Love the "life is a toilet" anology. Absolutely love it. Wise words, sir. I'm actually going to save this post on my hard-drive if you don't mind. Really motivational.

Wow, the worst thing that ever happened to me was probably that which didn't happen. You know, those things you should have done, but never did. Which resulted in low self esteem and lack of confidence. Thinking long term here - looking back, I could have been so much more successful in other areas of my life.

I have yet to experience tragedy on such a level as some people here have.

I must say, my life has been rather tragedy-free. Most people I know that have died died before I was 5, which didn't really affect me because I was too young to understand it. No pets have ever died on me. One cat did run away, and then we gave our other cat away, but our bird is going to live for years to come if it stays healthy.

My sister almost died once, but she's perfectly fine. My parents are healthy, I'm healthy, my friends are healthy. I have regrets in life, but nothing that eats away at my soul.

The only misfortune that has really befallen me is that half of my face was ripped off by a dog when I was 4. It's healed well and there's only a small scar left, and I'm not even afraid of dogs after it. I kinda love them more than cats honestly.

I guess I can count myself blessed that nothing bad has really happened to me. My life has been stable and...kinda boring actually.

One of my best friends died in a car accident less than year ago.

Other that my life has been pretty easy.

posers. like, when people reject me for me when i do not live to their expectations. after they tell me they are my friends.

I'm an only child so when in 5th grade my three best friends(triplets) moved I felt liked I'd lost three brothers. I went through a depression and still get sad and depressed when I think about it. My mom lost their phone number, so I haven't been able to keep in contact. :cryvaultboy:

I'm pretty resilient. Probably the thing that caused me the most grief and worry was my dad passing away from cancer. My older siblings were pretty much useless - seemed like each had some big personal issue going one at the time - so it pretty much fell to me to help my mom get through it that first year or so. Very sobering experience.

I did but today....i was missing my sister a lot

We don't need to hear about your Bachelor party again, Andy.

1. When my 4 only friends moved to other cities in high school

2. When my best friend died.

3. When my friend more than once was invited by some girls to some parties, and ive known these girls as long as he has, but HE ALONE gets invited without me.

4. Every damn time someone like family and friends says some stupid [censored] like "You should try to get a new girl", or "Get a job", or " Youre old enough to move out"

Just let me do one thing at a time.

Just leave me the hell alone!

When my favorite cousin died.
When my grandmother died.
When my dog died.
When I found out my room mate was a heroin addict.
When my mom got cancer.
When my dad had a heart attack.


Yeah things have been crappy for the past couple of years.

When I was young, like 12 or so, I saw a girl get shot in the head. I was friends with both her and the gunman. I was about a city block away and I still remember the event vividly. I didn't do anything. I ran away and hid the rest of the day.

Around the same time, my parents were going through a divorce. My father kicked my mother out on Christmas day as I was playing with a toy car I got. After she left, he started smoking weed in front of me and my brother.

Me and two of my brothers were jumped by about 10 guys. My brother got the second worst of it. The worst was the guy who chipped his tooth. I split his head with a brick. The kid is fine, but he has a nice scar that messes up his fade, and will for the rest of his life.

Whoah, your parents blame you for defending your parents what happened.



All I can say is holy [censored].

The only really devastating thing that happened to me was my Grandfather died on my Birthday a couple years back.

My grandfather died of cancer last year that was pretty rough, as I haven't lost anyone close to me before then.

Watching my uncle die slowly from ALS. Such a strong athletic man reduced to tube feeding and a wheel chair.

Having to lay guys off from work. Seriously, this [censored]s me up.



Could you elaborate on this? I understand that a death in the family and that especially parents losing a child is devastating and may cause irrational behavior, but what the hell is this about (if you don't mind me prying)?



My younger brother as well. I saw him three months before his death. He was so full of life as usual. Found dead in a motel in Corpus Christi.

I once got attacked by a giant robot made out of construction vehicles. That was pretty devastating. Seriously people, lighten up. Life only gets you down if you let it get you down.

Nothing that I would like to share on the forums.

It didn't happen to me. [censored] happens, and when it happens to me I am able to compartmentalize it. I know I have control over the course of action I select.
When it happens to someone else, someone I care about, then it's excruciatingly frustrating. I can't fix it, I can't numb them or find some outlet. I can't absorb their suffering. Worst thing that ever happened to someone I loved was when a cousin we had grown up with, the lot of us were extremely close, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. We'd spoken the week before, his marriage had long soured, he was miserable, and talked of suicide. He quarreled with his wife the night he died, went out for a ride. My brother id'd him in the morgue. When I saw what the autopsy had done, the finality of his corpse laying there, I broke down.
Every valentine's day I think about him, and it svcks. Because his kids never got to really know him. We had some good times, though.

The time I thought my friend died. Thought.

A good friend of that friend had gotten some false information and over reacted, and told me that my friend killed herself by walking into the street and getting hit by a car. I was completely silent that day... until she ends up calling me and asking "Hey, are you mad at me? You haven't talked to me all day."

I have never felt dumber in my life. Or happier.

When my grandad died. He's the only family member that's died since I've been alive, so it was pretty gut wrenching, I've never felt so terrible in all my life. He lost almost all of his body mass, and could hardly wake, let alone talk. The nurses from the hospice were great though, on the morning he died they were there to wash him, and they called us in to say that he was about to pass. When we finally left his room they were sitting on the couch crying, even though they had known him only a few days.

Only two weeks from diagnosis too - pancreatic cancer is a horrible illness, treatment is pretty much useless because you can only really detect it one it's fully advanced. I hope nobody here ever has to go through it, but I suspect at least a few of you will know somebody who has.

His hearse was brilliant though, a Chrysler Straight-8 from the 1920s, restored to pristine condition!