What is a life experience that you have had that you feel is something most people don't experience?

Question

Hey R&S! I am back from my trip and going through serious R&S withdrawals. I have missed your brains.

Answer 1

When I was 18 and just done with high school I felt the desperate need to travel and I didn't want to wait until I was at retirement age to do it! I packed up what I felt I needed to survive into my Cougar and hit the road. I traveled for about 8 months and lived all over Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado and a few others I'm sure I'm missing. I slept in a tent when it was nice out at campgrounds, slept at truck stops when I was on the road and stayed with a few friends here and there. When money got tight I picked up waitressing jobs for a few weeks, then went back on the road. It got sort of lonely at times, but I wouldn't trade the experience for ANYTHING. I learned that people really need few material possessions to survive...

Answer 2

Seriously? Well, I went through over three decades with nothing but being absolutely revolted by western Christianity. During which time I tried all kinds of belief systems: Wicca, Islam, Pantheism, Paganism, Kaballah, Buddhism, Shamanism and Deism. Not in that order and none of them held my interest for long because the more I researched them, the more it is apparent that they are all man-made. As you can see, Atheism never occurred to me.

After curiously picking up a book in a used bookstore on the writings of the early Christian church "fathers" going back to the 1st century (Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, etc) I was shocked and barely recognized them as Christians. (compared to modern Christians) Though additional research, I discovered the Ancient Christian church. The teachings and traditions of the early church that Christ started is alien to what is passed off as Christianity today. The Early church actually makes sense to me and presents a way to live life and worship God that I actually want to participate in entirely.

When it first came out, I used to spend time on another account trolling Yahoo answers (like so many other people do here) Because I feel like my experience might benefit someone else, I answer questions (even some trolling questions) seriously. I doubt that other people have had this experience also. If I even help a single other person understand Christianity better, I will be happy.

Answer 3

As a child, my parents were out of work. Not wanting to rely on government welfare or leave us kids with sitters, my parents put all our things in storage and for the better part of a summer my family traveled around looking for work. We lived in a tent and camped because it was more affordable that way. I think we all learned a lot from that. I am not sure that Health and Welfare would go for that now. It was very temporary and we all stayed together as a family. But we learned not to sit around and whine when things are going bad, rather get up and do something about it. We also learned that no one else is responsible to meet our needs- only we are. Some great lessons were learned, I never want to do that again. But if I had to, I would and I know how to survive without very much.

Answer 4

Surviving a barrage of artillery fire from an enemy less than 4 "clicks" away. ("Click" is a term that Marine Grunts use in reference to Kilometers). This while I ran toward my positioned .50 Cal in anticipation of an opposing infantry run on our "poz". ("Poz" being nothing more than "position"). Today, as I ponder what would I do or if I would do it again the answer is NEVER; however, as I reflect all I recall is strategically being missed by no less than what could have been 4 direct hits on my body.

A very decent Colonel thought I was a hero for this action - I just merely had a platoon of kids that had wives and kids of their own "back home". My medals now rest in a tin can in my basement. There's other crap but I don't want to bore you here.

Glad your safe from your "gala event" Linz, you have to give us an update on the purse and shoes you bought - these are much more interesting events. Do you feel a little bit older now? LOL!

Your "grunt" friend,
Gerry :)

Edit Update: I am completely inspired by the story of NGJ1225 above me! That little girl is special and we are all better off because of her existence.

Answer 5

Welome back!

I have lived in 3 different states in 3 different parts of the country. Got to experience southern living while in Mississippi and southwest living while in Texas (was brought up in the northeast)

I have experienced living as a military housewife, a non military housewife and as a single mother and it switched without warning in a matter of seconds.

I lived in a house that was over 200 years old for a couple months.

I had 2 kids (1 year apart) with no epidoral.

When my first daughter was almost 1 year old I had to send her to the other side of the country to live with my mother in law for a few months because I was on bedrest with my second pregnancy. I missed her first birthday by one week.

I am only 24 years old.

Answer 6

Serious hypoglycemia. Like when the normal range of human blood glucose is from 90-110 mg / dL or so, and yours is hovering around 20-40.

It's almost like you're dying; your extremeties get cold, your senses are deadened, it's as if the body is dropping support of all but your core organs during the crisis.

You might puke and have convulsions; worst case you die, but second-worst case is to fall unconscious and wake up with the kind of headache that tells you that you've suffered brain damage.

I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone.

Answer 7

Having my little girl! I was told after 3 miscarriages that I could not carry a child. After going back on the pill for medical reasons, I got pregnant. I was on best rest the whole time, got toxemia, she was frank breach, it was a nightmare because then she stopped moving. Then I started losing my amniotic fluid but they couldn't find the leak. They ended up doing an emergency c-section and she came out completely dry! She was in NICU for 3 weeks before we could bring her home, but the most amazing part is the doctor told me the day after I had her that they cannot explain how she is alive. There was no fluid left and with everything else that happened, she should have been dead. It changed my life forever!

Answer 8

I've come to realize over the years that my experiences in the military have given me much more "clarity" than a lot of other people. ( I discovered this after so many times wanting to say to people... "What's the big deal? Why do you let something so small bother you?")

Having been reduced to the basics, spending weeks at a time sleeping in a hole in the ground, being away from the niceties of civilization, has given me a very "realistic" perspective that I think a lot of Americans particularly don't have. In fact, when I first got out of the army, I lived in my car for a couple weeks while I looked for a job. It didn't bother me one bit. In fact it was more comfortable than sleeping on the ground. :)

I also had a couple brushes with death, as a paratrooper. And I think that has given me a lot more confidence in dealing with the people that are convinced atheists go to their deaths whimpering and praying to "god".

I know for a fact I won't do so, as I've already been there.

Answer 9

I was in a bad auto wreck in 1999, spent 2 1/2 yrs in rehab, went back to college, got a bachelors, was hospitalized a few additional times and have two shunts surgically placed in my head to drain cf fluid from my brain

job hunting is a biatch

Answer 10

I live next to the John F. Kennedy airport and the planes fly over me. Could that be called a life experience.?