2007-04-05 22:30:42 · 85 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Yes. My brother died last week suddenly. It certainly puts life into perspective. Family come before anything now - even bills etc.
2007-04-06 00:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Hunny bunny 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Two years ago I was diagnosed with a malignant cancer...so that was a shock! Especially as I am a non-smoker and non-drinker. I have changed the way I view life now. I live for each day, am a more tolerant and patient person. I feel a lot more compassion for disabled people and I want to live my life to the full by travelling as much as possible. Its also made me see people differently. Some people are so very kind and considerate, caring and loving, while some stare very unkindly at my facial scars and treat me like a leper, to be avoided at all costs.
Good luck to all on chemo. x x x x
2007-04-06 02:38:52 · answer #2 · answered by Pink n Wise 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My nasty shock started with a stomache ache and ended with a baby!
When I was 17 I had a concealed pregnancy. I carried on having periods although lighter than before but at that age thought they were just settling in. I was always hungry so when I ate more and put on weight all over, I just excersized more. I didnt really have a bump at all. I thought it was just the stress of college, plus my sister was in hospital for crohn's disease at the time so I ate a lot of take aways as my parents weren't around to cook. Imagine my surprise as I went into labour one evening! My mum was at the hospital with my sister so only had my dad with me but he was brilliant, rang an ambulance and I gave birth to a healthy baby girl not more than half an hour after I arrived at the hospital, which was lucky as I wasn't exactly behaving as a pregnant woman should.
It wasn't the best thing that ever happened to me, but I believe in counting your blessings and I have a lovely 6 year old daughter. I would have preferred to have given her a better start in life, not put my family through the stress and waited till I was ready for children but no shoulda woulda couldas are gonna change the present. You've just got to deal with what happens and make the best of it.
2007-04-07 08:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for a really great question, and my heart goes out to all the many who have shared their worst moments here. I truly wish you all the very best for the future, and that whatever trials life brings you, that all will come out for the best.
Yes, I have had many, many such experiences, too many to recount here, it's been a very 'busy' life this time around. Each time I try to determine what it was that I needed to experience/learn in such a harsh way.
Recently, in the last few months I have had two near-fatal accidents with my partner of many years, both things which have never happened to me before, a car crash, and a boat wreck. And no, before you think it, I don't drink or use any kind of stimulants. Both accidents were bizarre freakish things, and whilst one could say that they were both avoidable, neither was avoided. So I must have had some 'Intent' at another level of my awareness.
In both cases I thought I was dead, in the car crash it seemed that I had crushed my ribcage, turned out otherwise, and in the boat accident I nearly drowned, still recovering.
The most bizarre of all is that these things happened, exactly to the hour, one month apart. And I don't believe in coincidences of any kind, everything really does happen for a reason.
So now, I am in the middle of changing my life.......again ! And eagerly looking forward to the next stage of this great adventure. :-)))
Oh, and I do sometimes think that things come in threes, and I am an aviator too, so I avoided going anywhere near any aircraft on the next month and day ! So far nothing of a similar kind has occurred in the air...............
But please people, do take account of the stories written up here, especially the ones of hope, because I too can say that what doesn't kill us definitely makes us stronger, and hopefully wiser.
2007-04-06 03:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, being told I had the big C some 10 years ago....gave up work (had to really) luckily was in a position to get an early pension...since then have seen life very differently, have had some health setbacks since, but better believe that the rainy day you have been saving for can come at any time. So now I enjoy myself and treat each day as it comes and have learned not to worry about some of the small things in life that seemed to loom large 10 years ago. May seem stupid but it was the best thing that could have happened to me......
2007-04-06 00:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. The very sudden and tragic death of a friend a few months ago. It made me realise not to f**k up life and to reach my goals. That there's certain things more important like friendship, love, sorting out petty squabbles than the stuff I had always thought was important. It really bucked me up. Made me want to do something with my life and sort myself out re how lazy I was getting in college etc. I got back in touch with a lot of old friends and smile at people a lot more and am more friedly to people. We only get one chance at this life and you are the only person who is charge of your destiny. You can make it good or bad, and I plan to have a great life no matter how long or short it is
2007-04-06 07:46:04 · answer #6 · answered by starla_o0 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always believed that the so called 'filter tip' on filter cigarettes removed any harmfull substances in the tobacco as claimed by the manufacturers.
I smoked quite a lot for years thinking I was safe. Then I realised it was all a lie and I was actually in danger of killing myself.
This was such a shock to me that with great difficulty I managed to stop smoking. I feel that I have had a 'close shave' and could be dead by now.
2007-04-06 22:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by oldtimer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Had a few. Some nowhere near as bad as some of the other people answering. Life is a journey and i believe what we learn makes us stronger and more apt to cope with future problems. I've changed my ways over little things, that I can make a terrible decision and realise what an idiot I've been so I wont be making that mistake again. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!
2007-04-06 02:00:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have had a few nasty shocks, but not changed my way of life.
2007-04-05 22:33:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
twice, wont say what or where (long story) but i dissapeared into an alcoholic stupor for a year, but that was because something shitty happened to me, anyway after being on a binge for a year i took the shakes in public, embarrasing or what!. i knocked the drinking on the head. and because i survived the shitty thing and beat the alcoholism as a result i dont take guff from no-one. i'm a train wreck thats still travelling on half a track.
i have to work with a full on alcky, who drinks in work. he's a 2 faced drunk (on a building site!) unskilled and an **** lick. the only thing that stops me emptying him is the same thing that i have, and thats the love of a good woman. if i had'nt have met his wife i would have emptied him on the first day i caught him sinking a few brewskis in the tea hut.
2007-04-06 03:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I started to look back over the course of my life and realised that I wasn't in touch with my feelings or emotions, so I decided to do something about it. It was quite a shock to realise how out of touch I was, I didn't really know who I was.
But that has changed now and I am happy to be who I am and to be doing the things I do. It's been a fab journey so far, i am so glad I did it.
2007-04-06 01:06:00 · answer #11 · answered by Robin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋