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ADHD. I never realised how much easier things are for people without it until I tried meds. Holy fuck. When people say you just gotta put your mind to it, they aren't kidding. When medicated, I can see that something needs to be done, decide that I'll do that now, and do it. That was a new experience to me!! I don't end up crying on the sofa, overwhelmed with figuring out the steps to this very simple thing, stuck in my own head for hours at a time. I don't end up with fifteen half finished tasks and an overwhelming feeling of shame and confusion after an afternoon of very busily doing nothing because I get distracted halfway through anything I attempt. I thought I was just weak, that everyone else just sucks it up and deals with it. Nope! They never even get there. They just do the thing without having to deal with the upsetty spaghetti. In just burnt the hell out from trying to keep up in an unfair race. If you suspect ADHD, get tested and/or get your kids tested, or even if you manage life okay but notice that things seem a lot harder by a great margin than people make it out to be. Treatment can make the difference between living life like you're trying to run upstream in chest-deep water, and living it walking the path with everyone else.

The anesthesia thing is legit. When I got my wisdom teeth out, I didn't even think anything had happened

The freeze response is no joke. There was a moment back when I was a teenager where a sudden scary noise outside the house frightened me really badly. I can still remember the feeling of my tongue locking up and being unable to yell for my mom like I wanted to as my body just froze up against my will. It took a few moments to get my senses back and go find her. Thankfully it was just the electricity guy checking our meters, but I'll never forget how that fear just overrode my whole body for a few moments.

Anxiety/panic attack. I had always derided people for "flipping out for no reason. It's just an excuse to act like an idiot." It's not. After having a cardiac incident overseas & waking up in an unfamiliar location with no-one I knew nearby, I learned firsthand just how real they are.

OCD sucks. Basically, it's knowing that your brain is lying to you, but not being able to do anything about it because it forces you into subconsciously thinking "What if it isn't lying?" From my own experience, it usually stems from something that happened on accident. After that, your mind will capture that moment and never let you live it down. For example, one of mine is the sink. I don't remember exactly, but I must've left the sink on or something once, and now whenever I use the bathroom, I have to press down on the handle to make absolute sure that it's off. The worst part about it is that if I press the knob down subconsciously, my brain won't see it as actually pressing the knob down, and I'll have to re-enter the bathroom and fully acknowledge that I'm pressing the knob. It tricks you by making you think you didn't do something even when you did. It turns a small, one-time accident into a full-blown anxious routine to make sure that the smallest things can't destroy your life, and it sucks. Your very being is gaslighting itself and all you can do is listen.

ADHD paralysis. i've always been the type to procastinate until the last moment where i complete all my work and still get avg-good grades so i assumed they were the same thing. however this time, i couldn't. it were my exams and it was the last day, last hours and i couldn't study - the amount i did for each subject was probably around half an hour and it was so bad. i knew what i had to do, my brain was screaming it, yet i couldn't my body was frozen. worst part is i don't know how to work on it but lets hope it gets better

I relate to the "putting a pet down" I had to put my cat down last Monday. Both my son and myselfed bawled our eyes out. Hardest thing l've ever done was watching her pass...

Pregnancy. I knew it was rough, but I was NOT ready for how rough it really was. Being so done made the birthing part much less scary 😅

Panic attacks are a big one that I thought were overly exaggerated. I had one and damn, that really put it into perspective that those things suck. My wife was with me and I could hear her, but not understand what she was saying. I couldn't breathe. I remember telling her that over and over but not being able to fix it or understand her. It really does feel like you are breathing 'normally' just faster, you don't realize you are taking tiny little sips of air in and out and your diaphragm isn't working properly and you can't fix it. So your chest is getting sore and you can't breathe and you are confused. You really do feel like you are dying.

Being cheated on. I used to think throwing out clothes, crying hysterically and wallowing in self-pity was just an overreaction until it happened to me. It’s easy to go into a dark place and have a hard time finding your way out

The story about toxic family relationships at 12:00 hits home. Repeatedly being asked for my opinion just to tell me I'm wrong and proceed to do it how they already wanted shut my confidence down for a long time. I was taught it's better to appear dumb and wait for commands than to dare to have an opinion. What's worse is finding that you've lost interest in what makes you happy because someone doesn't agree with it. It took finding a partner that loves and supports me for who I am rather than what they think I should be to open my eyes. I still struggle with confidence issues and lack of self-esteem, but having someone actually care about me and my interests means the world to me. My advice to others is to trust in what YOU want to do with your life. Don't listen to others saying not to do something unless they have a good reason why you shouldn't. Do your research and form your own opinions. It's ok to compromise when others think differently, but don't let them control your life. Most of all, be open minded when meeting new people. Their experiences can really put your own into perspective.

For the black ice one, holy cow that is a serious problem. As an Alaskan, it will sometimes rain in the middle of winter for no apparent reason. The water will then freeze on the roads and even walking is a threat to your life. Sometimes, graders will come through and put down salt or gravel to help with it, but it’s still extremely dangerous.

I had an ear infection last March. I ignored it longer than I should have, probably two weeks, and one night I had excruciating pain. My ear sounded like it had bubbles popping in it. Turns out, I had so much pressure behind my ear drum it was slowly popping and weakening. It finally ruptured and I had blood coming out of my ear for a solid day. I have never had ear issues before but this was horrible! The only thing more painful I’ve experienced is child birth. Nothing else compares to that intensity.

I was under anesthesia once for my wisdom teeth when I was 17. I popped up after surgery, seemingly wide awake (but I wasnt) and tried to get up (but my legs didnt work) and kept trying to get up until my dad and the doctor basically carried me to the car. I remember being in the car but not being carried. The only thing I do remember is thinking "oh boy! The surgery is over! I get to drink my coffee now!" This was also the same day twilight the movie came out. Which I did go see. Being stoned on painkillers did not make it better.

So true about aneshthesia. I vividly remember it going like this: Dr: "Okay, I'm gonna start counting down from 10. By the time I reach 1 you should be asleep. Ready? Ten." Mike: "Oh, you're awake? How'd the surgery go?" Me: "Huh?"

Extreme mental illness. As a child I never understood depression and thought people were just sad. Today I wish that all I had was depression.

I had my appendix removed and the anesthesiologist showed up with this handful of thin syringes and started pumping them into my IV cannule. Legit the last thing I remember me is me chuckling "Huh, feels like five beers all at once." and the surgeon saying "Wait why are you giving him that much?"

Getting scalded. I agree with that one. My mother had just brewed coffee for her birthday. We were in the tent and she stepped down from the camping wagon. The stool between wagon and tent tipped over, and coffee went flying towards my face. I remember turning my head away and then this extreme pain on my throat. Next thing I remember is being on my knees in the grass outside while people were pouring cold water over me. I have no memory of getting out of the tent but I was told that I screamed, jumped up, and ran outside where I just collapsed in the grass.

Parenthood. Everyone on the internet screams "YOURE NOT THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO BE TIRED" "YOU CHOSE THIS" until they have a kid. Its much harder than you think it is.

OCD is really so much more severe than the media makes it look. OCD is life ruining and although you can make it better it never really goes away.

I don't want to sound disrespectful, but housefires. I'm a firefighter, and had seen the absolute devastation it brings. I still could not anticipate it when it happened to me. The complete and utter terror, the full body dread, its unlike anything I've ever felt. Knowing you've lost everything you've ever owned-- gifts, cherished pictures and memories, and for me my cat, was horrible. The shock came as a surprise more than anything though. The paralyzing fear is correct. When you're caught of guard there is nothing like it, I am just fortunate that my body responded on instinct due to my training and I was able to get my loved ones out and make a prompt and concise phone call. I hope you anyone that reads this-- make sure your home is fire safe and always have an exit plan. 2 in, 2 out, and always close your door before going to sleep. Be well

For me, it’s PTSD and other consequences of trauma. I was very much aware that I had gone through an abusive relationship, but it took me over a year after said relationship ended to truly realize how much damage had been done to my mind and how much unconscious trauma my body was storing. I never understood how real those stories about PTSD and trigger responses were, until one day my current boyfriend accidentally touched me in a way that slightly resembled what my ex would do right before sexually assaulting me, and before I could even think, I was already screaming and slapping his hand away. I cannot put in words how shocked I was 5 seconds in, when it downed on me what I had just done. Not in a million years would I think that over a year later, my body would still hold up so much trauma, even with small triggers. Good thing is, that very moment opened my eyes to the amount of weight I was still carrying and how it was directly affecting my feelings, thoughts and behavior in many other aspects in life. Getting help now, one step at a time.

Unalive thoughts. I've had chronic depression all my life but I just figured I was too rational to ever consider it. Turns out it was just a waiting game.

Truly passing out. I was just told a close family member didn't have much longer to live. I was sitting at a kitchen table and began to feel extremely hot. Looking back now, that was a warning sign. I got up (bad idea) and opened the freezer door to cool myself off. Then, everything just went black. I have a vague dreamlike memory of a crashing sound & a really intense pain in my head. Turns out that was me completely falling over and my head hitting a wall on the way down. Next thing I know, I'm looking up from the ground as a relative crouches over me and screams my name. In the past, I'd gotten woozy and had faded vision/hearing, went slack, stuff like that. But that's only _feeling_ faint - Fully passing out just happens. It's not even like falling asleep. You might get a few warning signs but it's pretty much instantaneously blipping out of existence so quickly you aren't even there to feel your body completely fall over, there's no chance of catching yourself bc you're already gone.

I thought people were overreacting to the difficulty of Celeste Farewell until I played it in-full …3000 deaths, 9 hours of pure, excruciating pain that was still very fun at the end of the day somehow

A few things come to mind. I remember when I heard about what happened on 9/11. I was in middle school, and was working on a project. I was cutting something out, and then we got the news of the towers going down. I was in such shock that the scissors fell from my hands. You see that stuff in movies, where a person is either so shocked or horrified that they simply drop whatever their holding because their hold goes slack. I always thought that was an exaggeration, but nope. The second thing was when I ended up getting vertigo a few years ago. I just woke up with it and was super nauseas, so nauseas I couldn't even open my eyes because of how dizzy it made me. Since I couldn't walk, I needed to crawl to get to my phone, but that still required me to open my eyes. When I did, my vision literally shifted. As in the floor actually turned to the right so I saw the world flipped on its side. I instantly went down after that. You hear talk of how when someone is really dizzy or gets a headache that "the room spins". I thought that was an exaggeration for just being really dizzy that you couldn't walk right or something (I've experienced that when I naturally made myself dizzy, like from a rollercoaster or spinning around), but nope, literal room spin. Sleep paralysis. An absolutely terrifying experience. Waking up, being aware that you're awake, but your body hasn't caught up with your mind and you can't move for several seconds, like at all.

Yes insomnia. Had it very bad in my teens and 20's and couldn't fall asleep before 1am until about 40. All of the advice ppl give you is not for insomnia, as its not always about anxiety and an ability to relax we just aren't tired, or then if we are tired we just lie there for hours. Its not fun, but now I can fall asleep in under 20 minutes.

Some people can fight off anesthesia though, I go to a white space where I can't move and pain is muted, but I can still hear the voices of those around me. I distinctly remember "your going to feel a pressure" and then I felt pressure(they were drilling my wisdom tooth out, didn't feel like it though) It wasn't as scary as it sounds either, its like I knew the voices around me were benevolent

My dad got a shotgun and fired it for the first time with target practice. I was wearing hearing protection and it was so loud that I panicked. I think I will stick with a wood bat for defense.

I got a surgery for an unstable fibular break, and I got anesthesia. I told the nurse I was scared, she said I'd be okay, and then I was tired and talking about the SpongeBob musical (which I was in as Karen the Computer) Then I asked her when the surgery would happen, and she said, "Oh, honey, it's over!" I think about that all the time. It was like... I woke up from a dream I was going to surgery. It was that quick.

I had to get knee surgery in high school. I had to get up at like 5:30 am to get to the hospital and I don't think they started wheeling me to surgery until like 7. They put the mask over my face, told me to count backwards from 100, I made it to like 95 then the next thing I know I'm waking up to the sound of machines at 2 in the afternoon.

#18: Yes!! I've been dealing with a tough depression since 2018. I've been under control due to medications, but when I have some depression crisis, it's unbearable. Unfortunately, my wife just doesn't understand that I have no energy to get out of bed and that I can't simply work, study, go out, workout or do anything at all. I tried doing so many times before we even knew each other, and I end up having panic attacks if I don't stay still in my corner.

There are many but one that genuinely surprised me was heartburn. If you get heartburn bad enough you will feel like your stomach is burning a hole into itself and no amount of tums will touch it. I’ve had chronic migraines ever since the age of 12 and been through childbirth and some of the heartburn that I’ve experienced from taking medication I should have eaten with food without food ranks closer to those experiences of pain than I thought

That guy with the kidney stone, the doc probably thought cancer.

Moving away when you're still a kid especially if you're the type of person who needs emotional support. Nothing can prepare you for losing every single friend you had

I suffer from cluster migraines from time to time, my brother would always say that i was exaggerating about the whole thing, that is, until he gets one from stress; he thought that he was dying, i mean that he was literally on his hands and knees crying his eyes out while begging for forgiveness from god himself. Later, when he got better, i asked him if he still thought that i was exaggerating and he only look at me with these dead eyes and said "im sorry"

"you're more likely to be struck by lightning than bitten by a shark" I legit thought that was exaggerated until a bolt of lightning struck a pole I was leaning on at the bus stop and traveled through me. Now I understand why Florida is considered the lightning capital...

Just a note to say don't try to fight the anaesthesia - it does actually affect things - you will need larger doses of the drugs, and if you've managed to cause adrenaline release it can make your anaesthetic rocky and more difficult to manage. Also just because someone walks away from a crash doesn't mean they are ok. They still need medical attention as there may be internal trauma/bleeding that isn't immediately obvious.

An anxiety attack. Mine was medication induced (an anti nausea med given IV) but still horrible.

To the period cramps, it was the opposite for me. My periods SUCKED growing up from puberty to my early twenties. I would routinely throw up and be bedridden from the pain alone. I dreaded my period coming up as a teenager and hated being a woman. It was in my late twenties and now early thirties that my period cramps became more bearable.?

Anesthesia is really weird. I remember the time I got my tonsillectomy when I was 11. They stabbed me with a needle with a tube, I sat there for a minute or two, and then I woke up and I just felt that something was missing. When I woke up, my mom was sitting next to me, and I just started crying. The drugs in my system, a large portion of my throat being missing, I hated needles, waking up dazed in an unfamiliar bed, it was all rather disorienting.

I thought heartache was just a saying. Until I lost a very close friend. Same way with knees giving out

Yeah, anesthesia doesn't put you out, it prevents memories from forming. You might be completely aware through surgery for all we know, you just can't remember any of it.

Veteran homelessness. I’m not there yet, but every day I bust my ass working a hard labor job, and I am barely getting by. After years of living life on nightmare mode, I think about giving up, surrendering my car to the bank, and just wandering around in nature until I die just about every single day.

Falling in love, before I thought it was for suckers but was hit full force.

Got cheated on years ago while I was working my very first job. I still have nightmares of that woman coming back (she knew he was with me) coming back and terrorizing me. Haven’t been able to form close relationships with a stranger since then and I’ve pushed myself away from friends I’ve already had because of it. Getting cheated on sucks.

I never understand when people say its hard to find a job. I've been a bit of a job hopper for years now so Ive done a lot of job hunting. People who live in my area are always complaining its hard to get a job. What I recommend is to grab something that pays ok and is easy to get into like delivery jobs or restaurants or retail, and do that while you throw out applications for jobs you are just barely qualified for with good pay. You'll get a lot of no's but eventually you'll land a couple yes's. Then you drop the current job for that one and learn as much as you can. Then you either settle into that job, or if you want, you start looking for a job in a similar field that you like more for whatever reason (pay, location, difficulty). Now you have experience so it's way easier to qualify. You can actually repeat this process and sometimes your current job will even offer you pay raises and stuff to make you stay. This way youre never unemployed buy also not stuck in a job you hate.

PTSD. You hear about people getting flashbacks, having nightmares, phantom pains, etc etc. I thought that was all exaggerated for movies and books and so on. Nope. We had a small house fire a year or two ago, time flies for me these days, and while running out of the house my pant leg got caught on fire and I ended up with 2nd degree burns on my foot. For months after that day, I couldn't look at or be near fire. Not even a candle. Used to have scented candles in my room to help fight back against any Bad Smells I may generate, but since that day I couldn't have them near me. I swapped to a diffuser with essential oils and thats helped. I also had multiple nightmares of being on fire, most of them way worse than what really happened. Lot of sleepless nights as I'd close my eyes to try and sleep and see nothing but hot flames and the sound of my older brother screaming for me to get out of the house. I still have the burn scar on my foot, which is how I know it was second degree. If it was just a singe, it would have healed completely by now. But its still red and it feels rough and ridged under my fingers. I wouldn't wish that experience on my worst enemy

First breakup. After that your innocence and genuineness towards love are gone forever. And let's not forget being put again in the hellish landscape of modern dating after having a long loving relationship for many years, only wanting something like that again but too hurt or unable to create a new genuine connection, while your partner succedes and is able to build something new with someone else, while you ask yourself if you really mattered something. Honestly, aroace people are saving themselves from the greatest joy and greatest pain of life. Props to them, they are the ultimate life form.

I agree with the getting older, I thought it was exaggerated the stages of feelings and emotions plus thoughts that u go through at different stages of ur life. I remember precisely walking hand in hand with my mum as a preteen, watching a teenager shout to her mum on the streets. I promised I will never be like that and will always be good, and then comes the most emotionally turbulent stage of my life, teenage-hood full of fury, emotions, negativity, consciousness and plenty of fights. Then onto my twenties, matured but then ensues the existential twenties. Legit everyday thinking about my life, the stage it’s at, the future it could be, what I’m going to do. It’s a different form of hell. But Welp, they say it’ll get better when ur older and I’m believing that now

Ive had second degree burns from the sun. That was 29 years ago and i have never let myself go without sunscreen again. I have scars from that burn.

For me, depression. My young, dumb teen brain thought it was dumb and like every idiot nowadays believed to just be happy to get over it. Thing is, i didnt realize how depressed i was in my toxic household until i left it. From 18-23 i was so deep in depression that now i barely have any memory of those years

Getting into a car crash. It seems like everyone in his mom gets into one and you're like "meh I'd be fine." It's hard to describe the adrenaline rush and time distortion when you T-bone somebody. Your brain just switches into fight or flight mode and time goes by super fast. I went from 45 to 0 in half a second so I was hurt pretty bad, though I didn't really feel pain until half an hour after the crash. You really don't know what it's like until you've been through one. Drive safe and hopefully you never have one, though a lot of crashes aren't your fault.

Not being able to run from the Rottie might have actually saved them. You should never run from dogs, because if they Weren't planning to attack you, you might have just activated their prey drive and now they're going to anyways.

Insomnia sucks. You're tired, you want to rest, YOUR BODY wants to rest, yet your brain is still up, not letting you sleep. Often I get so tired I close my eyes because they're too heavy, but my BRAIN JUST WONT LET ME SLEEP. Edit: The worst part was watching other people sleep and play dead while you're fumbling around, turning, and just TRYING TO SLEEP. I even learned the military method, but it STILL idn't work.

bro panic attacks are a very common way of finding out what it feels like to die slowly. im not sure if this is for everyone but for me, i start to breath heavily and faster while my hands and feet start to feel numb then a few minutes later, if what is causing my panic attack worsens, then it starts. i start to cry (sometimes) and i breath too fast to actually breath in any air. its like i would breath in air and breathe out more air than i breathed in. i dont know how to explain it and i cant control it. i tried to stop the breathing but it wouldnt budge. i wouldnt be able to move momentarily because of the numbness in my feet and hands that are going up my legs and arms. maybe after 3-5 minutes, if its still happening, my lungs will start to hurt like hell and i will be shaking and i wouldnt be able to talk either. its only after either the thing that started my panic attack would become better or after about 10 or more minutes and i would feel numb everywhere if it lasts upward to 10 minutes or more. its absolute torture

I find it interesting that people say anesthesia feels like "lights out, lights on" because for me I felt like I was "receding" back into my own head, and it felt like I was on the bottom of a swimming pool, inside my own mind, pitch black and no connection to the outside world. It felt like I was slowly losing all of my brain's functions, one after another, as if I could tell where I was, but I had no ability to process a complex thought. It felt like more time passed than I realised, sort of as if I was there for hours, or an entire lifetime but it all was forgotten by the time I woke up, like it had all been erased from my mind. But I still get the sense that it happened. Waking up felt like I had been awake for 10 minutes physically before my mind realised I was awake. Then it felt awful for 3 days like half my brain was asleep or wanted to be. It was so much worse after than I had expected. They gave me Gas instead of a needle, and told me to count down from 10 and I should be asleep at 1. Nope, I don't think I even made it to seven before I stopped talking. I can remember that though, and like I said, I remembered for a while still.

The pain from kidney stones is a real eye opener. Had a nurse say she had 3 kids and kidney stones once, and the childbirth was less intense. After 2 small episodes of kidney stones, I stay very hydrated.

Actually some people can be allergic to bananas if your lip swells up or if your throat feels like it’s tightening and if the leg cramps hurt way way worse and more frequent

relating to the one with a rottweiler- yeah, those dogs are crazy. absolutely terrifying, even when they’re being friendly. i did get used to it but it’s still weird to be sitting and petting a rott and they start “purring”, aka growling right in your face very loud despite extremely calm body language

18 hit home, only developed that kind 1 or 2 months ago.. It isn't pleasant. Especially the frustration that comes with "F-in hell your muscles all do work. Here lift an arm a leg etc. ok so I can get out if bed then? - Nope." I took my first (and luckily so far only) panic attack way better than that.

My mother thought that menopausal hot flashes were all in people's heads until her turn came. 🙂

A tic disorder, I never thought it was all that bad to have tics maybe even fun, I was a naive child and I kept thinking this until I developed them… I pull muscles get bruises, aches and pains from tensing my muscles, headaches from my head jolting about, the horrible feeling if i try to suppress the tics, the embarrassment from doing them in public. It can be really horrible on the bad days, the worst part is trying to sleep and not being able to because my body won’t stop moving

Finding peace and being happy and proud for myself. All those cheesy messages and comments you see in some videos, like the ones in sleeping or healing music videos, they all make sense now. Life is so mucch different when you truly live in the moment and found peace.

About anesthesia: You absolutely can fight it. But you get REAL dumb. I remember going in for my shoulder surgery (HAGL) and because I didn't have permission to sleep I asked. Since that was about the 6th time asking the nurse was extremely frustrated, and her exasperated "please just sleep already" finally penetrated my fugue and THEN it was lights out. Still one of my proudest moments that waking up from my surgery I annoyed the crap out of the nurses asking for my wife on loop. Apparently for me, anesthesia kills my short-term memory entirely, especially when I'm doing my best to be awake.

The PTSD of childhood abuse is why I'm on the opposite end of the US from both my parents... I've visited both of them, but was on edge the whole time and I refuse to expoae my wife to them

My grandfather got his hip replaced a couple years ago. He always hated being put under because he was never sure about how effective the anesthesia was. All he remembered was being told they were putting him under in what would be his room and then he asked my mom (who brought him in) when they'd bring him into the operating room. Her answer? "They brought you back 2 hours ago. You were still out when they did."

Sleep paralysis isn't terrifying after it becomes normal. I used to only get it a couple times a year, now it happens nightly and it's just like "OK well here we go again, just count to 15."

they told me to not eat rocks next to the road, now i have rock hard imunity

The feelings you get when you’re about to pass out. They are most definitely not exaggerated

As an Aussie, here is my tip for sunburn: Wet towels over the affected area or a cold bath if it’s real bad. Personally, I don’t recommend aloe Vera until it’s calmed down a little, because it traps the heat in the skin.

Story 1: General anesthesia is no joke. I had my gallbladder removed in December of 2015. Although is was a simple microscopic surgery that only took about 30 minutes to an hour. That anesthesia hit me like a ton of bricks. It really does feel like being knocked out and waking up in recovery in like 5 minutes. Story 6: I have struggled with trouble sleeping for a good while. Until I brought it up to my doctor during my physical. And she recommended low dose Melatonin over the count mineral supplements. Because I discovered that our bodies naturally produce Melatonin. And when we have trouble sleeping it can mean our Melatonin is out of balance in most cases. So taking a supplement of Melatonin is all that is needed to restore sleep. And when I started taking them every night before bed and my sleep has greatly improved. I don't recommend trying this until talking to your doctor of course. But it is definitely worth bring up at your next appointment.

True! I had bronchitis with 2 cracked ribs and torn tendons. The absolute most awful pain

Remember when I started as a plumber's apprentice, bringing fixtures (lavatory sinks, faucets, toilets.) In to the house we were working at. I'm decently strong but was still told "one at a time" even in a pretty macho industry. But there was a couple of lovely young ladies across the street watching. So I picked them up and hauled them in. I felt 10 feet tall. .... until I bent over to set it down...

Everyone who thinks insomnia isnt a big deal never experienced auditory and visual hallucinations as well as the stress, Paranoia and idk what else that sets in when you have been awake for over 72h straight, i have overdosed unintentionally on multiple drugs (and sometime the doctor overdoesed me) but no trip was as wild, terrifying and uncomfortable as i was when i passed 80h without sleep while sitting in a class room watching a surgery video. Voices, thints shifting sizes/moving around, the world feeling like its spinning, your head in constant pain, your body feeling so weak a breeze could blow you over, radom colors flashing, shaking the whole time, someone watching you, chasing you, you want to run and cant move at the same time Also Anastasia was quite funny for me, idk if its because i lucid dream most nights that i actually get to sleep or because i fell asleep multiple times after surgery but i had a nice dream and felt like i had the best sleep of my life (i literally have had insomnia since i was born, my parents had to bring me to the doctor a lot as a baby and had to go to exteme length to get me to sleep, i still cant sleep for more than two hours unless i am either really sick, didn't sleep for over 48h or almost OD'ed on drugs) But based on how insistend the nurses were on me staying awake, i guess what i remember as beinf the first out of three times that they woke me up, wasnt actually the first time, i just got kinda upset at them and told them 'a few more minutes'

Re dog story at 11:15, can relate. Have had many and varied pets over the years, but when I was there at the end for the only time, it certainly had an impact and I too am reluctant to get another.

Feeling time slow down in a severe life or death situation. You cannot move faster to account for the slowing of time, it just let's you experience your last moments as long as possible.

For the, “no one would say you should forgive a terrible partner,” uh, hate to be the bearer of bad news… but psychologists and therapists absolutely would. One of the golden rules of psychology is that people feel better (and do better) after forgiving others who have wronged them. That doesn’t mean you should let those people back into your lives anymore or anything, but ya, it’s one of the things that makes people move past mistreatment.

I love walking when I get vertigo I have come to the conclusion that I am a very strange woman.

The opposite happened for me. I thought the depiction of half of someone's face being paralyzed was realistically portrayed in TV and Movies. When I got Bell's Palsy at 16 I knew it was greatly over exaggerated. For me the left side of my face wouldn't move and I had it for a few weeks. Turns out it's still rather easy to eat and drink with half your face paralyzed, you just need to be more aware of eating and slightly tilt your head.

I remember being on anesthetics for my wisdom teeth and it was like ‘Okay, breathe in, and out, in and out.’ And then suddenly my mouth was very dry.

Kidney stones... they really are THAT painful. Insomnia, also. My body won't go to sleep until I've been up almost 48 hours, out of shear exhaustion, or I take large amounts of sedatives...

Ahem! Childbirth. I did hypnobirthing and thought I was well equipped to sail through the “surges”…..yeah no, I made noises I’ve never made and have not made since and if I tried, probably couldn’t replicate. It sounded something like and elephant trumpeting when the pain was bad and a lion growling in between contractions. Got told “there will be always be a break in between” which was true….until it wasn’t. I fully gave up at that point and let them give me drugs after I was so adamant that I wanted no drugs. Traumatised me for a little bit to be honest.

Hahaha imagine telling someone to eat a banana when bananas give you the greatest stomachache in history

Male here, passed a kidney stone last week. Woke up one day to a pin akin to someone stabbing me in the flank and twisting the knife, if I didn't live with someone I would of had to driven myself to the ER in the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. Didn't help that I was severely dehydrated too, something that apparently really helps kidney stones flourish. The pain would go away, then just become unbearable... wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Also, after it left the tube and went into the bladder, actually peeing it out was nothing, just felt weird. Overall, 0/10, if I could choose passing another kidney stone or death... I might consider. 😅

Solitary confinement.

I know this is completely unrelated but I wholeheartedly respect that they chose subnautica as a background for this video

It’s kinda funny hearing people talk about getting sleep paralysis for the first time lol I’ve been getting it at least once every few days and sometimes multiple times in a single night. It sucks :’]

Tequila blackouts. Not knowing where youve been or what youve done, with just a blank gap rather than the usual delayed memories of the night before. Just a gap of nothing, record wasnt on. That terrified me, i felt like someone else had been inhabiting me those hours, doing things that will never form a part of me because i wasnt present.

Sun burns and back issues….I learned about both the hard way

2.22 Oh wow. Kidney stones hurt! Only those who have been through this would understand. The vomiting up phlegm is the most revolting thing! It chokes your breathing until you think you can't breathe anymore.

Having a clean room. Holy shit. I thought I was depressed until I finally deep cleaned my room and suddenly felt fine. Hell, I didn't even notice my anxiety/ADHD medication had stopped working until I cleaned my room. Clean your fucking room/house.

Low immune system, used to think germos were so dramatic. Now it like, someone sneezes, 1hr, coughing/runny, 2hr warm/sweating , 3hr strep closes throat, 4hr coughing up phlem like water, 6hr muscles give out/pull, 30mins diarreha, nausea, tremor, anxiety, numbness, rash, cold sweats, suddenly intolerent to everything from lotion, fabric, food, an own body. Ive gotten really good at going I only have 30mins to turn this reaction around. An just using alot of vinegar, salt water, an teas. With hourly hand an face washing.

For me it was BED lol luckily I managed to lose most of the weight but man…. I remember when I was a kid I’d scoff at people eating food to cope with stress but due to school/intense pressure to graduate and mental health issues, I began having these really bad binge episodes and felt genuinely out of control and insatiable. I’d be in the kitchen or hiding n my room eating as much food I can physically hold, even when I was on the verge of puking. It was difficult but I’m semi-recovered. Luckily now I’m medicated and feel a little better but i still have to deal with losing a few more pounds and GERD :^[ Sorry for any bad grammar/typos lolol

Easier said than done but, Never run from a predator. This announces, "I am prey." Freezing when an animal is running at you is often better than running away. The same cannot be said about people or objects. Specifically if a dog is chasing you, try a play bow. In a quick motion, spread your legs a little wider, lower your shoulders, lean froward and huff. If the dog spreads his front legs, lowers his chest/head and huffs back, you are now friends and can play. If the dog stops and gets ridged, back away slowly. You are not a threat, but you are not welcome here. If the dog keeps coming at you, try to protect your face and throat.

The insomnia one made me sigh because it just doesn't really address what it's like when you have really, really bad insomnia. I mean sleep 1 night for 4 hours, not sleep for 4 days, sleep 1 day for 5 hours, not sleep for 3 days, sleep 1 day for 6 hours, not sleep for 5 days, sleep 1 day for 7 hours, not sleep for 2 days... now imagine having that pattern for YEARS. I had an insomnia induced seizure before doctors finally took my insomnia seriously. It's fucking awful.

Story #18: Oh hello there very familiar experience, how are you?

Wait, do y'all not have the world rotate every night when you go to bed? Or the room feeling like it's rocking? No, it's not the house, it happens everywhere I go.

The pain of betrayal.