One quote that many take to heart is, “Live for today because tomorrow is not promised.” It’s a meaningful reminder of how short and fleeting life can be, and that we should make the most out of it.
These people likely have this quote as a personal motto, especially after their brushes with the Grim Reaper. They shared their unsettling stories in a recent Threads post, which expectedly drew attention online.
If you have your own experiences that you feel are worth sharing, don’t hesitate to do so in the comments below.
#41
1. I was in a hot tub with several grown ups when I was about three or four years old. All of a sudden I was under water. I remember looking up and seeing their faces through the water. It seemed like an eternity before one of them noticed and pulled me out of the water.
2. I had an unmedicated, unprepared stillbirth. Anything could have gone wrong with the birth. I was lucky.
3. I got amoxicillan resistant strep throat. The infection was so bad that I couldn't or drink, and I could barely 🪡
2. I had an unmedicated, unprepared stillbirth. Anything could have gone wrong with the birth. I was lucky.
3. I got amoxicillan resistant strep throat. The infection was so bad that I couldn't or drink, and I could barely 🪡
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#42
Last summer: got a scratch on my booty while tubing. Cleaned and bandaged when I got home, seemed sore but fine for a few days. Then redness, swelling and too painful to sit. Went to ER, they took me into an OR immediately after an examination. Woke up to find out they'd had to cut a good chunk of infected tissue. Spent a few days in ICU then moved to a regular room before discharge. Was told a few days later after reports came back that there were 2 bacteria, gave me the formal names.
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#43
On a whitewater kayaking trip my kayak tipped upside down and got pinned between two boulders. Underneath, my foot was tangled in a rope, making it so that for several seconds I was trapped underwater with the rapids rushing over me.
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#44
In 1983 I was hitchhiking and got picked up by a famous serial k**ler, I jumped out at a four way stop and ran. Didn’t talk about it for twenty years.
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6points
#45
my stupid managed to choke on a hard lifesaver candy when i was like 5🙃 i wasn’t even doing anything crazy when it happened, i was just sitting on 3 little stairs playing with my slinky😭
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#46
I was starved from 84 to 60 pounds in an icu. When I told my family the staff said I was hallucinating on the large amount of medications I was on. I was mute (mechanically ventilated), unable to walk or even turn over in bed. I held up a white board that said CALL HOSPICE whenever my staff wasn’t around. On day 25, I went to hospice.
What you were supposed to think was that I was dying from cancer. People did think that. Was a lie. They were watching me starve
And I left hospice and cured my cancer
What you were supposed to think was that I was dying from cancer. People did think that. Was a lie. They were watching me starve
And I left hospice and cured my cancer
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#47
When I was 15, I had a journal where I wrote everything in. I wrote that I had a boyfriend and I lost my virginity to him. My mum read my journal since I left it in the restroom by accident and she was mad. A week later, I wanted to try out an alcoholic drink under the supervision of my parents and they said ok. I drank a Smirnoff ice (the cloudy looking one) and it was the big bottle. I had a bit left and I forced it down because I didn’t want to waste it.
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