Yeah, I’ve been near death a couple of times too. I’ve become a more humble person after that.
I contested the idea I’m already dead and woke up to a perfect simulation of life afterwards. Had this weird episode in the hospital where I literally ran into the tip of a wallcorner trying to escape from the porters and then I blacked out. Next thing I know I’m getting up from the floor in fight or flight mode. It was just so weird. When I got up the doc and the porter just stood there in front of me. Why weren’t they on the floor checking on me?
Anyways. I don’t think about it any more. Just this thread reminded me of it.
Honestly, if we’re going by cat lives, I should be dead.
When I was 1 year old, my mom got into a severe car crash. She was going 50 MPH and drove into a massive tree. The crazy thing? The tree broke in half. A massive, old tree. My sister broke both arms & I got a concussion. My mom was fine. But we all should’ve died from the collision.
I’ve passed out from low blood sugar so many times, going into seizures. I honestly don’t know how I’m still alive from this alone.
On the opposite end, I’ve gone into DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis, caused by prolonged high blood sugar) many times as a teenager. I ended up in the hospital and the doctors said I should’ve died. Not sure how I survived.
I was hanging off a cliff once, with my skis attached. A nice man helped pull me to safety. My blood sugar was severely low then, too, but I didn’t know yet.
There at least a couple of other things that I can’t remember right now. But you get the picture. Am I just lucky? Blessed? IDFK.
I’ve been pretty lucky that nothing serious has happened to me.
My brother was driving and my mom and I were in the car from the end of a roadtrip to see my other brother who moved out and far away. Anyway we almost got into an accident but my brother is a freaking legend and drove between the two lanes of traffic to get the extra room needed to make an emergency break.