I thought a lorry had stopped for me at a crossing (although it probabley stopped because of the traffic ahead, crossed, and a car swung round. Everything was in slow motion and I didn’t think I would make it. Anyone else had near death experiences?
I thought a lorry had stopped for me at a crossing (although it probabley stopped because of the traffic ahead, crossed, and a car swung round. Everything was in slow motion and I didn’t think I would make it. Anyone else had near death experiences?
Nearly been ran over about 14 times, nearly choked to death at one stage, died of beauty in high school (vomit…)…
I was nearly ran over once. I was waiting for my school bus and a car came very fast on the side of the road, swerved to miss me and flipped over. That’s about it.
My most terrifying experiance involved being chased by the police. Once you’ve been chased and put in handcuffs you will learn fear.
I had some knifes pointed at me.Apart from that I was nearly drowned by my swimming teacher when I was 6 or so!
That mutha whater liked to “test” us.
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My most terrifying experiance involved being chased by the police. Once you’ve been chased and put in handcuffs you will learn fear.[/quote]
Someone not happy about your “crush test” phoned the police?
I almost got hit by a train when I was younger.
You know fear when you see a towering locomotive rushing at you at fantastically high speeds, but oddly enough, it is slow in your eyes.
I nearly died from appendicitus. Apparently I was a day away from it bursting and poisoning me. Meh.
I almost drowned when I was younger (I got swept down a current and underneath the water). It was pretty scary at the time.
In August I was nearly hit by a double decker bus… Mum and I were crossing the road when it swerved round a corner with its horn blaring…
We have sent a letter to the incompetants at Southern Vectis; the matter is under investigation.
@ the last 4:
Do you get depressed and want to die over it, and did you think at teh time you were going to die. I feel I have cheated death or serious injury and it is killing me. They say most people from then on want to live life in its fullest but I just want it to end, it seems pointless. Aren’t we just born to die.
No. I’ve read lots of books on human emotional psychology and if you think like that, then you’re screwed.
Problem is it was my fault. And I was a split second away from being hit, odubt many have experience of that.
[quote=“Potato Potentate”]@ the last 4:
Do you get depressed and want to die over it, and did you think at teh time you were going to die. I feel I have cheated death or serious injury and it is killing me. They say most people from then on want to live life in its fullest but I just want it to end, it seems pointless. Aren’t we just born to die.[/quote]
Meh. Don’t really get depressed over it. Didn’t have any idea how close I was to dying at the time, so no. As far as I see it I wasn’t like… “given a second chance” or anything… It was something that just happened. I get on with life. It’s not a big deal to me.
There isn’t really a point in life.You use it to your advantage.Me, I try to be happy.There is no such thing as “cheating death” in my book…
I keep on going on about the inicident in my head, every thing reminds me of it and I keep on thinking, “if that hadnt of happened I would not be here reading this”
Don’t think like that. Sure, everyone dies eventually, but chances are that’ll be a long long long time from now, despite what your near-death experience may make you think. This is the only life you’re gonna get, so you may as well make the most of it.
I know when people come along and start telling you not to think a certain way like I just did, it seems kind of futile. You can’t change your entire outlook on life overnight, but as long as you keep at it you can change things gradually. Just keep fightin’ the good fight.
Heh, ok, that’s all I got. Dunno if that’ll be of any use to you.
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"Fear is the first step on the road to His hell, and hopelessness is the chain by which He binds His slaves. Sorrow is His nourishment. Horror gives Him form. He prays on those who would submit themselves to bitterness and who cloud themselves in misery, while life moves on around them. He is terror in the face of decay and disease, and He is inaction in the face of all that is perceived to be inevitable.
He is our impotentance to resist the ravages of time, and He is our morbidity. He is revulsion and self-deceit, and He is the acceptance of defeat. He breathes his cyancism into our souls and with it binds our will.
[He] is obstinate, self-indulgent dispair. And he is our enemy."
-Liber Chaotica Nurgle
In other words, the thing that makes us really alive is the thought that, to quote the song, we are meant to live. We can experience a load of emotions in this time that we have, and we can find friends (tips hat to some forum members) and people we care for (tips hat to someone else) that enhance us and make us better people.
To stop yourself feeling this way, start looking forward more than looking back. I’m going on holiday in 9 months, and despite the fact that University is going to stretch me for those months it will be worth it.
If you still feel this way, you MUST go to counselling. Seriously. If you live your entire life wondering when you’ll die…what’s the point?
when i was like 4 me and some friends rolled a giant monster truck tire up a hill and then we were going to roll it down at a playstructure. it’s difficult to explain how it happened but all you need to know is that i almost got cut in half.
it was by my own foolishness. it didn’t bother me at the time because nothing happened but a few years ago i remembered the event and how close i was to dying at such a young age (or at least paralysis). split second timing is what it came down to for my survival, and i haplessly went on playing afterwards.
you can’t help but ask “what if?” but you will get over it and it probably won’t take that long.
to me it sounds like you are struggling with philosophical issues rather than post traumatic stress syndrome. i do not want to die, in fact i want to live, but i honestly do not fear death. it’s nothing macho, i have just reasoned away the fear of death through my philosophies.
i normally do not give advice but it sounds like you could either use counselling or just distract yourself with other stuff in your life so you don’t have time to contemplate imminent death. (the latter worked for me; i just got desensitized and forgot about it).
Hey Arcie, where’s that from?
The fancy quote was from a book called the “Liber Chaotica: Nurgle”. It’s a background book for Warhammer, concerning a daemon god of disease and despair, but a great deal of the things written in it, and it’s companion books, apply greatly to the real world as well.