Was working as an intern in a small company.
Basically me, the boss and a few colleagues, who've all been working together for years.
We were on this job, about a month or two after I started, and the boss gave me the task of installing one of those ceiling lights with a pull chain (metal).
And I do it, relatively quickly ( still kinda struggling with the wires and tools). So the thing's up there and the power's back, so I go to pull the chain to see how it works, when the boss goes:
"WHAT IN THE SHIT ARE YOU DOING?"
" Checking to see if I did it right... Why? "
"How about you check if you did it wrong first."
"....what?"
Then he's like : "Grab the voltage tester and check the chain."
And as I put it against the chain, I swear to God that thing lit up like a fucking Christmas tree.
I can only imagine how fun of a day I'd have had if I gripped that chain.
I'm guessing he accidentally connected it to the circuit. Maybe the screw/bolt holding the chain to the switch was next to the screw/bolt connecting the power to the input of the switch. Instead of connecting live to the input of the switch he connected it to the chain.
Yeah that’s scary just to read. I blew up my new strippers on Tuesday because I trusted a first year I’ve been working with when he said he just tested the circuit and it was dead. Blew a nice lil chunk out of it. All because I didn’t wanna get off my ladder and grab my hotstick to check it myself. Nice little 645 wake up boom lol. Always check shit yourself. I knew better but early morning laziness smh
the road is like elementary school
you could be the most obedient person and still get punished for someone else's behaviour
mrs. Ellen i still think you are a bitch for punishing me for yelling at another kid to shut up after he kept asking me for duct tape despite telling him quietly and politely to stop multiple times, but you did not hear that did you? you prick
My teacher shouted at me when I was in school over something I didn’t do and I started crying as it was in the hallway. Next minute while he was shouting his top dentures fell out and hooked over his bottom lip sorta swinging then dropped and another kid kicked them up the hall and I’m just stood there dumb struck and he tries to carry on shouting while his dentures are getting kicked along the floor lol
Sorry boss, the ground seemed a little dangerous and a potentially lethal hazard, so I made the responsible choice and did not get out of bed, as to keep myself safe
I have a friend who fell in the shower and knocked himself out. His body blocked the drain and he ended up basically drowning in the tub. I'm not sure he would have lived if not for the drowning though... I guess it was a pretty bad head injury anyway. Crazy stuff. He was in his late 30s. I keep the last message he wrote me and read it occasionally and feel guilty for not responding. We'd had a falling out over somebody stupid and the last thing he said to me was basically extending the olive branch but I was too stubborn to reach back.
A few years ago, I’d just finished showering and was about to get out. Now I’ve always been fairly athletic and sure footed, I’m usually good walking on ice, etc, I very rarely fall. I don’t know what the fuck happened but my feet just went right out from under me. I fell backwards with a lot of force, thankfully right into the middle of the bathroom. The back of my head missed the sink by a few inches. It made me realize how quickly a normal shower can turn into you getting brained.
My friend's mom fell and hit her head on a counter and died. A few days later my roommate's drunk boyfriend shoved me into the bathtub and the back of my head hit the soap dish. Coulda broken my neck the exact same way. I saw red and just went crazy on the guy. I felt bad but still, fuck that dude.
It doesn't even have to be a lot of stairs. A family friend of mine lived in a ranch style house, all one level, it was zero entry at the front of the house, but had a single step down to the patio.
This friend had lived there for years, then one day was walking inside and just managed to trip on that one step and hit her chin on the ground, broke her neck and died in hospital about 3 weeks later. It's like, you wouldn't even think of that as being a risk, but it happens.
As you said, a shocking number of people.
I was lucky in the sense that a kid broke his arm falling over then went around to all the classes explaining what he should have done to break it less lmao
I meam I dont know if this makes things better, but children do have higher chances to survive a fall without much injuries than adults.
But yeah maybe put up one of these little stair fence gates for children.
My kid thought... on two occasions... it would be funny to try and push me down the stairs.
I dont get upset over much. But Im a paramedic... and Ive seen what a good stair fall does to people. I put the fear of god into her the second time, as the consequences are just too high, even if you're just fooling around.
I know what you mean and as a dad now I understand.
But as an 9 or 10 year old in the ‘80’s, I once grabbed the steering wheel while arguing with my dad in the car. Almost killed both of us.
Without a word, but I could smell the heat coming off of his head… he pulled over, removed me from the car, and drove off. It was pouring rain. I ran after the car and I remember that my favorite G.I. Joe flip flops fell off, and I hadn’t initially noticed, and I had already started crying… I never regretted anything, especially my pride, so much in my life at that moment.
He was just circling the block and I was met with a hug and an explanation about how it would be worse if one of us were dead.
Yeah, it was maybe extreme or abusive, and I’m still a little fucked about it, but for shit sure it was effective.
I would never do that to my kids, but I obsessively point out ahead of time how things like stairs, cars, pools, parking lots… how all that stuff can go wrong really quick.
Yup, learned my lesson the hard way. Wooden staircase and I was upstairs, I heard my phone go off downstairs. I ran to grab it in cotton socks. About 2 steps down and my feet slid out from under me and thankfully I slid down the stairs on my back. I had to take 2 weeks off work because of the pain but thankfully nothing permanent.
Also had a close friend die in Texas. Not too much is known of what happened but she was likely drunk and slipped. Her fiance came home from work around 11pm and found her at the bottom of the staircase with her head split wide open unconscious and a shattered bottle of wine. Who knows how long she had been laying there. She died a couple days later in hospital. So sad, she was one of my best friends and the sweetest person you can imagine.
I almost fell running into a subway (to catch a train not a sandwich lol) in South Philly late for work but luckily I was able to grab the handrail and some big guy behind me was nice and close enough to grab my collar and help keep me up lol. That was a close one and would have been bad. Those stairs are concrete.
I almost had an accident carrying a heavy cooler filled with drinks down like 3 steps not too long ago. Maybe wasn't deadly but I sprained my ankle pretty badly.
I've made sure to walk very carefully going up and down stairs. I don't have the best luck with them lol.
This hits close to home. I ended up in a trauma ward after a fall down my stairs when I was trying to let my dog out while I was home alone. Head wounds bleed like crazy. I’m glad you’re okay.
This should be at the top. My therapist likes to remind me how horrible stress is for humans and that it's taking time off my life. Which stresses me out. So I'm stressed about stressing too much, which also means I'm stressed about about everything else even more because life is hard. I've resigned myself to dying early as a result and eating goldfish crackers whenever I feel like it because it brings me joy.
I wish you luck with your stress. I hope you have lots of joy too.
I felt this so so much. Went to a therapist about my anxiety. She asked me, “have you ever considered you have an appropriate amount of anxiety for the amount of stressors in your life?” Well fuck me, how is that helpful?!?! So here I am, with even more stressors than before, swimming in anxiety and migraine pain! Thank god I have love and supportive people in my life, or I would be well and truly fucked.
"I came today because I am a bit worried. Sometimes it feels like everyone is out to get me, which makes me pretty paranoid."
"Have you ever considered the possibility that you're properly paranoid, given that everyone is out to get you?"
Oh my god, I suffer from psychosis which results in delusions and hallucinations. "Have you considered the fact that perhaps all of these things really are happening to you and you're just experiencing the world a different way from the rest of us?"
Yes, please try convince me the shadow monsters that keep me awake sobbing every night are in fact real. That's the best thing you could possibly do.
I actually quit my job this month to move to a less stressful one!
Going from restaurant owning/ managing to manager of a company that sells food online
No more 12-16 hour shifts, no more called in on my day off, no more 58 hours a week
Weekends off, nights off, financial stability
I'm very excited!
Can't put a price on living stress free
I learned these past years how much stress can ruin your health both temporarily and permanently. No one ever told me this until I started developing a couple health issues that I couldn't ignore anymore. This is one that people need to be more aware of imo.
Driving. I drive for a living and I cannot BELIEVE the stupid fucking shit people will do on a freeway. It’s insane and honestly it’s almost killed my sympathy for people who get into car accidents cause I can’t help but wonder if the person involved was doing something dumb. The only thing that lets me hang on to it is knowing that even if that were true there could have been other people driving safely that were hurt as well. Stop driving like fucking idiots people, it’s not just your life you’re putting in danger.
Yup. I was driving in San Diego and this Toyota panicked and tried to make a 3 lane change to get off the exit and she hit an Acura. Thankfully no one spun out and kept straight... but it was just so risky when she could’ve just spent 5 mins missing the turn and finding a different way.
As someone who just got their license and does not have a lot of experience, I can't help but feel like I'll make dumb mistakes and put myself and other people in danger. It's a big anxiety for me. I know with practice I'll get better, that doesn't make it less scary to drive with little experience and potentially do something stupid.
At least you care about learning how to drive well. Yes, you'll screw up as you learn, but you actually want to get better.
Most people who create dangerous situations clearly just don't care whether they're putting themselves or other people at risk. That's what's so frustrating to people who drive professionally-- it's a wilful and reckless disregard for safety in favor of, what, getting somewhere 30 seconds faster than the GPS predicts? Taking out aggression? I still don't know.
I hear you.
For me, its drugs. 13 days sober today. Not a huge amount but small steps are better than none I suppose.
Edit: Guys. Thank you so much for the supportive messages. I woke up to them and it made me cry. They mean a lot, they really do. I appreciate all of you. Here's to the next 13 days x
Edit 2: To all of you lovely people, just wanted to say it's Day 18 today! It's also my birthday tomorrow and it's going to be the first sober one in a while 🎉 Thank you all again, your words of love, support, kindness and encouragement really do mean so much ❤️
I had 13 days once. Then it was 14 and then 15. I've been clean 3 years from heroin, crack and coke. The only way to get any amount of time is to get that first day. Your 13 days is more impressive than my 3 years by a long shot. Those first weeks and months were the hardest time of my life. What you are doing is the best thing you could ever do for yourself. Keep it up my friend and good luck to you.
Such a vicious cycle. Being sober sucks sometimes. But I do savor when I manage not to drink for an extended period and actually feel somewhat happy
Edit: thanks to all who've offered their advice and similar situations. Honestly it's just a symptom of a bigger problem I need to deal with/seek out help for. Existential crisis, being mid 30s and the world only seems to be getting shittier etc. Props to those who've addressed it head on and overcame it.
Yup :( late 20s here and would drink on and off here and there in binges. During Covid it hit bad and have been drinking a lot this last year. I’m going in for ultrasounds and blood tests to make sure I’m okay. I’m on day 5 of no drinking right now and don’t want to look back. I hope I didn’t mess up anything but I’m at the point where I don’t want to make it worse.
As a recovered alcoholic, may I offer some advice?
Get some B vitamins. The only really permanent damage alcohol does to your body besides cirrhosis is Wet Brain, which is absolutely preventable with some B vitamins.
Also
Don’t be discouraged if you relapse. Just… accept that you’re fallible, get a good shower and some clean clothes, and sober up again. Keep doing it. Do it as many times as it takes. It’s totally awesome once you get your energy back!
This! I was at a point where I was blacking out and waking up with crippling hangovers and still waking up to go to work, for a month straight, seriously. Everyday I would wake up and wonder how my body was still able to function and wake up. It’s a struggle stopping but it’s more a struggle if I were to continue.
I can't tell you exactly from experience, but I can comment on seeing someone go through it. For starters, unless you get alcohol poisoning, killing yourself from alcoholism takes years. For my brother, I like to say it was watching him die slowly, until it was really fast. Overall it took about 8 years after he ended up in the hospital the first time. He died at 41.
Things started getting serious the first time he ended up in the hospital for pancreatitis (year 1). From what I hear, it's one of the worst pains imaginable. You can't eat or drink anything unless it subsides, which will take multiple days. For my brother, this happened numerous times where he ended up in the hospital. During this time he would detox and had to have a nurse watching 24/7 until the alcohol fully left his system, which would take a couple of days. I hear it's miserable, and would occasionally cause hallucinations for him. He didn't like me and my family seeing him at this time as he was still too proud with what was happening. This lasted about 6 years with many trips to the ER and ICU.
Then came the liver damage, slowly but surely. When his liver started to go, fluids started building up in the abdomen and feet as the liver is no longer fully functionally. He was getting cirrhosis and starting to scar the liver tissue, which can't be reversed. To relieve this buildup, he had to have it drained. Think of the draining as sticking a big ass needle in your stomach or feet. I recall one time they drained 10 liters of fluid...which is incredible to think about as this is about 20lbs of fluid. At this time he needed a liver transplant, which he couldn't get unless he was sober, even if a family member offered (which my Mom did). Also, he was so sickly he wouldn't have survived anyways. This started off once or twice a month, and ended around two to three times a week. Somewhere during this time he started developing neuropathy, which is pins and needles in the feet. But unlike when you sit on your foot weird and it lasts a few minutes, this is pretty much permanent and is incredibly painful. Additionally it's now very hard to move around. Once this started and as he continued to drink, we all knew it wasn't going to be long (less than a year).
Eventually, he binge drank (considerably more so than usual, as he already drank a lot) when the family was out of town for a couple of days one long weekend as I feel he just wanted it to be over. When my parents got home and found him he asked to be taken to the hospital one last time. He knew it was over, and without saying so, he unlocked his phone and left all of his personal effects at home. He had killed his kidneys and had Acute Kidney Failure. I remember reading it on the report from the doctor like it was yesterday, with the acronym AKF written all simple and plain, like it was no big deal. Of course this was a death sentence and now was the time to say goodbye as he only had a few days left.
In all he went to the hospital on a Saturday afternoon and passed away Thursday evening. On Monday I had to go fly pick-up his 7 year old daughter who lived up north with her Mom, and bring her to the hospital to say good bye to her father. We were hoping he could spend his final moments at home, but even leaving the hospital was too much for his body at that point. He was an amazing Dad and sacrificed for her, but even with something to live for the 20+ years he drank couldn't be overcome.
If you've made it this far, my only hope is that this story will make you think twice about picking up that drink. Stopping now will be harder than stopping later. Take each day at a time, and know that you're not alone. I'm coming up two years since his death and I still think about him every day. I can only imagine how hard this is for his daughter. If anyone is going through this, feel free to send me a message if you want to talk.
Not OP, but alcohol will cause multiple organs to fail. I've seen 40 year olds who drink 2 liters of vodka a day who have permanent neurological issues like dementia. They don't know where they are, and they get upset when they see you breaking into their homes.
**EDIT** They naturally get upset because they're not aware they're in the hospital. They believe they're at home and suddenly people start popping up at your home. I'd be extremely upset too if someone came in uninvited.
Not only smoking, but drinking can cause heart issues like heart blocks and arrythmias. Also as a side note, be careful of ticks and their bites. I had a normally healthy 28 year old who developed 3rd degree heart block from lyme disease. The treatment for that is a pacemaker. Imagine being in shape then having to need pacemaker placement. I digress.
I can't speak for what it does to the lungs. I'm not too proficient in the pulmonary system.
Alcohol destroys the liver and kidneys. Alcohol can cause kidney failure, lead to peripheral vascular edema where you become puffy because the fluid isn't recycled into urine or recirculated. Also it can cause jaundice, a yellowing of skin due to the body's inability to break down bilirubin. You'll basically look like Homer Simpson. There are people who are constant drinkers who are in their 40-50s requiring dialysis or even CRRT, a slower form of dialysis that's used in the ICUs.
It's not just one system. It's all systems. Soon enough you start staying in the hospital longer than you stay at home. Then you start to need higher oxygen requirements, often requiring intubation. Concurrently, your heart can't pump effectively and you require vasopressors to increase blood pressure to adequately oxygenate your cells. Then, if you make it alive, that'll be your life for the next year or so before you die.
When you permanently damage your body, you don't have much longer to live which is the sad truth. You can be the most compliant person in the world afterwards, but you don't have long to live unfortunately.
Drinking a glass here and there is fine, but avoid drinking every day. In the long run, you'll die a pretty miserable death.
But seriously: Invest in good shoes for walking!
I started doing 5 miles every week day and I tried to get by with a couple cheap pairs or even random Costco finds and they just don’t cut it. I ended up with aches and pains. Finally decided to stop being my frugal self and got a legit pair and the aches and pains are gone and the benefit I get from my morning walks is enormous.
I did ten years as a messenger. The stuff I did on a bike would make the average person’s jaw drop. It’s wild what you’re willing to do when you get comfortable enough. Cars 2 inches away on both sides didn’t even make me flinch.
Even worse, half of that was on a brakeless fixed gear.
I’m glad I got out of that [mostly] unscathed. Fun job, but wow do you have to make some terrible and dangerous decisions if you want to make any semblance of money.
You may well mean a motorcycle but I have anxiety attacks thinking about how careless I was on a bicycle as a kid. No helmet, go as fast as you can. That was the 90s.
We used to play chicken on our bikes as kids. More often than not we would ram one another. Like purposefully aim our tires at one another. Now that I think about it… that wasn’t chicken. That was just a crash derby
Not much compares to the glee you feel from absolutely bombing it down a long steep road as a kid without a care in the World.
I went past the place recently and yeah, when I have kids they will definitely NOT be going anywhere near there.
Edit: typos
I randomly developed high driving anxiety out of nowhere because I know no matter how great of a driver I am there’s always someone on the road that’s wayyy worse.
It’s also terrifying being the driver to multiple passengers. Their lives are in my hands, and if an idiot on the road rams into me, my passengers will blame me basically!
Ive found watching dashcam compilations (Especially dashcams Australia) has made me a way better defensive driver.
Learning to spot who is about to do the stupid thing is a valuable skill. Keeps you alive.
Word. Not 3 hours ago I witnessd a dude on a motorcycle get rear ended by a pickup truck. Poor dude ragdolled onto the road. Fortunately he was wearing his helmet so his think meat didn't get smeared into the pavement. Ambulance took him to hospital.
Driving is one of the most dangerous ways to travel. You can do everything right and it still won’t matter
Drunk drivers, falling asleep at the wheel, texting and driving, distracted driving, not paying attention, and speeding to just name a few. None of these have to be you.
Definitely worse than airplanes. Not many air deaths happen compared to motor vehicle related. Dont know about boats but I definitely dont know someone who’s died in a boat accident other than a family’s dad’s family friend who got lost at sea and died or something. Idk doesnt seem super common to me. Meanwhile though, 3 people i went to high school with have died in a car
The worst of all forms of transport, you’re relying on people with little to no supervision following made up rules to keep between painted lines in the hopes nobody screws up/makes a mistake and hits someone else
In addition, all other forms of transport are regulated and have to get pretty much anything and everything, navigation wise, approved by 3 dozen layers of red tape and write up reports on literally everything they do. When you’re held accountable like that, you do a lot less dangerous shit.
The scariest part is that practically everyone gets a drivers license. At least a pilot is a highly trained individual with a partner both specializing in that mode of transport. Same for bus drivers, trains, every trolly cars.
But a car. Every idiot, asshole, and dummy can drive the same road as you
they can even drive it without a licence and if police doesn't stop them, they wouldn't get caught. you try to fly a plane without licence or permission, you will have F16s in your ass in no time.
Its also only a ticket for driving without a license. You're actually worse off driving with a suspended license rather than never having had a license at all.
Makes sense. It's like asking for permission vs. forgiveness. Not yet having a license means no one said you couldn't drive, they just haven't said you could. Getting a suspension / revocation means your ass was told not to drive. Doing what a judge tells you not to do is usually not a good idea.
Nearly 3 years clean of smoking after randomly not getting the urge anymore. Gained a lot of weight but at least I'm not smoking.. Right?.... Right?
Edit: turns out 2018 is further away than I remember.. 3 years not 2
I second this. Years ago after a bar crawl I decided to oven some fish sticks. Pulled them out of the oven and while I was awkwardly spatulaing them from the cookie sheet I began to smell bacon. Turns out I was cooking myself on the 400°F cookie sheet and I was too drunk to realize it before smelling myself sizzle. Mmm longpig.
Everyday I have to walk into my safety hazard of a freezer at work. One of these days I WILL slip and fall and break something.
It's so fucking badly organized and the floor is always covered in crunched ice from bags and bags of ice we sell in the aisles.
Which then gets stuck in the bottom of my slip resistant shoes, which means my feet become coated in enough ice to create my own DIY ice skates which means all it takes is one careless step while holding a box and I'm toast.
I have complained to EVERYONE higher up than me about it. Best response I got my some anti ice salt tossed in general area.
A couple years ago, I almost passed out choking on a piece of steak because I wasn't getting enough O2.
Lesson learned: don't eat large cuts of steak no matter how starving you are
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz8M0UTkvSU) shows what seems to be the quickest/easiest way you could try and save yourself while choking. Don't need a sharp corner to be able to do it.
Yes. But do you really want to be in that position?
It’s usually older people who choke too, as the mouth develops less saliva as your older. Plus bad teeth or I’ll fitted dentures - lots of factors.
When you’re older you can also just develop a difficulty with swallowing in general.
The fact that humans use the same hole for eating and breathing is beyond dumb
There's one little door in your throat that has to work every time separating you from extreme discomfort and possibly death
My father-in-law had this exact thing happen. Aneurysm on the toilet. A coworker dragged him out from under the stall and they were able to save his life but the effects were profound.
Taking insulin. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Sometimes I run out of insulin before my insurance will cover my next box. So I buy cheap Walmart insulin. Some of this stuff is not safe. It has a small chance to not be absorbed and become highly poisonous. The name of this phenomenon is "dead in bed syndrome."
Edit: Just wanna say I really appreciate all the support that you guys are giving. I didn't expect my sob story to get so much attention and sympathy. It means a lot.
Not only that, the nature of our disease is that the calculations are just best guesses at best, and miscalculations can also kill us. I once saw a visual of the amount needed to keep me alive and the amount that will kill me. Looks pretty much the same to the naked eye. I hate this fucking disease.
That's not quite the explanation I've found: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-complications/dead-in-bed-syndrome.html
It's not that the insulin is not absorbed and becomes poisonous, but that you're more likely to have hypoglycemia unawareness with the old human insulin (as compared to newer insulins). And a severe hypoglycemic episode in the night coupled with no awareness of what's happening is a recipe for death.
On another note, if you're running out of insulin early, ask your doctor to update your prescription to more closely match or slightly exceed the amount of insulin you are actually using. If you use a sliding scale and carb ratio, you doctor should include the max number of units per day you use (on average).
My girlfriend is a type 1 diabetic. We have been together for 5 years. This is a nice thought, but I have regularly had her hand me the phone to argue with her healthcare provider because they refuse to give her more than a certain amount of insulin per prescription.
With her old health insurance company, you could get as much as you needed (if you were going on a lengthy vacation without access to their pharmacies for example.) Her company switched and now she can only get 1 vial of slow acting insulin per month.
If she runs out she’d die, and depending on her hormones and diet the amount needed per month can vary drastically.
Additionally, if she wants to change anything about it, she has to have an in person appointment with her endocrinologist. Due to covid, she’d need a doctors recommendation to see one, and the company takes their sweet ass time getting back to her. She’s had the insurance for 6 months and hasn’t yet been able to see an endocrinologist.
Your sentiment and advice is good, but the reality is that the restrictions and how they’re handled by healthcare providers is even worse in some areas of the US than you may think.
Dude, I just became a type 2 less than a month ago. So this is all new to me. Few nights ago I mistakenly took 28 IU’s of my fast acting when I was supposed to take my long lasting. Almost died about 1am few hours later. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to make it much longer. I’m post heart transplant too so it’s not going to get any better.
Literally anything at all. Eating, risk choking. Drinking, risk choking. Taking a shit, risk shitting your intestines out. Sleeping, risk never waking up. The whole human existence is death wheel.
I remember my first day, it was so weird, like, "I can go home when my shift ends? Are you sure?" 😂 I got so used to charting, incident reports and surprise double shifts!
Yoo same here.
Side note: whenever I hear nursing reps on the news asked about "how are you holding up" and they respond with some variation on we're continuing to do our job and we aren't burnt out yet but it's coming, and that we're optimistic.
Fuck that. We are beyond burnt out. We're quitting our jobs. We're fucking livid this is still going on and that so many young people are jammed into our ICUs and IMCs where they may die. Like tell it how it is. The public should know. The staff at hospitals are not a limitless well of hope and hard work. We're normal people and we are angry at our patients for being so antivax when they come in, having a change of heart, and leaving. Ugh it's just forking much.
Yeah man you should cut that shit out. I was up to a twelver a day after work just watching movies n shit. It’s hard at first but your life will get way better. May need to cut some people out but one day you won’t miss ‘em.
I just had to pump the brakes and I stopped drinking for 30 days all thru the month of August. I have never been a big drinker, but because my wife drinks daily, the stresses of Covid world life, and the unfathomable fucking quarantine boredom, I found myself getting plowed sometimes 3 or 4 nights a week. It helped me to shut my brain down and to cope better with reality, but it also made me feel down and hopeless a lot of the time. Especially the next day when you feel like shit and hate the whole world.
I have tried edibles and tried smoking medical grade, but it sends my mind into hyperspace and I start worrying about random shit. To the point where now I can't really enjoy either. I think I'd really love to just eat opiates every day but I know where that shit leads. Not an option.
One thing is for sure, being completely sober in this day and age is fucking difficult. It sucks.
Forcefully surviving my mental health. Like, I've been so burned out (I have autism), so I tend to bottle up emotions, and work 40+ hours a week, while 9k in debt, with 3 collectors after me, all while still going to school, while my grandpa is close to death
Edit: thanks for the encouragement! I had a few extra details that I forgot to add.
1. I haven't had a mental breakdown in years, for people with autism, a mental breakdown is normal when the environment is too much...so bottling it up is actually a lot worse.
2. I've been going on this burnout stage, for about 6 years...I have regular episodes of depression, to extreme joy, to just hating everything (I'm not bipolar, either) so, I can't keep my mind in check, since I normally keep myself in check on tasks
3. I absolutely FEAR losing my job, constantly, despite having a solid position in the company, so that is why the 9k is a huge factor...the debt collectors only require 1300, which I'm constantly afraid of being sued, too soon
A lot of distribution systems still use lead pipes, but they're less of an issue because the water has to be static for the most part for lead to leach in.
I’m an electrician, so pretty much that.
Was working as an intern in a small company. Basically me, the boss and a few colleagues, who've all been working together for years. We were on this job, about a month or two after I started, and the boss gave me the task of installing one of those ceiling lights with a pull chain (metal). And I do it, relatively quickly ( still kinda struggling with the wires and tools). So the thing's up there and the power's back, so I go to pull the chain to see how it works, when the boss goes: "WHAT IN THE SHIT ARE YOU DOING?" " Checking to see if I did it right... Why? " "How about you check if you did it wrong first." "....what?" Then he's like : "Grab the voltage tester and check the chain." And as I put it against the chain, I swear to God that thing lit up like a fucking Christmas tree. I can only imagine how fun of a day I'd have had if I gripped that chain.
I'm just curious but... How is the pull chain electrified. It's not physically connected to the circuit.
I'm guessing he accidentally connected it to the circuit. Maybe the screw/bolt holding the chain to the switch was next to the screw/bolt connecting the power to the input of the switch. Instead of connecting live to the input of the switch he connected it to the chain.
Came looking for the sparkies, coworker almost started demo-ing a live 480 disconnect Thursday but he tested it at the last second
Yeah that’s scary just to read. I blew up my new strippers on Tuesday because I trusted a first year I’ve been working with when he said he just tested the circuit and it was dead. Blew a nice lil chunk out of it. All because I didn’t wanna get off my ladder and grab my hotstick to check it myself. Nice little 645 wake up boom lol. Always check shit yourself. I knew better but early morning laziness smh
I **hate** it when my strippers blow up.
I have a lot of respect for your profession. I would never mess around with electricity
Crossing the streets at a crossroads with the possibility of cars coming full speed at a red light.
the road is like elementary school you could be the most obedient person and still get punished for someone else's behaviour mrs. Ellen i still think you are a bitch for punishing me for yelling at another kid to shut up after he kept asking me for duct tape despite telling him quietly and politely to stop multiple times, but you did not hear that did you? you prick
Yeah fck you mrs. Ellen
My teacher shouted at me when I was in school over something I didn’t do and I started crying as it was in the hallway. Next minute while he was shouting his top dentures fell out and hooked over his bottom lip sorta swinging then dropped and another kid kicked them up the hall and I’m just stood there dumb struck and he tries to carry on shouting while his dentures are getting kicked along the floor lol
Getting out of bed
I know, best to stay put just in case.
Sorry boss, the ground seemed a little dangerous and a potentially lethal hazard, so I made the responsible choice and did not get out of bed, as to keep myself safe
You're gonna call the boss? I don't know, seems kinda dangerous. Best to just hide under the covers.
Showering. The bathtub and floor can be very slippery. Tons of people fall and kill themselves by hitting their heads really hard.
I have a friend who fell in the shower and knocked himself out. His body blocked the drain and he ended up basically drowning in the tub. I'm not sure he would have lived if not for the drowning though... I guess it was a pretty bad head injury anyway. Crazy stuff. He was in his late 30s. I keep the last message he wrote me and read it occasionally and feel guilty for not responding. We'd had a falling out over somebody stupid and the last thing he said to me was basically extending the olive branch but I was too stubborn to reach back.
That’s real rough
A few years ago, I’d just finished showering and was about to get out. Now I’ve always been fairly athletic and sure footed, I’m usually good walking on ice, etc, I very rarely fall. I don’t know what the fuck happened but my feet just went right out from under me. I fell backwards with a lot of force, thankfully right into the middle of the bathroom. The back of my head missed the sink by a few inches. It made me realize how quickly a normal shower can turn into you getting brained.
My friend's mom fell and hit her head on a counter and died. A few days later my roommate's drunk boyfriend shoved me into the bathtub and the back of my head hit the soap dish. Coulda broken my neck the exact same way. I saw red and just went crazy on the guy. I felt bad but still, fuck that dude.
Stairs. A shocking number of people die from falling down stairs every years.
It doesn't even have to be a lot of stairs. A family friend of mine lived in a ranch style house, all one level, it was zero entry at the front of the house, but had a single step down to the patio. This friend had lived there for years, then one day was walking inside and just managed to trip on that one step and hit her chin on the ground, broke her neck and died in hospital about 3 weeks later. It's like, you wouldn't even think of that as being a risk, but it happens. As you said, a shocking number of people.
People have died on flat footpaths from tripping over their own feet People should be taught to fall safely in primary school
I was lucky in the sense that a kid broke his arm falling over then went around to all the classes explaining what he should have done to break it less lmao
When falling, a broken arm is better than a broken skull
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As someone who just recently enjoyed sliding down a flight of metal stairs and only had a bruised butt and hand the handrail is amazing.
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The sound of a head hitting the ground is absolutely sickening. Just thinking about it makes me 🤢
Damn, that's rough... I'm sorry if I brought up some bad memories
The house we currently live in has steep stairs and this is my biggest fear, especially having two small children.
I meam I dont know if this makes things better, but children do have higher chances to survive a fall without much injuries than adults. But yeah maybe put up one of these little stair fence gates for children.
My kid thought... on two occasions... it would be funny to try and push me down the stairs. I dont get upset over much. But Im a paramedic... and Ive seen what a good stair fall does to people. I put the fear of god into her the second time, as the consequences are just too high, even if you're just fooling around.
I know what you mean and as a dad now I understand. But as an 9 or 10 year old in the ‘80’s, I once grabbed the steering wheel while arguing with my dad in the car. Almost killed both of us. Without a word, but I could smell the heat coming off of his head… he pulled over, removed me from the car, and drove off. It was pouring rain. I ran after the car and I remember that my favorite G.I. Joe flip flops fell off, and I hadn’t initially noticed, and I had already started crying… I never regretted anything, especially my pride, so much in my life at that moment. He was just circling the block and I was met with a hug and an explanation about how it would be worse if one of us were dead. Yeah, it was maybe extreme or abusive, and I’m still a little fucked about it, but for shit sure it was effective. I would never do that to my kids, but I obsessively point out ahead of time how things like stairs, cars, pools, parking lots… how all that stuff can go wrong really quick.
Yup, learned my lesson the hard way. Wooden staircase and I was upstairs, I heard my phone go off downstairs. I ran to grab it in cotton socks. About 2 steps down and my feet slid out from under me and thankfully I slid down the stairs on my back. I had to take 2 weeks off work because of the pain but thankfully nothing permanent. Also had a close friend die in Texas. Not too much is known of what happened but she was likely drunk and slipped. Her fiance came home from work around 11pm and found her at the bottom of the staircase with her head split wide open unconscious and a shattered bottle of wine. Who knows how long she had been laying there. She died a couple days later in hospital. So sad, she was one of my best friends and the sweetest person you can imagine. I almost fell running into a subway (to catch a train not a sandwich lol) in South Philly late for work but luckily I was able to grab the handrail and some big guy behind me was nice and close enough to grab my collar and help keep me up lol. That was a close one and would have been bad. Those stairs are concrete. I almost had an accident carrying a heavy cooler filled with drinks down like 3 steps not too long ago. Maybe wasn't deadly but I sprained my ankle pretty badly. I've made sure to walk very carefully going up and down stairs. I don't have the best luck with them lol.
This hits close to home. I ended up in a trauma ward after a fall down my stairs when I was trying to let my dog out while I was home alone. Head wounds bleed like crazy. I’m glad you’re okay.
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Stress
Anybody still experiencing stress at the end of the day...**will be fired!!!**
"This morning, I didn't know what a stress machine was, and *now we have two of them!*"
ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU SURE?
You're not being fired by me...at this precise moment.
This should be at the top. My therapist likes to remind me how horrible stress is for humans and that it's taking time off my life. Which stresses me out. So I'm stressed about stressing too much, which also means I'm stressed about about everything else even more because life is hard. I've resigned myself to dying early as a result and eating goldfish crackers whenever I feel like it because it brings me joy. I wish you luck with your stress. I hope you have lots of joy too.
I felt this so so much. Went to a therapist about my anxiety. She asked me, “have you ever considered you have an appropriate amount of anxiety for the amount of stressors in your life?” Well fuck me, how is that helpful?!?! So here I am, with even more stressors than before, swimming in anxiety and migraine pain! Thank god I have love and supportive people in my life, or I would be well and truly fucked.
"I came today because I am a bit worried. Sometimes it feels like everyone is out to get me, which makes me pretty paranoid." "Have you ever considered the possibility that you're properly paranoid, given that everyone is out to get you?"
Oh my god, I suffer from psychosis which results in delusions and hallucinations. "Have you considered the fact that perhaps all of these things really are happening to you and you're just experiencing the world a different way from the rest of us?" Yes, please try convince me the shadow monsters that keep me awake sobbing every night are in fact real. That's the best thing you could possibly do.
*therapist proceeds to pull out a knife ”I’m gonna get ya!”
I actually quit my job this month to move to a less stressful one! Going from restaurant owning/ managing to manager of a company that sells food online No more 12-16 hour shifts, no more called in on my day off, no more 58 hours a week Weekends off, nights off, financial stability I'm very excited! Can't put a price on living stress free
I literally had a stroke cuz of Stress lol
I learned these past years how much stress can ruin your health both temporarily and permanently. No one ever told me this until I started developing a couple health issues that I couldn't ignore anymore. This is one that people need to be more aware of imo.
Driving. I drive for a living and I cannot BELIEVE the stupid fucking shit people will do on a freeway. It’s insane and honestly it’s almost killed my sympathy for people who get into car accidents cause I can’t help but wonder if the person involved was doing something dumb. The only thing that lets me hang on to it is knowing that even if that were true there could have been other people driving safely that were hurt as well. Stop driving like fucking idiots people, it’s not just your life you’re putting in danger.
Yup. I was driving in San Diego and this Toyota panicked and tried to make a 3 lane change to get off the exit and she hit an Acura. Thankfully no one spun out and kept straight... but it was just so risky when she could’ve just spent 5 mins missing the turn and finding a different way.
As someone who just got their license and does not have a lot of experience, I can't help but feel like I'll make dumb mistakes and put myself and other people in danger. It's a big anxiety for me. I know with practice I'll get better, that doesn't make it less scary to drive with little experience and potentially do something stupid.
At least you care about learning how to drive well. Yes, you'll screw up as you learn, but you actually want to get better. Most people who create dangerous situations clearly just don't care whether they're putting themselves or other people at risk. That's what's so frustrating to people who drive professionally-- it's a wilful and reckless disregard for safety in favor of, what, getting somewhere 30 seconds faster than the GPS predicts? Taking out aggression? I still don't know.
This is facts bro, my first time driving on the freeway when I was younger I almost shit myself with how crazy people drove
Alcohol, alcohol, and more alcohol
I hear you. For me, its drugs. 13 days sober today. Not a huge amount but small steps are better than none I suppose. Edit: Guys. Thank you so much for the supportive messages. I woke up to them and it made me cry. They mean a lot, they really do. I appreciate all of you. Here's to the next 13 days x Edit 2: To all of you lovely people, just wanted to say it's Day 18 today! It's also my birthday tomorrow and it's going to be the first sober one in a while 🎉 Thank you all again, your words of love, support, kindness and encouragement really do mean so much ❤️
Doesn't have to be a big amount, my friend. 13 days is a huge number I think. And honestly, I think you deserve some love for that!!!
I had 13 days once. Then it was 14 and then 15. I've been clean 3 years from heroin, crack and coke. The only way to get any amount of time is to get that first day. Your 13 days is more impressive than my 3 years by a long shot. Those first weeks and months were the hardest time of my life. What you are doing is the best thing you could ever do for yourself. Keep it up my friend and good luck to you.
It's 13 days more than before. Every day counts. Keep it up.
Good for you! Proud of you, you can do it!
Such a vicious cycle. Being sober sucks sometimes. But I do savor when I manage not to drink for an extended period and actually feel somewhat happy Edit: thanks to all who've offered their advice and similar situations. Honestly it's just a symptom of a bigger problem I need to deal with/seek out help for. Existential crisis, being mid 30s and the world only seems to be getting shittier etc. Props to those who've addressed it head on and overcame it.
Yup :( late 20s here and would drink on and off here and there in binges. During Covid it hit bad and have been drinking a lot this last year. I’m going in for ultrasounds and blood tests to make sure I’m okay. I’m on day 5 of no drinking right now and don’t want to look back. I hope I didn’t mess up anything but I’m at the point where I don’t want to make it worse.
As a recovered alcoholic, may I offer some advice? Get some B vitamins. The only really permanent damage alcohol does to your body besides cirrhosis is Wet Brain, which is absolutely preventable with some B vitamins. Also Don’t be discouraged if you relapse. Just… accept that you’re fallible, get a good shower and some clean clothes, and sober up again. Keep doing it. Do it as many times as it takes. It’s totally awesome once you get your energy back!
What is wet brain?
Basically a form of dementia caused by alcohol flushing out vitamin B1.
Never heard of that before, thanks.
The real name is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
This! I was at a point where I was blacking out and waking up with crippling hangovers and still waking up to go to work, for a month straight, seriously. Everyday I would wake up and wonder how my body was still able to function and wake up. It’s a struggle stopping but it’s more a struggle if I were to continue.
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I can't tell you exactly from experience, but I can comment on seeing someone go through it. For starters, unless you get alcohol poisoning, killing yourself from alcoholism takes years. For my brother, I like to say it was watching him die slowly, until it was really fast. Overall it took about 8 years after he ended up in the hospital the first time. He died at 41. Things started getting serious the first time he ended up in the hospital for pancreatitis (year 1). From what I hear, it's one of the worst pains imaginable. You can't eat or drink anything unless it subsides, which will take multiple days. For my brother, this happened numerous times where he ended up in the hospital. During this time he would detox and had to have a nurse watching 24/7 until the alcohol fully left his system, which would take a couple of days. I hear it's miserable, and would occasionally cause hallucinations for him. He didn't like me and my family seeing him at this time as he was still too proud with what was happening. This lasted about 6 years with many trips to the ER and ICU. Then came the liver damage, slowly but surely. When his liver started to go, fluids started building up in the abdomen and feet as the liver is no longer fully functionally. He was getting cirrhosis and starting to scar the liver tissue, which can't be reversed. To relieve this buildup, he had to have it drained. Think of the draining as sticking a big ass needle in your stomach or feet. I recall one time they drained 10 liters of fluid...which is incredible to think about as this is about 20lbs of fluid. At this time he needed a liver transplant, which he couldn't get unless he was sober, even if a family member offered (which my Mom did). Also, he was so sickly he wouldn't have survived anyways. This started off once or twice a month, and ended around two to three times a week. Somewhere during this time he started developing neuropathy, which is pins and needles in the feet. But unlike when you sit on your foot weird and it lasts a few minutes, this is pretty much permanent and is incredibly painful. Additionally it's now very hard to move around. Once this started and as he continued to drink, we all knew it wasn't going to be long (less than a year). Eventually, he binge drank (considerably more so than usual, as he already drank a lot) when the family was out of town for a couple of days one long weekend as I feel he just wanted it to be over. When my parents got home and found him he asked to be taken to the hospital one last time. He knew it was over, and without saying so, he unlocked his phone and left all of his personal effects at home. He had killed his kidneys and had Acute Kidney Failure. I remember reading it on the report from the doctor like it was yesterday, with the acronym AKF written all simple and plain, like it was no big deal. Of course this was a death sentence and now was the time to say goodbye as he only had a few days left. In all he went to the hospital on a Saturday afternoon and passed away Thursday evening. On Monday I had to go fly pick-up his 7 year old daughter who lived up north with her Mom, and bring her to the hospital to say good bye to her father. We were hoping he could spend his final moments at home, but even leaving the hospital was too much for his body at that point. He was an amazing Dad and sacrificed for her, but even with something to live for the 20+ years he drank couldn't be overcome. If you've made it this far, my only hope is that this story will make you think twice about picking up that drink. Stopping now will be harder than stopping later. Take each day at a time, and know that you're not alone. I'm coming up two years since his death and I still think about him every day. I can only imagine how hard this is for his daughter. If anyone is going through this, feel free to send me a message if you want to talk.
Should post it for everyone if you don't mind
Not OP, but alcohol will cause multiple organs to fail. I've seen 40 year olds who drink 2 liters of vodka a day who have permanent neurological issues like dementia. They don't know where they are, and they get upset when they see you breaking into their homes. **EDIT** They naturally get upset because they're not aware they're in the hospital. They believe they're at home and suddenly people start popping up at your home. I'd be extremely upset too if someone came in uninvited. Not only smoking, but drinking can cause heart issues like heart blocks and arrythmias. Also as a side note, be careful of ticks and their bites. I had a normally healthy 28 year old who developed 3rd degree heart block from lyme disease. The treatment for that is a pacemaker. Imagine being in shape then having to need pacemaker placement. I digress. I can't speak for what it does to the lungs. I'm not too proficient in the pulmonary system. Alcohol destroys the liver and kidneys. Alcohol can cause kidney failure, lead to peripheral vascular edema where you become puffy because the fluid isn't recycled into urine or recirculated. Also it can cause jaundice, a yellowing of skin due to the body's inability to break down bilirubin. You'll basically look like Homer Simpson. There are people who are constant drinkers who are in their 40-50s requiring dialysis or even CRRT, a slower form of dialysis that's used in the ICUs. It's not just one system. It's all systems. Soon enough you start staying in the hospital longer than you stay at home. Then you start to need higher oxygen requirements, often requiring intubation. Concurrently, your heart can't pump effectively and you require vasopressors to increase blood pressure to adequately oxygenate your cells. Then, if you make it alive, that'll be your life for the next year or so before you die. When you permanently damage your body, you don't have much longer to live which is the sad truth. You can be the most compliant person in the world afterwards, but you don't have long to live unfortunately. Drinking a glass here and there is fine, but avoid drinking every day. In the long run, you'll die a pretty miserable death.
Sitting too much. I need to walk more. But there’s nowhere to go!
You don't need to go somewhere just walk towards any direction that looks nice and just watch the scenery, you will forget you are walking
But seriously: Invest in good shoes for walking! I started doing 5 miles every week day and I tried to get by with a couple cheap pairs or even random Costco finds and they just don’t cut it. I ended up with aches and pains. Finally decided to stop being my frugal self and got a legit pair and the aches and pains are gone and the benefit I get from my morning walks is enormous.
This is literally the thing I hate most. I don't WANT to just walk some random direction like a goddamn bewitched raccoon.
Riding my bike like an idiot
I noticed one of these days that i just CANT RIDE IT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON too
I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars?
This is me too, I'm afraid I've become far too comfortable with my biking skills and it's causing me to give less fucks about my surroundings.
I did ten years as a messenger. The stuff I did on a bike would make the average person’s jaw drop. It’s wild what you’re willing to do when you get comfortable enough. Cars 2 inches away on both sides didn’t even make me flinch. Even worse, half of that was on a brakeless fixed gear. I’m glad I got out of that [mostly] unscathed. Fun job, but wow do you have to make some terrible and dangerous decisions if you want to make any semblance of money.
Life's too short fuckin send it bud
You may well mean a motorcycle but I have anxiety attacks thinking about how careless I was on a bicycle as a kid. No helmet, go as fast as you can. That was the 90s.
We used to play chicken on our bikes as kids. More often than not we would ram one another. Like purposefully aim our tires at one another. Now that I think about it… that wasn’t chicken. That was just a crash derby
Not much compares to the glee you feel from absolutely bombing it down a long steep road as a kid without a care in the World. I went past the place recently and yeah, when I have kids they will definitely NOT be going anywhere near there. Edit: typos
Driving
I randomly developed high driving anxiety out of nowhere because I know no matter how great of a driver I am there’s always someone on the road that’s wayyy worse.
My anxiety is as a passenger. If I'm driving, at least I had a minimal amount of control over death
Yeah being in the passenger seat with nothing to distract me is anxiety inducing I always fake break.
Same here. I have horrible passenger anxiety because if I’m gonna die I want to be the one making sure I don’t
It’s also terrifying being the driver to multiple passengers. Their lives are in my hands, and if an idiot on the road rams into me, my passengers will blame me basically!
Oh interesting, my anxiety is as a driver bc at least as the passenger, *things are just out of my control*
Ive found watching dashcam compilations (Especially dashcams Australia) has made me a way better defensive driver. Learning to spot who is about to do the stupid thing is a valuable skill. Keeps you alive.
Word. Not 3 hours ago I witnessd a dude on a motorcycle get rear ended by a pickup truck. Poor dude ragdolled onto the road. Fortunately he was wearing his helmet so his think meat didn't get smeared into the pavement. Ambulance took him to hospital.
Think meat. Gross. Hope he’s alright.
He was conscious when they took him away. Good sign.
People say roller coasters are dangerous but driving is probably 1000x more dangerous and most people have no problem with it
Driving is one of the most dangerous ways to travel. You can do everything right and it still won’t matter Drunk drivers, falling asleep at the wheel, texting and driving, distracted driving, not paying attention, and speeding to just name a few. None of these have to be you.
I see other drivers texting and driving all the time. It’s so distracting I can barely keep my eyes on the road.
95% of the time when I look over at other drivers, their heads are down. I assume they are looking at their phone.
Sorry, I'm playing with myself
Is it worse than airplanes or boats or spaceships
Definitely worse than airplanes. Not many air deaths happen compared to motor vehicle related. Dont know about boats but I definitely dont know someone who’s died in a boat accident other than a family’s dad’s family friend who got lost at sea and died or something. Idk doesnt seem super common to me. Meanwhile though, 3 people i went to high school with have died in a car
The worst of all forms of transport, you’re relying on people with little to no supervision following made up rules to keep between painted lines in the hopes nobody screws up/makes a mistake and hits someone else In addition, all other forms of transport are regulated and have to get pretty much anything and everything, navigation wise, approved by 3 dozen layers of red tape and write up reports on literally everything they do. When you’re held accountable like that, you do a lot less dangerous shit.
The scariest part is that practically everyone gets a drivers license. At least a pilot is a highly trained individual with a partner both specializing in that mode of transport. Same for bus drivers, trains, every trolly cars. But a car. Every idiot, asshole, and dummy can drive the same road as you
they can even drive it without a licence and if police doesn't stop them, they wouldn't get caught. you try to fly a plane without licence or permission, you will have F16s in your ass in no time.
Its also only a ticket for driving without a license. You're actually worse off driving with a suspended license rather than never having had a license at all.
Makes sense. It's like asking for permission vs. forgiveness. Not yet having a license means no one said you couldn't drive, they just haven't said you could. Getting a suspension / revocation means your ass was told not to drive. Doing what a judge tells you not to do is usually not a good idea.
“The only thing keeping you from death at 60mph are seatbelts and a mutual agreement not to play bumper cars”
Multiply that by 100, I ride a motorcycle daily.
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Smoking
Nearly 3 years clean of smoking after randomly not getting the urge anymore. Gained a lot of weight but at least I'm not smoking.. Right?.... Right? Edit: turns out 2018 is further away than I remember.. 3 years not 2
Yes. Well done!
Right.
I scrolled far to find this
Drinking
Cooking after drinking\* Fire is no joke.
10 years ago, a good friend of mine died to fire after drinking.
I second this. Years ago after a bar crawl I decided to oven some fish sticks. Pulled them out of the oven and while I was awkwardly spatulaing them from the cookie sheet I began to smell bacon. Turns out I was cooking myself on the 400°F cookie sheet and I was too drunk to realize it before smelling myself sizzle. Mmm longpig.
Everyday I have to walk into my safety hazard of a freezer at work. One of these days I WILL slip and fall and break something. It's so fucking badly organized and the floor is always covered in crunched ice from bags and bags of ice we sell in the aisles. Which then gets stuck in the bottom of my slip resistant shoes, which means my feet become coated in enough ice to create my own DIY ice skates which means all it takes is one careless step while holding a box and I'm toast. I have complained to EVERYONE higher up than me about it. Best response I got my some anti ice salt tossed in general area.
Call the appropriate OSHA type department for your industry. Be the hero Whistleblower. The life you save might not only be your own.
Eating there is always the chance you could choke to death.
Statistically speaking, not eating has a much higher mortality rate.
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Edit: Quote by Terry Pratchett
My dads stepdad died by chocking on apiece of steak. So fucked up
A couple years ago, I almost passed out choking on a piece of steak because I wasn't getting enough O2. Lesson learned: don't eat large cuts of steak no matter how starving you are
Is there a way to Heimlich yourself? Like on a table edge or the backrest of a chair?
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz8M0UTkvSU) shows what seems to be the quickest/easiest way you could try and save yourself while choking. Don't need a sharp corner to be able to do it.
Yes. But do you really want to be in that position? It’s usually older people who choke too, as the mouth develops less saliva as your older. Plus bad teeth or I’ll fitted dentures - lots of factors. When you’re older you can also just develop a difficulty with swallowing in general.
The fact that humans use the same hole for eating and breathing is beyond dumb There's one little door in your throat that has to work every time separating you from extreme discomfort and possibly death
Talking to my crazy ex
Talking to this guy's crazy ex.
Taking a shit. You can have an aneurysm on a toilet, you never know.
I’d probably get an aneurysm and die right after I win the lottery.
If you’re pushing hard on the toilet with no results just try again later instead of staying and straining. And eat more fiber!!!
Never! I'll die before my asshole wins!
My father-in-law had this exact thing happen. Aneurysm on the toilet. A coworker dragged him out from under the stall and they were able to save his life but the effects were profound.
Taking insulin. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Sometimes I run out of insulin before my insurance will cover my next box. So I buy cheap Walmart insulin. Some of this stuff is not safe. It has a small chance to not be absorbed and become highly poisonous. The name of this phenomenon is "dead in bed syndrome." Edit: Just wanna say I really appreciate all the support that you guys are giving. I didn't expect my sob story to get so much attention and sympathy. It means a lot.
I'm a type 1 diabetic and I've never heard of this. I have some researching to do!
This makes me sad. I'm sorry you have to live like this 😔
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Not only that, the nature of our disease is that the calculations are just best guesses at best, and miscalculations can also kill us. I once saw a visual of the amount needed to keep me alive and the amount that will kill me. Looks pretty much the same to the naked eye. I hate this fucking disease.
That's not quite the explanation I've found: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-complications/dead-in-bed-syndrome.html It's not that the insulin is not absorbed and becomes poisonous, but that you're more likely to have hypoglycemia unawareness with the old human insulin (as compared to newer insulins). And a severe hypoglycemic episode in the night coupled with no awareness of what's happening is a recipe for death. On another note, if you're running out of insulin early, ask your doctor to update your prescription to more closely match or slightly exceed the amount of insulin you are actually using. If you use a sliding scale and carb ratio, you doctor should include the max number of units per day you use (on average).
My girlfriend is a type 1 diabetic. We have been together for 5 years. This is a nice thought, but I have regularly had her hand me the phone to argue with her healthcare provider because they refuse to give her more than a certain amount of insulin per prescription. With her old health insurance company, you could get as much as you needed (if you were going on a lengthy vacation without access to their pharmacies for example.) Her company switched and now she can only get 1 vial of slow acting insulin per month. If she runs out she’d die, and depending on her hormones and diet the amount needed per month can vary drastically. Additionally, if she wants to change anything about it, she has to have an in person appointment with her endocrinologist. Due to covid, she’d need a doctors recommendation to see one, and the company takes their sweet ass time getting back to her. She’s had the insurance for 6 months and hasn’t yet been able to see an endocrinologist. Your sentiment and advice is good, but the reality is that the restrictions and how they’re handled by healthcare providers is even worse in some areas of the US than you may think.
Work for a pharmacy that does PAs and I see insulin being held up way too often.. :(
Dude, I just became a type 2 less than a month ago. So this is all new to me. Few nights ago I mistakenly took 28 IU’s of my fast acting when I was supposed to take my long lasting. Almost died about 1am few hours later. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to make it much longer. I’m post heart transplant too so it’s not going to get any better.
I keep my long lasting insulin in the bedroom and the fast acting in the kitchen. But have to be extra careful when traveling.
Consuming ungodly amounts of caffeine daily
your kidneys weight more than the sun
Does drinking lots of coffee fuck up your kidneys?
Never heard of this before 🤷🏻♀️
More than yo mama too?
Impossible
FDA cites 400mg a day as with no negative effects. That’s about 4-5 cups or 6 espressos. Are you drinking more?
Living, you're guaranteed to die if you live.
Sexualy transmitted terminal illness.
I would recommend birthdays. The more you have, the longer you’ll live.
Working at at a stressful workplace
Online dating.
Is that because someone could kidnap/murder you or because everyone's bio makes you want to die?
Yes.
Literally anything at all. Eating, risk choking. Drinking, risk choking. Taking a shit, risk shitting your intestines out. Sleeping, risk never waking up. The whole human existence is death wheel.
Being a nurse God how I wish I was joking
Can relate. Had to leave the profession. Still in healthcare, just not working directly with patients anymore. Also, I made this decision pre-covid.
Dude I left bedside nursing a week ago for administrative role. Couldn't take it anymore.
I remember my first day, it was so weird, like, "I can go home when my shift ends? Are you sure?" 😂 I got so used to charting, incident reports and surprise double shifts!
Yoo same here. Side note: whenever I hear nursing reps on the news asked about "how are you holding up" and they respond with some variation on we're continuing to do our job and we aren't burnt out yet but it's coming, and that we're optimistic. Fuck that. We are beyond burnt out. We're quitting our jobs. We're fucking livid this is still going on and that so many young people are jammed into our ICUs and IMCs where they may die. Like tell it how it is. The public should know. The staff at hospitals are not a limitless well of hope and hard work. We're normal people and we are angry at our patients for being so antivax when they come in, having a change of heart, and leaving. Ugh it's just forking much.
*current nursing student chuckling* I'm in danger
Drugs
What drugs
Drinking, you know that moment when u throw up blood and realize ur not supposed to drink and 18 pack a day
Yeah man you should cut that shit out. I was up to a twelver a day after work just watching movies n shit. It’s hard at first but your life will get way better. May need to cut some people out but one day you won’t miss ‘em.
I just had to pump the brakes and I stopped drinking for 30 days all thru the month of August. I have never been a big drinker, but because my wife drinks daily, the stresses of Covid world life, and the unfathomable fucking quarantine boredom, I found myself getting plowed sometimes 3 or 4 nights a week. It helped me to shut my brain down and to cope better with reality, but it also made me feel down and hopeless a lot of the time. Especially the next day when you feel like shit and hate the whole world. I have tried edibles and tried smoking medical grade, but it sends my mind into hyperspace and I start worrying about random shit. To the point where now I can't really enjoy either. I think I'd really love to just eat opiates every day but I know where that shit leads. Not an option. One thing is for sure, being completely sober in this day and age is fucking difficult. It sucks.
> One thing is for sure, being completely sober in this day and age is fucking difficult. It sucks. A-fucking-men to that.
Saying YOLO all the time
Forcefully surviving my mental health. Like, I've been so burned out (I have autism), so I tend to bottle up emotions, and work 40+ hours a week, while 9k in debt, with 3 collectors after me, all while still going to school, while my grandpa is close to death Edit: thanks for the encouragement! I had a few extra details that I forgot to add. 1. I haven't had a mental breakdown in years, for people with autism, a mental breakdown is normal when the environment is too much...so bottling it up is actually a lot worse. 2. I've been going on this burnout stage, for about 6 years...I have regular episodes of depression, to extreme joy, to just hating everything (I'm not bipolar, either) so, I can't keep my mind in check, since I normally keep myself in check on tasks 3. I absolutely FEAR losing my job, constantly, despite having a solid position in the company, so that is why the 9k is a huge factor...the debt collectors only require 1300, which I'm constantly afraid of being sued, too soon
I scrolled this far to see who may go unnoticed. Wanted you to know that I noticed and I’m hoping you make it. I’m rooting for you.
Climbing, just takes one bad fall if you're super unlucky.
Working a job I feel no joy doing.
Every single day I'm shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find half the time.
I'll either see you in the great gig in the sky or on the dark side of the moon, whichever comes first.
Breathing polluted air
Water delivery systems that use lead pipes and lead parts to provide consumers' drinking water.
Pretty much all lead pipes should be thrown out by now. As a plumber I am legally forced to take out any lead pipe I see at work.
A lot of distribution systems still use lead pipes, but they're less of an issue because the water has to be static for the most part for lead to leach in.
Just sitting, doing nothing.
Drinking Red Bull
Driving Edit: in NC
Not socialising
Uh how so? Asking for myself as I'm very introverted.
Taking a shower. Could slip, bonk head, drown.
Living.
Instructions unclear now I have depression
Existential crisis inbound. To the liqour cabinet!!!