Brushes with death

BlunderWoman

BlunderWoman

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Since the injury of my friend I have contemplated my own brushes with death and how these events have affected me. I just may have been born under a lucky star, but we all know eventually death knocks on everyone's door. I have tried to prepare the way for when my last day comes to make things easier for my children by making my will and I constantly say if I have anything that is very sentimental to you then just take it now while I'm alive. I can say that I'm not really afraid of dying, but I am afraid of pain. I have a low tolerance for pain. I think that for me my brushes with death made me more and more aware to always say ' I still love you' after an argument with any family member & also not to hold grudges after an argument. This is a list of some of my brushes with death and I'm going to leave some out. How about you? Any 'brushes with death' stories and how did it affect your life? I know there are some people with very bad health problems that face death every day.

Robbed at gunpoint in Houston 6 times. ( That was a bad luck city for me)
Breast cancer survivor ( I rarely ever talk about that one )
Flew over an over pass off into air, just flying in my truck and landed in mud with only minor scrapes and bruises.
Have heart issues ( wear a vial of heart pills around my neck)
Almost did not make it out of my burning house
Had a very bad wreck & fractured the C2 in my neck
That's my basic list which is actually short. Some people have LONG lists
 

Ameriscot said:
Bad collision with a semi - didn't get a scratch.
Held up at gunpoint.
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Did you come away from those experiences feeling you wanted to change anything in your life or feel your life was altered in any way?
 

BlunderWoman said:
Did you come away from those experiences feeling you wanted to change anything in your life or feel your life was altered in any way?
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The gun incident made me paranoid, but I got over it.
The wreck made me feel very fortunate! And about that time I became more adventurous knowing death could snatch me at any time.

How about you and your experiences?
 
Ameriscot said:
The gun incident made me paranoid, but I got over it.
The wreck made me feel very fortunate! And about that time I became more adventurous knowing death could snatch me at any time.

How about you and your experiences?
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Yes, I think one definitely comes away knowing that life can be extinguished in an instant. Sometimes I'll be thinking ' okay this is the big one' only to continue to live. I think my experiences just made me more aware of how I do not want to leave my family without closure when I die, which is why I never leave a disagreement without saying " I still love you". I have seen many times when two family members had just had very heated arguments or even had stopped talking before a death & how much more difficult it seems for those people to get closure.
 
I probably had a bunch of near misses I don't even know about, I was a really serious drinker as a teen.

Adult and sober I never had a car crash but came close countless times.

Absolutely one of the scariest moments of my life was being in heavy traffic and ready to cross a busy intersection...I have no brakes...I have no BRAKES...I managed to drift and stop. Actually the experience was a revelation. Facing one of my worst fears and surviving it. I'm much more confident driving now.
 
fureverywhere said:
I probably had a bunch of near misses I don't even know about, I was a really serious drinker as a teen.

Adult and sober I never had a car crash but came close countless times.

Absolutely one of the scariest moments of my life was being in heavy traffic and ready to cross a busy intersection...I have no brakes...I have no BRAKES...I managed to drift and stop. Actually the experience was a revelation. Facing one of my worst fears and surviving it. I'm much more confident driving now.
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OMG fur those are the scary situations aren't they?
 
I have lived in "interesting times" lol. It has made me somewhat fatalistic. The one incident that sticks out the most, is waking up in hospital after being unconscious for four days. Work related injuries. To this day, although others pieced together the events, I have no memory of what happened.
 
BlunderWoman said:
Since the injury of my friend I have contemplated my own brushes with death and how these events have affected me. I just may have been born under a lucky star, but we all know eventually death knocks on everyone's door. I have tried to prepare the way for when my last day comes to make things easier for my children by making my will and I constantly say if I have anything that is very sentimental to you then just take it now while I'm alive. I can say that I'm not really afraid of dying, but I am afraid of pain. I have a low tolerance for pain. I think that for me my brushes with death made me more and more aware to always say ' I still love you' after an argument with any family member & also not to hold grudges after an argument. This is a list of some of my brushes with death and I'm going to leave some out. How about you? Any 'brushes with death' stories and how did it affect your life? I know there are some people with very bad health problems that face death every day.

Robbed at gunpoint in Houston 6 times. ( That was a bad luck city for me)
Breast cancer survivor ( I rarely ever talk about that one )
Flew over an over pass off into air, just flying in my truck and landed in mud with only minor scrapes and bruises.
Have heart issues ( wear a vial of heart pills around my neck)
Almost did not make it out of my burning house
Had a very bad wreck & fractured the C2 in my neck
That's my basic list which is actually short. Some people have LONG lists
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I'll keep in mind not to fly with you.
 
Shalimar said:
I have lived in "interesting times" lol. It has made me somewhat fatalistic. The one incident that sticks out the most, is waking up in hospital after being unconscious for four days. Work related injuries. To this day, although others pieced together the events, I have no memory of what happened.
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I tend to be that way at times also Shali. I had my own 'Signs' experience like that movie showing how that odd water habit of the little girl played into saving their lives. I can't forget had I not that really weird habit of turning fans on everywhere even in the winter I would have gone back to bed and never made it alive out of my burning house. So some experiences will tend to make you a little fatalistic ;)
4 days is a long time to be unconscious, not surprising you had some memory loss.
 
These are incredible stories, all of you. My word, you've been through a lot. It's hard to imagine coping after some of the incidents described here. Glad you're all still with us.
 
bluebreezes said:
These are incredible stories, all of you. My word, you've been through a lot. It's hard to imagine coping after some of the incidents described here. Glad you're all still with us.
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I like to hear these stories . I especially like to hear the impact that had on someone's life .
 

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