How close have you been to death?

[DAY-DREAMER-MAN]

when i was four, i was jumping on my bed and i landed on my head, through a glass table onto the floor, cracked my head right open, and broke fingers, which left me unconsious all at once. Luckily, it was infront of my mom and grandma so they called 911
How close have you been to death?:chainsaw:

DAY-DREAMER-MAN Reviewed by DAY-DREAMER-MAN on 10-08-2007. How close have you been to death? when i was four, i was jumping on my bed and i landed on my head, through a glass table onto the floor, cracked my head right open, and broke fingers, which left me unconsious all at once. Luckily, it was infront of my mom and grandma so they called 911 How close have you been to death?:chainsaw: Rating: 5

[slipknotpsycho]

right on the edge quite a few times....

slit my wirst (accidental)
attempted suicide (purposely)
car wreck at over 120 with no seat belt on and it flipped... car was totaled.

just to name a few.

[CanaDanKs Inc.]

Man, I have been very close to death, many times.

Rock climbing incidents, scuba diving incidents, car crashes, falling off buildings, playing with weapons and firearms, getting in vicious situations, etc, etc... etc.

I cherish my life a lot, but I'm the first one to say that death can happen at any time. I've seen it happen to very close relatives, and it changed the way I perceive it a lot. I also think my Guardian Angel is awesome and that he must be tired as fuck of saving my ass all the time!

[VoidLivesOn]

i don't do enough crazy shit to say that i've almost died.

however i let my friend pass me out once, stupid teenager shit, and i felt like i died and came back to life. like i felt like thats what happens when you die. you zone out, everything is black and there is nothing anymore.

thats another reason i wont try heavier drugs, even shrooms. i like the shit i see in my life to be concrete and real, not all psychodelic, trippy and fake and shit.

[LIP]

Shot in the shin and the wrist, right next to the boney bit that sticks out. Wrong place at the wrong time.

As good as cut my thumb off, bled uncontrolably and refused to go to hospital, untill i started feeling light headed and realised it wasnt going to stop on it's own.

Broke my back [not close to death at all, but you CAN die from it, so it counts]


I actually try to keep out of trouble these days - i used to be a fighter, and got myself in alot of trouble - now i prefer not to get too involved. If i can avoid a fight, i will. I make sure i dont start them - because then whatever i do is completely fair.

[FUNKNUGGET]

I've been robbed at gunpoint for over $1500 in weed and cash.... BARELY got out of that one


other than that just a bunch of crazy close calls in car

[DAY-DREAMER-MAN]

i'd been so mad if i lost $1500 of pot:asskick:

[burnable]

I've FELT I was close to death, when in reality I wasn't at all. One time I was 18 and snowboarding and went out of bounds into a thick forest and ended up on a big clear expanse of untouched snow. I realized I was on a frozen lake and unbuckled myself and laboriously walked to the edge, when one foot quickly sunk through snow. I thought I was going into the lake, but it was just an air pocket under the snow caused by a rock that had a hollow area under it. I remember myself telling god that if he saved my life, I would consecrate the rest of my life to His service, whatever that may be. scary shit

then another time I was eating a supreme pizza from pizza hut and a piece of green pepper got stuck in my voice box. I could breathe, but every time I tried to talk it felt like I was suffocating. The gag reflex was triggered and I threw up, exacerbating the choking feeling. I had my friend call 911 and they came and were skeptical I was choking cuz I could breathe. I had the proverbial and phantasmagorical flashing of my life before my eyes on the way to the hospital, which was compounded by the fact that I ate *ahem*shrooms*ahem*. They finally called me the next day to say there was something in my voice box. Thanks doctor I still enjoy the supreme from Pizza Hut:smokin:

to VoidLivesOn: Physical is the illusion. Thought is real

ps this is a cool thread:thumbsup:

[Mohksha]

When I was younger I used to collect swords and axes and stuff. Me and a friend snuck some of my kamas out of my room and stuffed them under our jackets. We took them out into the woods and cut stuff and just dicked around pretty much. Anyways, on the way home I had them both under my jacket and one of them moved so that the pointy point was against me and poking me. I went to fix it but lost my balance on my bike and crashed hardcore. I flew through the air for at least 5 seconds before hitting the ground. I remember how time slowed down and I was thinking about how playing with these things in the woods was a pretty stupid thing to get killed over. After I hit the ground, I felt all over myself thinking that surely I was impaled and dying. Luckily the kama moved and only cut a swathe through my jacket. It's weird though thinking about how slow time went. I was really sure I was dead.

[slipknotpsycho]

When I was younger I used to collect swords and axes and stuff. Me and a friend snuck some of my kamas out of my room and stuffed them under our jackets. We took them out into the woods and cut stuff and just dicked around pretty much. Anyways, on the way home I had them both under my jacket and one of them moved so that the pointy point was against me and poking me. I went to fix it but lost my balance on my bike and crashed hardcore. I flew through the air for at least 5 seconds before hitting the ground. I remember how time slowed down and I was thinking about how playing with these things in the woods was a pretty stupid thing to get killed over. After I hit the ground, I felt all over myself thinking that surely I was impaled and dying. Luckily the kama moved and only cut a swathe through my jacket. It's weird though thinking about how slow time went. I was really sure I was dead.

i had the time thing happen to me in the car wreck.... it's also the only time i've been looking straight ahead (as in i was in the back seat and i was looking forward, through the windsheiled) but i was looking at ground... if it hadn't been for the slow time and quick thinking i surely would have been really hurt... but i put one foot on each side of the floorboard (as in one foot behind the drivers seat, one behind the passanger seat) put my right hand on the ceiling and pushed, and leaned over and grabbed the seat on it's side (there as no back door or i'd of grabbed the handle you grab to close the door with) and used all my strength to hold on...

didn't get hurt at all.... but i've seen plenty of lesser wrecks where the people didn't even walk away, much less, virtually un hurt (i bruised my knees, that's it)

it's kinda cheesy, but it is exactly like you see in the matrix... except you don't move at normal speed whiel everything else slows to a crawl....

i'm still not sure how it works... but i for one do know it does happen... up to that point i never beleived anyone who said they experienced this... i thought it was just perhaps their perception of the event afterwards.. but that's not it, it happens as the event is happening...