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Have you ever had a near death experience? What happened? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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About 25 years ago when I was still in college I thought it would be cool to get a motorcycle. I rode it around for about a year with no problems until one day I was riding down this mountain road near where I lived and a deer ran out in front of my bike and I swerved to avoid it, I flew off my bike and into a ditch on the side of the road and was knocked out, my bike fell off the other side of the road and down a sheer cliff face. It was not obvious anyone has ever been there or that there was an accident. I laid there for almost a two days until people started looking for me after missing work. When I came to my legs were messed up, I had broken an ankle, elbow and wrist and couldn't move. I sat there for hours convinced I was going to die. I was pretty upset about it but after a while the anxiety washed away and I just went completely numb. My next memory was waking up in a hospital.

Thank god I was wearing a helmet.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Overdose (Xanax and Alcohol)

I was meeting a friend from out of the state and got a bit big for my britches trying to show off how cool I was and made some poor judgment.

Somehow ended back in my apartment with a bunch of medics checking me out, I don’t even remember getting home from the bar.

First and only time ever using Xanax

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, I had a similar but less severe experience with my first and last time trying xanax. I started to flip out a bit but definitely not remembering what was going on. I ended up picking a fight with a friend of mine who punched me in the face to get me to stop wiling then dragged me into my home and put me in my bed. I never thanked anyone for punching me in the face before or since lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

This must be how kids feel when they fall asleep in the car and wake up the next morning in bed. "Huh? Did I die and teleport here?"