At my birth I almost died cause I would not come out the old fashioned way and had to be c-sec and was on life support for about 3 weeks. Hows that for a welcome to the world.
Your near death experience
- Thread starter Flushfacker
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Hiking in the mountains with a friend. Climbing up a mild cliff with a 50 degree slope at the bottom, full of rocks.
It had just rained, and the vegetation underfoot was slippery as hell. All we had to hold on to was a bunch of wet heather.
No close calls or anything, but it was pretty creepy.
On the same day, climbing down a crevasse type thing, which was basically a rock face disintegrating with a space in the middle to shimmy down.
Turns out the outer wall moves when bearing weight.
All 18 tons of it.
And a very halfhearted suicide attempt.
It had just rained, and the vegetation underfoot was slippery as hell. All we had to hold on to was a bunch of wet heather.
No close calls or anything, but it was pretty creepy.
On the same day, climbing down a crevasse type thing, which was basically a rock face disintegrating with a space in the middle to shimmy down.
Turns out the outer wall moves when bearing weight.
All 18 tons of it.
And a very halfhearted suicide attempt.
How blind are we talking? And that must have hurt, like, really bad. But hey, you were two, you have the luck of not remembering much.la-le-lu-li-lo said:When I was two I was hit by a car.
By hit I mean completely backed over.
By car I mean SUV.
I have some neat scars and partial blindness in my right eye from the impact.
Overall I came out okay though.
How high was the mountain?VaioStreams said:
OP: I feel like such a lucky bastard, I haven't had a single near death or remotely dangerous experience. Or maybe I'm just overly safe, cause the only half-serious injury I've ever got (that I can remember) was getting my face slammed into the corner of an opening door.
As they say, you are never more alive then when you are closest to death, now get out there and start biking mountains with no helmet, judging by this thread mountains seem high on the near death list. Myself, Im from the UK, our mountains are pretty tame compared to the rest of the world, except Holland of course.crazyhaircut94 said:
Yeah I don't remember anything of the actual impact or anything after, other than a yellow lab in a doctor's outfit. My bets are that there was no dog... /:crazyhaircut94 said:
Like all I have is peripheral vision in my right eye. It's enough vision for me to still have depth perception, and to be able to drive because I essentially see exactly the same as anyone else. The left eye 'adapted' or something... I also have like 20-20.
Almost got run down by a cabby in melbourne CBD. Gave him a nasty look and kept on walking ahaha. Stopped like an inch away from my leg too, I lol at danger.
Oh on a side note, I feel lucky that I'm not Jewish, not that I have anything against Jews, but I'm a Haemophiliac, which practically means my blood doesn't clot, so my brisk (think thats how ya spell it, circumcision thingy anyways.) would have been the most dramatic ever hahahaha, bleed out from penis lol. Most awkward conversation ever for my parents:
"Oh I'm so sorry or your loss, what happened to him?"
"well, uh, you see..."
"Oh. My. God."
Yea my humour has a slightly black bent to it. Too much Monty Python, obviously.
Oh on a side note, I feel lucky that I'm not Jewish, not that I have anything against Jews, but I'm a Haemophiliac, which practically means my blood doesn't clot, so my brisk (think thats how ya spell it, circumcision thingy anyways.) would have been the most dramatic ever hahahaha, bleed out from penis lol. Most awkward conversation ever for my parents:
"Oh I'm so sorry or your loss, what happened to him?"
"well, uh, you see..."
"Oh. My. God."
Yea my humour has a slightly black bent to it. Too much Monty Python, obviously.
This was a few years ago, I was messing about in a quarry with a few friends and ended up overbalancing and sliding down a steep slope.
Somehow managed to skid down on my feet, almost standing up, until I got to the bottom. There was a 6 foot ledge that I fell off, grazing most of the skin off my forearms and elbows.
Yep, not trying that again.
Somehow managed to skid down on my feet, almost standing up, until I got to the bottom. There was a 6 foot ledge that I fell off, grazing most of the skin off my forearms and elbows.
Yep, not trying that again.
Huge wave pool at wild waves... I know it sounds lame but i was younger, couldn't swim so well, and the left guard would have let me drown. i went under and couldn't breath, the waves pushed me back and flailing i managed to grab the life guard ladder. and pull my self up. and guess what? the life guard looks over and yells at me for climbing the ladder.
Here's a scary one from a couple weeks ago...
I stopped off on the way to work and got a breakfast burrito from a fast food place. As I'm driving to work I start eating it. Like most people, I eat in the car all the time. No big deal, right?
So I don't remember what happened...I either hit a bump or somehow involuntarily inhaled, but whatever I did I wound up sucking part of the burrito down the wrong pipe. I tried to dislodge it by coughing it out, but it was stuck in there good. After about 5 seconds I realized it wasn't coming out and I was getting no air whatsoever.
I tried to remain as calm as possible but the fact of the matter was I was choking to death while driving, and I honestly thought I was going to die. I was driving down a street where there was nothing but curb on either side, no way to get help. In my rearview mirror I saw some cars behind me about a quarter of a mile back, so I slowed down and stopped my car so I was blocking both lanes. I needed someone to stop and if not help me directly, then call for help.
So as I stop the car and begin to get out, I realize the first guy coming was paying no attention whatsoever (he was in the left lane of a 2 lane road) and hadn't slowed down at all. Heh, forget choking to death...this guy was going to t-bone me. So I backed the car up into the right lane as he saw me and drove over the medium. Now at this point I'm probably close to a minute with no oxygen and I can't see very well because my eyes are all blurry. So I get out of the car, and I don't know how this happened...maybe somehow my diaphram contracted and expanded...but getting out of the car forced enough air out that the piece of burrito dislodged and came out in what can only be described as a belch of Homer Simpson proportions.
So there I stood, as traffic behind me slowed to a stop and people looked at me like I was out of my mind. As my vision cleared I began to wave people around me and then got back in my car and went to work.
And oh yeah, I threw the rest of that damn burrito out.
I stopped off on the way to work and got a breakfast burrito from a fast food place. As I'm driving to work I start eating it. Like most people, I eat in the car all the time. No big deal, right?
So I don't remember what happened...I either hit a bump or somehow involuntarily inhaled, but whatever I did I wound up sucking part of the burrito down the wrong pipe. I tried to dislodge it by coughing it out, but it was stuck in there good. After about 5 seconds I realized it wasn't coming out and I was getting no air whatsoever.
I tried to remain as calm as possible but the fact of the matter was I was choking to death while driving, and I honestly thought I was going to die. I was driving down a street where there was nothing but curb on either side, no way to get help. In my rearview mirror I saw some cars behind me about a quarter of a mile back, so I slowed down and stopped my car so I was blocking both lanes. I needed someone to stop and if not help me directly, then call for help.
So as I stop the car and begin to get out, I realize the first guy coming was paying no attention whatsoever (he was in the left lane of a 2 lane road) and hadn't slowed down at all. Heh, forget choking to death...this guy was going to t-bone me. So I backed the car up into the right lane as he saw me and drove over the medium. Now at this point I'm probably close to a minute with no oxygen and I can't see very well because my eyes are all blurry. So I get out of the car, and I don't know how this happened...maybe somehow my diaphram contracted and expanded...but getting out of the car forced enough air out that the piece of burrito dislodged and came out in what can only be described as a belch of Homer Simpson proportions.
So there I stood, as traffic behind me slowed to a stop and people looked at me like I was out of my mind. As my vision cleared I began to wave people around me and then got back in my car and went to work.
And oh yeah, I threw the rest of that damn burrito out.
after i got my wisdom teeth pulled i nearly died of blood loss while downstairs in my house. the blood pours down the back of your throat and its horrible. i passed out and came two a few hours later cold and weak. it was awesome. i had this trippy sensory high. if i could do it again without the risk of death i think i would.
i'll never forget it ...
when i was 9 a car severed my ankle ... my blood flowed out fast .. within 2 mins + shock .. i was unconscious .. i don't remember the trip to the hospital .. but i do remember ghe doctors constantly pulling me out of euthoria .. i was at peace .. and they brought me back to pain and misery ........
when i was 9 a car severed my ankle ... my blood flowed out fast .. within 2 mins + shock .. i was unconscious .. i don't remember the trip to the hospital .. but i do remember ghe doctors constantly pulling me out of euthoria .. i was at peace .. and they brought me back to pain and misery ........