I was hit by a drunk driver. Traumatic brain injury fueled coma. I woke up with a different personality, with no memory of the past year & with no sense of smell or taste. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
Seizures. I had one back in 2018(?) and it ruined my memory even worse than it already was. (My experience I had was it felt like a sudden rush of blood to my head and I passed out after standing up too fast). Woke up feeling weird.
Cancer. I don’t care who you are, it’s not a punishment. It’s a painful, horrific disease that breaks me when I know there are people out there that haven’t even started to enjoy life have it. Their families, the impact this has on communities.
An eating disorder. It destroys you. It kills you mentally. It kills your friendships and relationships. Don’t even get me started on the effect it has on your body, I’ve been in full recovery for nearly two years now and still deal with some physical side effects. I still have the thoughts
Getting cheated on. It messes with your head so much afterwards and can impact your self esteem for a long time after the relationship ends. And it seems so common these days which is really sad
When I was 17, I was a victim of a violent crime. In which my best friend was murdered as we were getting out of his car.My friend was shot in the throat by a man who was intoxicated and shooting into a crowd.
Two other people were shot and physically recovered .
I was not hit. It devastated my life for many years. Survivor’s guilt is a real thing.
I wouldn’t wish anyone to go through all of it.
I’m much better than I used to be.
I still have ptsd issues in crowds . I’m very happily married, but I have never been able to establish any other friendships.
This all happened in 1980.
I’m now 62 years old.
One parent with multi infarct dementia, the other with Alzheimers, at the same time. Can I add, in a state with laws that make it difficult to help them, because it’s not illegal to be crazy. I understand not wanting kids to steal their parent’s estates when they’re not incapacitated, but my parents WERE a danger to themselves or others.
Whilst it doesn’t compare to some of the things mentioned here, having a close relationship with a raging narcissist who turns people against you and makes you question your own sanity is pretty awful and takes a long time to recover from. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Cancer. Whether you see a loved one or loved ones going through it or you go through it yourself. Even if you’re lucky enough to survive the war, you’re left a completely different person as a survivor.
I have severe OCD (and no not in the germaphone/cleaning way). It impacts the way I perceive and interact with everyone and everything. I don’t have a single moment without it having its hands on me, despite therapy and numerous medications. It’s incredibly disorienting and scary when I’m in full episodes. The paranoia accompanied by obsessions it is not a mindset I wish on anyone, though I do wish it was far more understood.
Seeing a loved one being changed drastically because of mental illness, Seeing how in just 6 months my grandmother went from a happily active woman who cared of her grandchildren, to now being dull all day, no smiling, no anger, just dull, tired all the time, skinny as hell and requiring extensive care all because of dementia
Drug addiction, specifically heroin. I’ve withdrawn, cold turkey, in county jail, on more than one occasion, & if hell really does exist (and I believe it does), that’s it.
Withdrawing from heroin cold turkey in jail. For eternity.
But it’s not just the withdrawing. It’s having family members who don’t suffer from addiction, & who don’t understand. They don’t understand why we just don’t stop. If we really loved them, we’d just stop.
I recently celebrated 7 years of continuous & honest sobriety, and my family was so fucking proud. I relapsed 6 months later. Being on the receiving end of that disappointment is inexplicable. I punish myself for it every day.
Not the loss specifically, but the knowledge that your pet will die soon. Some people might brush it aside cause it wasn’t related to you, or it was just an animal, but when your old dog has been apart of your life for 13 years, it hurts to know you probably don’t have a lot of time left.
Written by a heartbroken boy currently holding his old dog and trying not to cry.
Watching someone you love slowly become a stranger because of mental illness or addiction. They’re still there physically, but it’s like their soul is slipping away and there’s nothing you can do to stop it’s it breaks you in a way that’s hard to explain.
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homelessness
Watching someone die in front of you
the loss of a child
The loss of the person you love most, but it happens to most of us.
Being abused at school
Having a child diagnosed with terminal cancer
Being depressed without a reason
Rape/Sexual Assualt
Not being able to breathe.
Watching your loved one die on life support, while being fully mentally coherent.
Having potassium pushed through your iv. That shit feels like your bones are melting.
Not having food or water
That I’ve personally dealt with? Bullying.
Gallstones
Rape and assault
The suicide of a loved one.
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Cancer
I was hit by a drunk driver. Traumatic brain injury fueled coma. I woke up with a different personality, with no memory of the past year & with no sense of smell or taste. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
Rape/sexual abuse
Panic attacks.
Seizures. I had one back in 2018(?) and it ruined my memory even worse than it already was. (My experience I had was it felt like a sudden rush of blood to my head and I passed out after standing up too fast). Woke up feeling weird.
Brown recluse bite
Using Outlook for email.
The end of 1984
Cancer. I don’t care who you are, it’s not a punishment. It’s a painful, horrific disease that breaks me when I know there are people out there that haven’t even started to enjoy life have it. Their families, the impact this has on communities.
Betrayal from a loved one
Mild to severe OCD
I’m schizophrenic, any of my psychotic episodes- I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. It’s horrible.
Addiction. It’s not fun.
An onset of OCD
Being falsely accused of ANYTHING. Especially rape/sexual assault
Domestic abuse.
Being abandoned by a parent as a child. That really messes a person up.
Microsoft Teams
Losing their child.
My dad died during covid and I couldn’t travel. So, I saw his dead body on FaceTime. It was absolutely the worst way to say goodbye.
Hearing the screams and wails of a parent who just got the news their child passed. It never gets easier.
The loss of a parent. Complete shock and unexpected.
Being cheated on by someone you planned to marry
Either kidney stones or a really bad acid trip
An eating disorder. It destroys you. It kills you mentally. It kills your friendships and relationships. Don’t even get me started on the effect it has on your body, I’ve been in full recovery for nearly two years now and still deal with some physical side effects. I still have the thoughts
Watching your mom die. Then watching your grandma die 5 years later.
Having your spouse attempting to ☠️ you.
AMA
Migraines
Getting cheated on. It messes with your head so much afterwards and can impact your self esteem for a long time after the relationship ends. And it seems so common these days which is really sad
Loving someone and they are pretending everything is ok but in reality they’re behind your back doing god knows what.
Watching your mom lose herself to Alzheimer’s and dying slowly with pneumonia. Finding your dad dead in his garage after 2 days.
Stubbing your pinky toe on the coffee table.
Being in a relationship with a narcissist.
Severe depression with no money to treat and no support.
Suicidal thoughts. Being so low for so long that dying seems like the only way out.
Gallbladder pain I thought I was dying still haven’t fully recovered from the surgery months later
Hearing voices ( mental psychosis).
Having a shotgun pointed at your face.
Psychosis, hallucinations and delusions, and being Baker Acted, involuntary hospitalization for 72 hours or more.
Being fully awake during surgery because the anesthesia didn’t kick in—pure nightmare fuel
Schizophrenia.
Cancer.
Definitely heartburn, especially if the stomach acid comes back upwards whilst you sleep. Couldn’t breathe for 20 seconds when that happened to me.
Diabetes- type 1
Cancer
When I was 17, I was a victim of a violent crime. In which my best friend was murdered as we were getting out of his car.My friend was shot in the throat by a man who was intoxicated and shooting into a crowd.
Two other people were shot and physically recovered .
I was not hit. It devastated my life for many years. Survivor’s guilt is a real thing.
I wouldn’t wish anyone to go through all of it.
I’m much better than I used to be.
I still have ptsd issues in crowds . I’m very happily married, but I have never been able to establish any other friendships.
This all happened in 1980.
I’m now 62 years old.
Being raped
Everyone’s already done all the big ones, so I’ll just answer with what happened to me earlier today:
Falling off your bike onto gravel down a steep hill while trying to avoid running into someone’s dog that they didn’t have on a leash.
I’m in so much pain. Thank fuck for helmets.
One parent with multi infarct dementia, the other with Alzheimers, at the same time. Can I add, in a state with laws that make it difficult to help them, because it’s not illegal to be crazy. I understand not wanting kids to steal their parent’s estates when they’re not incapacitated, but my parents WERE a danger to themselves or others.
Heartbreak 💔
Getting to the point of having suicidal thoughts where all your brain thinks about is killing yourself.
Or, feeling like you lost everything in life.
I feel so bad every second I’d never want anyone else to have to experience this.
Any chronic illness. Regardless of severity, the disease will never go away. Every day until death the disease is still there.
The loss of a pregnancy.
No, make that three in a row
No one can tell you why
Then you lose a baby at 24 weeks
And you have to induce labor.
Then some states would refuse to save you, or even prosecute you for it.
That.
Anyone else have an ovarian cyst rupture?
I have a high pain tolerance, but I genuinely felt like i was on my way out
Cancer, not even my worst enemies. I’d wish death before I’d wish cancer
An abusive relationship.
Losing someone by suicide. Especially a parent in your early teens.
You will never understand the pain until you go through that.
Puking and shitting at the same time
Kidney stones are pretty bad, but Stephen Miller is someone.
Depression
Miscarriage/stillbirth loss of a child.
Whilst it doesn’t compare to some of the things mentioned here, having a close relationship with a raging narcissist who turns people against you and makes you question your own sanity is pretty awful and takes a long time to recover from. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Having a parent or loved one with a drug/ alcohol addiction. Its something that affects entire family’s .
Death of your child.
losing a parent at a young age. i was 13 when i lost my dad. in fact today marks exactly 10 years since i last called him. he died may 11th.
Panic attacks.
Having two siblings die by s****de 2 1/2 years apart. Both were in their early 30’s with children. Left widows and children without their fathers.
Cancer. Whether you see a loved one or loved ones going through it or you go through it yourself. Even if you’re lucky enough to survive the war, you’re left a completely different person as a survivor.
Dad dying at 10
I have severe OCD (and no not in the germaphone/cleaning way). It impacts the way I perceive and interact with everyone and everything. I don’t have a single moment without it having its hands on me, despite therapy and numerous medications. It’s incredibly disorienting and scary when I’m in full episodes. The paranoia accompanied by obsessions it is not a mindset I wish on anyone, though I do wish it was far more understood.
Hospice care due to kidney failure.✌🏼
Mental illness
Watching your parent waste away to cancer.
Being bullied, or gossiped about. I swear, all the kids at my school talk about is other people and their drama that is NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS.
Wrongfully convicted.
Having to take someone off life support.
a grief of losing their most important one. especially someone you had bad relationship with and just in the process of making it better
Seeing your child in the throes of serious addiction.
Emotional pain that is so bad it makes you suicidal
Losing a loved one to dementia
Getting cheated on.
Seeing a loved one being changed drastically because of mental illness, Seeing how in just 6 months my grandmother went from a happily active woman who cared of her grandchildren, to now being dull all day, no smiling, no anger, just dull, tired all the time, skinny as hell and requiring extensive care all because of dementia
Being gaslit.
Drug addiction, specifically heroin. I’ve withdrawn, cold turkey, in county jail, on more than one occasion, & if hell really does exist (and I believe it does), that’s it.
Withdrawing from heroin cold turkey in jail. For eternity.
But it’s not just the withdrawing. It’s having family members who don’t suffer from addiction, & who don’t understand. They don’t understand why we just don’t stop. If we really loved them, we’d just stop.
I recently celebrated 7 years of continuous & honest sobriety, and my family was so fucking proud. I relapsed 6 months later. Being on the receiving end of that disappointment is inexplicable. I punish myself for it every day.
Not the loss specifically, but the knowledge that your pet will die soon. Some people might brush it aside cause it wasn’t related to you, or it was just an animal, but when your old dog has been apart of your life for 13 years, it hurts to know you probably don’t have a lot of time left.
Written by a heartbroken boy currently holding his old dog and trying not to cry.
Watching someone you love slowly become a stranger because of mental illness or addiction. They’re still there physically, but it’s like their soul is slipping away and there’s nothing you can do to stop it’s it breaks you in a way that’s hard to explain.