Hey Pandas, What Was The Bravest Thing You Ever Did In Your Life? (Closed)

I did public speeches and presentations without preparing any notes. Knowing that public speaking is one of the greatest fears for many, I consider that brave.

Followed my heart (instead of my brain) and got a divorce (was married to a bully) and lived on my own for the first time in my life. What surprised me when I got separated was that as I told some women that I was recently separated they all said the same thing - that they were impressed because they could never do that. They’re too afraid to be on their own. I think about that a lot.

I've always had a fear of water (drowning) and when I was 9 I almost drowned but then about 2 years later I went into the deep part (different pool) with no floaties and didn't drown

Idk how much this qualifies but once my little brother was having a pain episode (he has a condition that causes them) and we had been home by ourselves. My father (who was highly abusive) refused to come home and help me and my mom was already leaving work to come get us. I held him down so he would stop trashing and then put him in the tub. My mom got home and took it from there.

Walked away from a very toxic relationship and re built myself into a brave and stronger woman

pick up a snail(its about the only bravest thing i'll ever do)

Stepped between four guys beating up another man who was already on the floor when I arrived. All of them were bigger than me and one had a riveted belt which he used as a weapon.
I stood over the guy to protect him and tried to calm the attackers down while somebody else was calling police/ambulance.

Having brain surgery at 3 days old (born with hydrocephalus) and having 10 more of them later around 1 every 2 years. Having Arnold Neuralgia and still suffering from daily headaches .

I went to the state fair with my family and u had never been on a real ride before cause I am terrifies if them. My little cousins and older brother decided that they would go on every ride in the park. I didn't want tk look like a wimp to my cousins who are 3-4 years younger, so I went on all the rides with them. And I actually enjoyed them a lot, except the rocking boat one. So yay to being pressured into it!

My best friend had ended up breaking up with this guy a while before the homecoming dance. She and the guy still both ended up coming with friends, though. He was like kinda bugging her and trying to be silly in a way that ended up being hurtful. He'd dated someone from my previous friend group before and when they broke up, they'd stayed friends. So I kinda knew him and knew he might think what he was doing was fine. So... as a socially anxious introvert and someone who super hates conflict... I asked her if she wanted me to talk to him about it. And then she said YES and then I actually went over and TALKED TO HIM. It was completely terrifying and I'm not sure it helped, but one of our more confident friends went over later and sorta told him off I think, so it turned out ok.

I stayed in the street with a shooting victim to comfort him while waiting for emergency services. A girl yelled out her door that the shooter was still out there, but I couldn’t leave him. Ultimately, the shooter was arrested without further incident. The victim unfortunately is now a quadriplegic. It’s been 20 years; I still think of him often.

When I was about 12 I was out at a lake with my sister and our dog in the middle of winter. The ice on the lake was thin, and our dog ran out onto it and the ice broke and she fell into freezing water. She kept trying to climb out but the ice kept breaking under her paws. My sister started screaming and panicking but without hesitation I walked into the icy water up to my chest, grabbed the dog, and turned around and walked home to our cabin. People were apparently trying to talk to me and help me but I was on auto pilot. Once I reached the cabin I gave the dog to my parents, stripped off my wet clothes, and jumped straight into the hot shower. It was like something had taken over me and I knew exactly what to do.

I've gathered a group of guys to keep an eye on this kid who was basically a murderous, psychopathic stalker who tried to stab my sister twice and then threatened to shoot up our school. I'm just trying to make sure he doesn't hurt my family or do anything stupid.

I worked graveyard shift at a remote truck stop with no security cameras by the freeway just across the county line. Nearest law enforcement was over an hour away. nearest ambulance was 45 minutes away and nearest fire department was 1 hour and 45 minutes away. We had the weirdest people come in one time a schizoid stayed for 3 days before he finally did something that the police would take him away for. 2 months after I quit a woman working my old shift was stabbed in the eye. She contracted meningitis and died 2 years later. I feel like that was kind of brave. Or maybe just stupid.

I stood up for myself for once. I am a really shy person irl and in gaming, and (ik that ive said this before), in my mc server it is really common for people to try to befriend me and use me for things. (like ranks and items, since I'm really generous with giving those out to ppl.) Well I had been "friends" with somebody who did that to me, and once they had just started begging me for things even if I didn't have them, I pretty much just snapped. I left the server for a while, but once I came back, they were still there. They just kept begging and pestering me for things, so I really just told them to stop bothering me, and go f**k off. (They tried to make me give them my only trident, my maxed netherite armor, and a bunch of really nice and rare things.) I'm honestly really glad that I did stand up for myself, because even though things like that are still very common and are still happening to me, I at least know what to do instead of having other ppl stand up for me.

punched an attempted kidnapper in the face when he tried to grab my friend and walk away.

I came out as genderqueer to my friends, that was really scary bc i knew they'd treat me different and i didn't want them to (well, maybe i wanted them to stop saying "hey girl hey" whenever i said hi cuz it felt wrong) but i did and i got some negative reactions and some positive ones, then it was over and i was so relieved

Start the process of ASD diagnosis (I'm 54 years old)

Getting out of a toxic job that was dragging me towards suicidal thoughts.

I told my parents and let them drive me to the hospital after my suicide attempt. It was hard, and my parents were terrible about it. But I am doing much better and am about to move out