what is the worse thing that has happened to you?

Question

and how did you get over it?

I think it is important to look on the positive and I really admire poeple who turn their life around.I want to prove that we are all stronger than we think

Answer 1

Broke my neck. Leaving me paralysed from the chest down. I was put on a ventilator to help me breathe, My head was put in a head brace with screws drilled into my skull. I was bed ridden for 3 months whilst the vertebrae mended. The paralyses left me incontinent. Once I was well enough, they had to wean me off the ventilator to breathe by myself. Which if you can imagine, the thought proccess of raising and lowering your arm by thinking about it. Then imagine having to do that until your body started doing it automatically. Then as they sat me upright the fainting and diziness caused by my body not used to being in an upright position. Then being put into a wheelchair and because after 3 months my muscles had atrophied I didn't have enough strength to push it 6 inches but forced myself to do so. Basically imagine having an adults mind and put it into a new born baby's body, and have to relearn how to do things. But due to your disability, like not having the use of my fingers, differently. That was the hardest thing to do and thats not including the pyschological trauma. You never get over something like that, having suffered from PTSD from the Falkland's conflict I asked for psychological therapy. And having a mother who wouldn't allow me to give up.
Also a sense of humour and a streak of stubborness helps you get through the hard times.
Now I accept my fate. I will always be in a wheelchair, I will probably never meet a women who could fall in love with me and also have children.
I live my life day to day, I read a lot and try to comrehend the intricasies of the universe we live in, I appreciate art, I write poetry and spend a lot of time remembering all the events and people that have been in my life. With the "What If" scenarios that my brain conjours up.
Live your life to the full, never turn down any chances and dont have any regrets because you dont know whats round the corner.

Answer 2

My mother being shot dead by her ex boyfriend when I was 16. She had an injunction on him and she told the police he had a gun and begged them to lock him up, they didn't and he shot her and her friend. He only got 4 years due to the bizarre justice system in the UK. My dad then married again and the new wife threw me out when I was just turned 18, I have to say those years were the worst of my life.

It was hard, and I don't think I will ever get over it but I have learnt to deal with it. There is nothing worse than someone who goes on and on about bad things that have happened in their lives, life goes on and you keep living, you have to try and not feel sorry for yourself.

Counselling didn't work for me but it should not be ruled out as it's great for some people.

Time is a great healer and there is always someone worse off than you are. Life is a test and some of us are pushed to the limit, we have inner strength that we don't know exists until we really need to use it.

Answer 3

I had an eating disorder and went through two and a half years of therapy, 4 years on, im over it. The scars remain but ill tell you something for free, scars (metephorical or not) can sometimes be beautifull, they remind you of how far you've come. Im such a different person now and wouldnt be half the person i am today or wouldnt have the courage to face 'the hard situations in life' without goin thru hell. When your pushed to ur limit you learn new things about yourself and grow as a person. Im doing a psychology degree now and i hope to give the kind of support i once recieved to others who may need it. 'The more you learn about yourself, the more you realise you don't know.'.............(cant remember who said that)

Answer 4

I could list so many things. But the 2 worst things have to be losing 2 of my best friends in a year and my car accident that left me in the hospital for 8 months and still keeps me in chronic pain to this day. Those would be the 2 most traumatic things that have affected my life. I have to admit that both things still affect me, though I have come a long way in not dwelling on the past. The year that my 2 best friends died was the worst year of my life emotionally.

Answer 5

My mom didn't pay the mortgage on our house for three months, so our house was forclosed. We had to give our dogs to other people and leave the town completely and move into an apartment. I lived in that house for 12 years, and had my three best friends lived on my street.

I still haven't gotten over it because I am angry with my mom because of what had happened, but things could be worse. I just try not to think about it too much, that way I won't always get upset over it.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Being born into a society in which people that are perfectly fine and have a lot of positives in their lives still suffer from crippling depression. As if it's not bad enough that I feel sad, I feel guilty for feeling sad as I have a lot to be grateful for.

Answer 8

i have a list

Being Raped
Rough Childhood
Being thrown across the room by my then husband
Having a Damaged nerve in my back
Being Stalked by my Ex Husband
and a few more less painful ones

and the only thing that helped me was counselling and talking it all through with that person as they were not connected, pills didnt work and putting a brave face on and bottling it up didnt work either. getting it out of you does

Answer 9

Short, single thing -- rape. Still have "issues", but have worked through a lot of it with help from my friends and family.

Long term -- 10 year abusive work situation that has left me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Still have nightmares, etc. Good job and a wonderful new boss have helped a lot, but this will still take a lot of work to get through.

Answer 10

Good question, although a little depressing!!
My worse things include an abusive childhood, going through 3 failed pregnancies and my father dying.

Not things you get over in a hurry but having my two children makes it all bearable.