What's the scariest experience you've ever had? (lemmy.world)

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Paranormal or explainable.

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Sudden low blood pressure after seeing my own blood. I went temporarily blind and my hearing was weird for a bit. Thankfully, my father rescued me.

The reason I didn't faint was because, when I felt my blood pressure dropping, I immediately kneeled to avoid further injury.

That was most certainly the scariest thing I've experienced. Somehow, it was scarier than actually fainting.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Somehow I've never actually fainted but I've had near fainting episodes tons of times. Literally every single time I've been too embarrassed to say anything to anyone or take immediate logical action bahaha! One time when I was a teen at dance class I started feeling that way. Decided to excuse myself to the bathroom. As I was walking down the hall, my vision went black and I had to literally feel for the bathroom door. No idea how I made it in there without fully passing out but it's funny how self conscious I am to do that. I sat on the floor for a few minutes before going back to class. 🙃

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[-] discostjohn@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I have a friend who passes out every time he gets his blood drawn. He's like a deflating balloon.

He's diabetic and has to get blood work done every so often, and he always warns the person taking his blood that he's going to pass out for a second, and it's no big deal, but they always act surprised and panic when it happens.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I had to go to therapy for that. What works for me is closing my eyes so I don't get to see the needle or the blood. I still feel a bit weird after but I don't pass out anymore.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Had to jump about 30 feet off a cruise ship (into water of course) in a "gumby" suit as part of training to work on said ship

[-] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 months ago

7.7 magnitude earthquake from the 33rd floor. It happened 2 weeks ago. I will never go in a tall building again.

[-] sxan@midwest.social -4 points 2 months ago

"I'll never put on a life jacket again."

[-] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My dog and I got attacked by a sausage pitbull a couple days ago for the second time (same dog). I was able to defuse the situation without any major injuries to either dog, and just some scuffs from rolling around on the ground. It was still terrifying and he ambushed us.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You're more patient than me. I'd have had a knife with its name on it the second time.

Sorry you had to go through that.

[-] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah most people I know would do the same, or even just let their own dog attack the pitbull after they were subdued. I did choke the shit out of him until he calmed down though. Funny enough, I used a "bulldog choke."

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Going from an employee to self-employed was fucking terrifying. It felt like risking my entire future even though I rationally knew that not to be the case.

[-] Haus@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

Got launched off the side of a boat near Tokyo in January. Wasn't very buoyant due to heavy winter clothing and the cold water was... something else. Felt like I was sinking down forever. When I did resurface, it took a long time for them to rig up a ladder for me to climb aboard the adjacent ship.

[-] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Almost spun out because I hit a pothole, luckily the oncoming lane was empty and I managed to recover though

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

When my son had scarlet fever.

[-] Mesophar@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

When I was younger, maybe 8-10, I was at the beach with my family. I had always been a strong swimmer, we went to this beach fairly often, there were plenty of people around, and always had lifeguards on duty. It wasn't stormy or bad weather at all.

I was swimming on my own when I got stuck in the undertow of the waves. I remember getting pulled back about 6 feet underwater before I was able to surface again. By that point, I was hit by the next wave, knocking me over and back into the undertow. This repeated for what felt like an hour but was probably only around 5 minutes, maybe 10. I was anxiously looking for lifeguards and trying to signal for help anytime I was on the surface, but no one ever noticed me.

My grandmother had taught me what to do if I ever got stuck in the waves, though, and instead of trying to fight the current I just started riding it and swimming parallel to the shore. I eventually got back to the beach and walked back to my family, and I remember it being so much longer to get back that seemed reasonable.

I was sure I was going to drown, getting sucked out and down under the ocean.

[-] fekdifeyeno@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 months ago

Now.

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