Life Threatening Situation

Have you ever been in a life threatening situation?
Would you ever want to be in one?

I haven't--nothing immediately life threatening. Maybe I'd like myself thrown into one. I think I would get out of it just fine.....

How about you?

My car hydroplaned in a freeway entrance then it started to do 360s and it stopped in the car pool lane facing the opposite direction. I remember seeing this van about to hit me. I yelled out of the top of my lungs. Then when I woke up my truck was all smashed up and my face was really swollen.
My car was facing the right direction again.
I had post traumatic stress syndrome for like 3 months after that. I was really scared to drive.
I have full recovered after that.
I do consider life to be a gift.
I am living it to the fullest.

Yes
No no no no no no no.
No!

Well, I don't know if this qualifies: But when I was about 12, I was on my way home and had to slow down. Well, I was standing on the pedals and slammed on my front brakes. Bad combo. So, I ended up breaking my skull and obrit. (The bone that holds your eye in place.) So, I bleed from my skull as you can certainly guess. Thankfully, some people saw me bail, and gave me a towel, and kept me awake until the ambulance could get me to the closest hospital. (Which was only a few blocks away.) The doc said that it was a good thing when I got there when I did. Otherwise, I would've bled out in the ambulance.

Tire blew on the motorway once when I was younger doing about 70-80mph, luckily it wasnt that busy and cars behind me had plenty of room to slow down in. Flat tire (obviously), wrecked steering column (had to fight with the car to get control and stop it spinning), and not a scratch on the paintwork. I wasnt really that phased, and my life didnt flash before my eyes. But on reflection I got away very lucky.

You really don't want to wish a life threatening situation on yourself, its not worth it.

I'm not sure if this counts, but I came into this world blue in the face because the umbilical cord had wrapped itself neatly around my neck. Fortunately I can't remember anything about this incident.

Really everything can be a life threatening situation so technically yes, but I don't think that's what you meant...

So no, I haven't been in any life threatening situations, and I don't wish to find my self in one.

I was about to make up a story because it's what I do best. But no I haven't been in one. And yes I would like to be for the experience itself and the ability to possibly share with others after it happened.

Yep. I went white water canoeing with my parents on a river we go on during the summer, but during the spring when the water was much higher and faster. We swamped the canoe twice, the second time we hit a bunch of rocks. Me and my dog bailed, and I grabbed him and hauled him while swimming/scrambling to the side of the river (I think I probably saved his life). My legs were getting REALLY badly scratched up, but I couldn't feel anything because I had gone into shock (the water was really cold, it was April and there was still snow on the ground). I also saved the pack with our cell phone in it, it was floating downstream because it was tied around one of the gunnels of the canoe which broke when we slammed into the rocks. When I was getting to the side of the river, had I slipped and gone under, I definitely would have smashed my head in. Anyways, I climbed up the snow on the bank in my wet clothes, dragging my dog and the pack up with me. My parents got stuck on a tiny island in the middle of the river and the canoe was trapped against the rock by the pressure of the water. I thought they were going to have to get out the same way me and my dog did, and I was scared we they were going to die (and I was still in shock so I couldn't really think straight and my legs were bleeding pretty badly, still got some scars, and for some reason I kept singing the national anthem really loudly, but not audibly over the sound of the water). My dog was really great, he licked all the blood off of my legs and then sat up against me to keep me warm. Anyways these two awesome kayakers came by and got the canoe unwedged for my parents, and they paddled to the side and picked me and my dog up and we got back to the car safely (there were more smaller rapids after that, but I made my parents get out and portage the canoe because I was freaked out).

Anyways, that is my story. It was really stupid to go with the water that high, especially with my dog. We were all really lucky, we could have died. The memory of it all is really vivid, even though it happened more than a year ago.

I don't generally tell people about this, but it feels good to type it out. It doesn't seem that huge of a deal when you put it in perspective, because we were all fine, minus a few scratches and bruises.

Originally Posted by Alanna

Yep. I went white water canoeing with my parents on a river we go on during the summer, but during the spring when the water was much higher and faster. We swamped the canoe twice, the second time we hit a bunch of rocks. Me and my dog bailed, and I grabbed him and hauled him while swimming/scrambling to the side of the river (I think I probably saved his life). My legs were getting REALLY badly scratched up, but I couldn't feel anything because I had gone into shock (the water was really cold, it was April and there was still snow on the ground). I also saved the pack with our cell phone in it, it was floating downstream because it was tied around one of the gunnels of the canoe which broke when we slammed into the rocks. When I was getting to the side of the river, had I slipped and gone under, I definitely would have smashed my head in. Anyways, I climbed up the snow on the bank in my wet clothes, dragging my dog and the pack up with me. My parents got stuck on a tiny island in the middle of the river and the canoe was trapped against the rock by the pressure of the water. I thought they were going to have to get out the same way me and my dog did, and I was scared we they were going to die (and I was still in shock so I couldn't really think straight and my legs were bleeding pretty badly, still got some scars, and for some reason I kept singing the national anthem really loudly, but not audibly over the sound of the water). My dog was really great, he licked all the blood off of my legs and then sat up against me to keep me warm. Anyways these two awesome kayakers came by and got the canoe unwedged for my parents, and they paddled to the side and picked me and my dog up and we got back to the car safely (there were more smaller rapids after that, but I made my parents get out and portage the canoe because I was freaked out).

Anyways, that is my story. It was really stupid to go with the water that high, especially with my dog. We were all really lucky, we could have died. The memory of it all is really vivid, even though it happened more than a year ago.

I don't generally tell people about this, but it feels good to type it out. It doesn't seem that huge of a deal when you put it in perspective, because we were all fine, minus a few scratches and bruises.

I know what you mean by vivd.
I'm going white water rafting soon. me scared now