Is there anything that completely changed your life?

[Bourne Endeavor]

Hmm. It was going out with a jerkoff of an ex who practically ruined most of my high school years (just 9th&10th grade to be exact). Depression set in, I became more cynical and skeptical, while maintaining a certain "Fuck Off, I'm Awesome" mentality. Scary how one person can make you change your cheery "I LOVE EVERYONE" disposition into something that seems to be greatly desired in our society. Someone who doesn't get a flying fuck about many people nor their feelings. But then again, even with all the drama, I like the person I am now. I look back on my past as something to NOT DO AGAIN. Hey, life is one's greatest teacher.

My lesson? Don't date fuckwits from Florida. Long distance/online relationships make my gag.

This sounds similar to what happened to my life, with slight difference. I had precisely one emo moment in my entire life, where I heavily contemplated suicide, to the extent of what would be the most effective way; not a good thought to have while walking on a bridge.

The reason? I had gone though absolute hell in high school (was about 12-13) in addition to the numerous problems I had before in grade school. The bullying, teasing, mocking and so forth simply was becoming increasingly difficult to handle; specifically more so because I took everything to heart and had no self esteem. I decided then and there I could never do something like that because of the devastation it would cause my mother and considering how much she has done for me, I was not willing to do that.

Strangely enough I came across the possibility that perhaps my own personality was the problem and that if I forcefully developed a ?I?m awesome and no one can prove otherwise? alongside ?I don?t give a rat?s ass about anyone except myself.? It certainly helped as nothing seemed to bother me anymore.

I left that school not long after, to take up home schooling, pushed myself to be arrogant if only to develop confidence, decided to start using any insults people threw my way as a bounce off to make a joke out of, thus mocking myself and after a year or two, I am a completely different person. So much so when I mention this little story to my friends they almost hit the floor in shock. Most still do not believe I was ever shy, lacked confidence or never made a sarcastic/joke remark about everything.

 

[arcticfox11]

Like most people nowadays, my parents split up when I was thirteen, but I took that in stride. You might even say I saw it coming.

The moment that defined my life actually happened about six months ago. I went in for an angina procedure on my heart (seeing as I'm a 20 year old, 135 pound, perfectly healthy male, this is highly unusual), and the procedure went poorly. Suffice it to say, I was clinically dead for almost two minutes before they revived me. So now I know what it's like to die, and I'm not taking life for granted ever again.

This can be taken however one wants to, in my particular case, there was no "white light". I only experienced darkness. Then again, I haven't been the most noble human being so far, either.

 

[Aqualung]

I think I can say the Lord of the Rings movies changed my life. If my parents hadn't forced me to come see it in theatres when they didn't have a babysitter, I might've become another brainwashed Barbie instead of a nerdy gamer chick.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Quite a few things have. Most notably, my first deployment to Iraq - that altered my perspective (and as such probably my future course) substantially.

 

[Inarticulate_Underachiever]

There's one girl I met who I really clicked with and she made me feel more comfortable and confident on social situations. We're no longer friends but she definitely had an effect on my social life

 

[Archemetis]

The Advice of an old college tutor named, Phil Heeley.
He's dead now, but he basically helped me realise the great error of my life at that time which was, I was too focused on chasing skirt.

So much so that I managed to accidently sabotage my own life while doing it. I even failed the course I was on because of it, so I sat down with him, we had a chat and he was type of man who never pulled punches, he would tell you exactly what he saw when he looked at you, with startlingly accurate results, he saw straight through me and picked away at every sublt nuance of my personality without even trying.

I took his advice immediately to heart and decided to not to chase after women, but simply let anything girl related happen on it's own, it was around that time I met my Ex, who regardless of how it eventually ended up was the greatest and most loving relationship i'd ever been in, I'd also signed up for another course and it's been so much more successful as i've been less pre-occupied with women and more focused on the important things in life.

Truly, to me he was a great man.

 

[Lord George]

Realising one day that I could take whatever I wanted in the world as long as I was confident enough to do it and that most people are bound by social fear. It was inspired by a very strange incident.

 

[TopHatTim]

moving to england from canada. im not sure how it changed me bad or good.
but it changed me thats for sure.

 

[FinalGamer]

Three things.

Without videogames I'd be a drooling ADHD-powered retard in a corner.
Without The Animals of Farthing Wood I'd never understand humanity.
Without my best friend I'd not be alive.

 

[setsunafseiei]

Life's been rather mundane but I hope to spice it up by saving up the cash and traveling the world for a year to see what it's really like for myself. Hopefully then I'll have a different outlook. If not Plan B!

 

[Stevato]

My parents getting divorced when i was 11 (Quite young i know but it ground breaking at the time)

I've also suffered from severe depression since i was 15 (18 now) so that had a big effect on the way i look upon life.

 

[Goldbling]

Any one else notice that all the people with animé avatars in this thread have posted real depressing things happening to them?

Changing from private to state education was probably the biggest change for me, opened up whole new worlds that didn't exist to me before.

Kinda wierd aint it?

 

[-Orgasmatron-]

A four way orgy at a party, scarred me for life.

 

[Do4600]

I guess being born changed my life...

haha nice.

Nothing, I want to talk about all that much, half my immediate family died, hospital stay etc

 

[Do4600]

Breaking my leg, put in a cast for 5 months, gained weight, never did lose it, still struggle with it everyday, currently its hindering me from joining the military.

I always thought that not getting into the army was a good thing.

Um no, its the greatest thing you could do for your country.

One question... Are you brainwashed or something, cause dying for your leaders (not your country) is not the greatest thing you could do.

I said joining the military, you know, to protect the country and your way of life? That greatest thing you can do for it. Learn to read.

The US military isn't protecting the US their bombing the shit out of other countries to change their way of life, there's no protecting going on.

 

[Straitjacketeering]

When I was twelve I had a neighbor who was seventeen who was a hero to me, growing up in the Bronx since I was a little child he defended me, taught me how to fight, and how to make money selling and making drugs, after a while of being a runner for his deals I started getting beaten by his contacts because they thought I was skimming off the top when actually it was him, he was heavy on heroin and to prevent me from getting hurt he stopped getting high on his supply and eventually the withdrawel caused him to vomit in his sleep and suffocate. The death of him changed me, it opened my eyes to the world at a young age and allowed me time to learn much more then I could have ever imagined.

 

[SirSisyphus]

Well...I just found out my girlfriend is pregnant. We are in our mid twenties, I have a good, stable job with insurance, but it still terrifies me beyond belief. The good thing is, I've planned on marrying her eventually and we will be great parents, but it's just earlier than I would have wanted. I'm worried about the usual stuff like money. Talk about a life changing week!

 

[Dubiousduke]

my fiancee changed my life for the better, exponentially.