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25 People Reveal The Terrifying Things That Scarred Them For Life

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At my gym, a little girl was sitting on a rail. She fell over and landed on top of a treadmill a floor below.

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A hand grenade flying through the passenger side window of my humvee. Was already on edge to begin with, that was definitely the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced. Second most terrifying thing was the aftermath of said grenade. Lost a hand, broke both legs, missing part of my foot. Guess what I didn’t lose…consciousness. After seeing my hand missing and my feet and legs pretty much mangled, I definitely struggled to stay “with it.” I remember how either my brain or body or something made me feel like dying was ok, it was kind of a dreamy peaceful feeling.

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When I was 17, I still lived at my moms house. We were in a middle class neighborhood, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad area for the most part. I was taking out the garbage one night as the sun had just gone down. I walked the first garbage can out and these two men were arguing across the street. I walked back and got the second one, when I turned around, one of the men lifted a gun and shot the other in the head point-blank. The man with the gun stared directly at me, then turned and fled. I was surprisingly calm about it until I was on the phone to the police, then suddenly I starting freaking out and panicking.

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Skidded on ice near an interstate toll station in 1989, spun 180 degrees and stalled, looking the wrong way up the interstate into the headlights of the 18-wheeler behind me. (He stopped in time.)

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Came from seeing a movie at the mall with my two teenage sons. We had arrived separately and parked our cars in different sections of the lot. After leaving the movie I was driving up a ramp and saw peripherally my sons car with the front end smashed in and smoke coming from the front. I quickly u-turned and as I drove towards them I could see my older son (the driver) 17 yrs old, standing outside of the passenger door with my younger son, his brother 14 yrs old, in his arms. The passenger air bag had deployed so the 14 yr old had a nasty scrape on his face from it but thankfully they were both ok. I hope I never feel fear like that again, ever.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.