a boat into the lake.

That is horrible and yet epic.

 

I just have to ask;

 

Is your OC a purple unicorn?

[Princess Derpy 672]

That is horrible and yet epic.

 

I just have to ask;

 

Is your OC a purple unicorn?

No, she is a purple pegasus. Why?

[Scream Lucid Dream 103]

No, she is a purple pegasus. Why?

Because of the gift from your lawyer.

[Princess Derpy 672]

Because of the gift from your lawyer.

Right, I'm an idiot.   Though, that gift may have influenced my choices for the color scheme. The unicorn, as I said before, is purple but also has some blue accents and my OC is purple with blue hair... Huh... I'd never even considered that.

[gamecubeguy214 2,514]

It was a long wait at the street, and I'm like, ''Fine. If this road isn't gonna let me cross, I'm gonna let myself!'' I ran. There's a car. The closest I got to the car was about two to six inches.

[Moonbutt 88]

Yes, I nearly drowned in a river because I couldn't swim properly without over-exhausting myself. If it weren't for my friend jumping in to save me, I wouldn't be typing this.

[Clawdeen 20,929]

Yes. Multiple times over the years. 

[Do svidaniya 2,066]

A few, some notable ones.

Once when I was a kid at the beach, was in the water and a sudden strong current grabbed my legs and pullled me underwater for a second, brief but unpleasant. 

Another time I was on a reserve out in the bush and a group of us were gathering cut grass left by a tractor with a mower on the back. I suddenly hear this crunch and then whistling sound and look around, turns out the mower had run over a fairly big sized stone and sent it flying which almost hit me, which was now rolling down the hill. 

I can't imagine either of these having ended very well. 

[ExplosionMare 21,627]

• I was swimming alone and I started panicking because I guess the water was deeper than I can handle. Luckily my uncle was there to save me (this was on a family trip where all the extended family was together).

• There's been times where I was driving and definitely could've gotten into ugly collisions had my reaction time been bad. There was also a time where a rock almost went through my mom's car when we were all going on a trip.

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• Let's just say I've seriously thought about taking my life into my own hands a couple times.

 

[Clawdeen 20,929]

43 minutes ago, ExplosionMare said:

• I was swimming alone and I started panicking because I guess the water was deeper than I can handle. Luckily my uncle was there to save me (this was on a family trip where all the extended family was together).

• There's been times where I was driving and definitely could've gotten into ugly collisions had my reaction time been bad. There was also a time where a rock almost went through my mom's car when we were all going on a trip.

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• Let's just say I've seriously thought about taking my life into my own hands a couple times.

 

For awareness I'm getting into some serious stuff with this reply so naturally I’ll be spoilering 

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I’m sorry to hear that you feel that way at times and I hope you have someone you can talk to about that. If those thoughts or urge ever get too bad don’t hesitate to reach out to one of the hotlines or text line. I’m assuming you’re in the states so if you ever need recommendations or anything lmk. I got a few saved to my phone.

As a person who has done that a few times throughout her life, from a few different ways, got the ol scar on the wrist to prove it there’s a piece that doesn’t get mentioned enough. Not to scare you. But there’s an aftermath to surviving these sort of things. Each time you go back for that the aftermath gets bigger. They don’t just save you and you get to go home. It also comes with a hefty price tag.

Which again I don’t share this to scare you but to really emphasize getting help when you get those thoughts or reaching out to someone. You’ve got your whole life ahead of you and you deserve to be happy. That’s a road you really don’t want to go down. Never hesitate to reach out for help if you ever need it.

 

 

[ExplosionMare 21,627]

34 minutes ago, Clawdeen said:

For awareness I'm getting into some serious stuff with this reply so naturally I’ll be spoilering 

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I’m sorry to hear that you feel that way at times and I hope you have someone you can talk to about that. If those thoughts or urge ever get too bad don’t hesitate to reach out to one of the hotlines or text line. I’m assuming you’re in the states so if you ever need recommendations or anything lmk. I got a few saved to my phone.

As a person who has done that a few times throughout her life, from a few different ways, got the ol scar on the wrist to prove it there’s a piece that doesn’t get mentioned enough. Not to scare you. But there’s an aftermath to surviving these sort of things. Each time you go back for that the aftermath gets bigger. They don’t just save you and you get to go home. It also comes with a hefty price tag.

Which again I don’t share this to scare you but to really emphasize getting help when you get those thoughts or reaching out to someone. You’ve got your whole life ahead of you and you deserve to be happy. That’s a road you really don’t want to go down. Never hesitate to reach out for help if you ever need it.

 

 

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I usually just talk to a friend if I can. I've done therapy before but I never end up feeling like I need it long-term (not to mention it's expensive!). I'm aware of all the hotlines so I'm good on that end, but thank you, though.

You wouldn't scare me because of that. It's sad to hear from one of my friends but I know you've gone through a lot and still do, so I can sympathize. The price tag thing does scare me, though. I've always been scared of getting sent somewhere and given meds I don't really need. I'm just glad most of my dark thoughts struggles never made it past my head cause that would've just hurt more than helped in the long run.

I didn't mean to scare you either! Really I didn't officially "attempt" before but I was thinking about it. It's strange to think that I used to think about things like that. My main struggle nowadays is to tell myself not to SI when I'm feeling overwhelmed. It's one of those things that's gotten better over time but it won't fully go away.

Thank you for your kind words, it is always appreciated. I'm doing pretty well right now, especially compared to those "couple of times", but of course I have my days. I know you do too. Just remember that though you may struggle to see your worth sometimes, I see you as a very kind and wonderful friend! I always look forward to your posts here since you have such a fun sense of humor! It's also nice to talk with you about serious things since it's hard to find people like that who are understanding. Don't be afraid to reach out for help when you need it, too! You don't have to face things alone.

 

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[Avery 302]

1 hour ago, ExplosionMare said:

• I was swimming alone and I started panicking because I guess the water was deeper than I can handle. Luckily my uncle was there to save me (this was on a family trip where all the extended family was together).

• There's been times where I was driving and definitely could've gotten into ugly collisions had my reaction time been bad. There was also a time where a rock almost went through my mom's car when we were all going on a trip.

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• Let's just say I've seriously thought about taking my life into my own hands a couple times.

 

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Hey Emmy, I want to check on you, I’m going to DM you if that’s okay, I just want make sure you’re doing okay.

 

[Clawdeen 20,929]

2 minutes ago, ExplosionMare said:

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I usually just talk to a friend if I can. I've done therapy before but I never end up feeling like I need it long-term (not to mention it's expensive!). I'm aware of all the hotlines so I'm good on that end, but thank you, though.

You wouldn't scare me because of that. It's sad to hear from one of my friends but I know you've gone through a lot and still do, so I can sympathize. The price tag thing does scare me, though. I've always been scared of getting sent somewhere and given meds I don't really need. I'm just glad most of my dark thoughts struggles never made it past my head cause that would've just hurt more than helped in the long run.

I didn't mean to scare you either! Really I didn't officially "attempt" before but I was thinking about it. It's strange to think that I used to think about things like that. My main struggle nowadays is to tell myself not to SI when I'm feeling overwhelmed. It's one of those things that's gotten better over time but it won't fully go away.

Thank you for your kind words, it is always appreciated. I'm doing pretty well right now, especially compared to those "couple of times", but of course I have my days. I know you do too. Just remember that though you may struggle to see your worth sometimes, I see you as a very kind and wonderful friend! I always look forward to your posts here since you have such a fun sense of humor! It's also nice to talk with you about serious things since it's hard to find people like that who are understanding. Don't be afraid to reach out for help when you need it, too! You don't have to face things alone.

 

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Of course! I’m always here. I know I post a lot of weird humorous stuff but I’m always here when it comes to things like this. I just wanted to check in on you  I’m glad you’re doing ok and just wanted to make sure you knew there are free places you can call or reach out to if those thoughts ever get overwhelming. Definitely understand on the therapy aspect. It took me ages this past year to find places who took my insurance. It’s not very affordable out of pocket so I understand why you aren’t able to go.  I appreciate your kind words as well. I’m glad to have you as a friend too

 

[Longhaul 8,195]

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Let's see...I had a shotgun pointed at me over a dispute over some Hot Wheels cars when I was about 8 or 9 ... never knew, or found out, if it was loaded or not but I suspect it might have been.  And yeah, I firmly believe the kid would have pulled the trigger if we weren't able to talk him down.

Then, there was the time I almost drowned.  One of my cousins climbed onto my shoulders while I was in swimming, and I lost touch with the bottom of the lake.  She weighed me down enough that I was about to pass out from not breathing.

 

I'm not counting the four attempts I made on myself because they were pretty half-assed.  Only damage they did was psychological.

 

[MLP Golden Breezie 893]

no, luckily i never risked dying. but at least i will enjoy my life for a very long time until the end watching my favorite tv series and favorite video games. as well as rewatching my favorite episodes of my little pony friendship is magic.

[ExplosionMare 21,627]

10 hours ago, Longhaul said:

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Let's see...I had a shotgun pointed at me over a dispute over some Hot Wheels cars when I was about 8 or 9 ... never knew, or found out, if it was loaded or not but I suspect it might have been.  And yeah, I firmly believe the kid would have pulled the trigger if we weren't able to talk him down.

Then, there was the time I almost drowned.  One of my cousins climbed onto my shoulders while I was in swimming, and I lost touch with the bottom of the lake.  She weighed me down enough that I was about to pass out from not breathing.

 

I'm not counting the four attempts I made on myself because they were pretty half-assed.  Only damage they did was psychological.

 

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Crazy that a kid had access to a gun in the first place! 

The near-drowning sounds really scary, too!

Sorry to hear about the psychological damage. I've experienced similar damage myself, so I know how that is. You're certainly not alone in those feelings. I'm here to talk if you ever need 

 

[Avery 302]

I was 15 walking downtown on my own. I was just about to head back to work, down the alleyway, a large pickup truck drove out from one of the alley in a full speed. However there was a guy on a skateboard passed me, and the truck hit him instantly. I don’t know what freaked me out more; the fact that it could have been me or the fact I firsthand witnessed someone just got hit by truck. I don’t know what happened to guy after the driver came to check on him, since I didn’t stick around, my mind literally shut down and my body just moves to tell me to keep going. Unfortunately that moment made me took the wrong direction and I ended up lost in downtown. I have the shop i visited to print me out a map but I was late to work. I got in trouble for it, while trying to explain what happened. The fact they didn’t cared about a 15 year old witnessed a potential death and only cared about being late for work is quite bizarre.