Most scared you've ever been

[Hillian1]

I suppose the flip side to the fear I felt when told that the treatment was the last shot was the pure unadulterated relief and joy at being told it had been a success.

The same specialist I'd spoken with before, he said "I know this must have been extremely difficult for you, but we got to play with machines we've never used before"

I could have kissed him for that.

 

[glasfryn]

standing on the 4's in "B" wing Chelmsford Prison after a week long stand off on the roof with one other officer and seeing the whole population of inmates back to their cells after disarming them(knifes ect) and I was crapping myself

fortunately their grievance was not with the staff

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standing on the 4's in "B" wing Chelmsford Prison after a week long stand off on the roof with one other officer and seeing the whole population of inmates back to their cells after disarming them(knifes ect) and I was crapping myself

fortunately their grievance was not with the staff

 

[Smirko]

Working in an Apple orchard in a Plantation owned by the Kibbutz i was volunteering in back in early 90's in northern Israel, Hezbollah decided to lob a few rockets across the border, never ran so fast to the truck and remember cowering underneath it with about 4 other volunteers as they exploded near us. Funny thing was the Israelis with us stayed where they were and ripped the piss out the "brave English boy" for weeks after!

Though the silver lining was that a few weeks earlier i had hooked up with this blonde dutch girl and she thought i was so brave when i told her the - embelllished of course- story. I was practically catching the rockets and throwing them back across the border all on my own!! She comforted me that night for being so brave!! - ha ha

 

[BBassic]

I was in a big pile-up on the M25 about nine years ago. Surreal. I remember chatting to my mate in the back seat then there were three incredibly loud bangs as we got hit by other cars, then a lot of spinning around then the feeling of the wheels touching ground after we'd nearly toppled. Next thing I remember I was sat on the side of the road looking around at the mess of metal trying to spot my dad who was actually sat right next to me doing the same thing.

Five cars and a lorry. Not a single casualty. f***ing miracle if ever I've seen one.

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I was in a big pile-up on the M25 about nine years ago. Surreal. I remember chatting to my mate in the back seat then there were three incredibly loud bangs as we got hit by other cars, then a lot of spinning around then the feeling of the wheels touching ground after we'd nearly toppled. Next thing I remember I was sat on the side of the road looking around at the mess of metal trying to spot my dad who was actually sat right next to me doing the same thing.

Five cars and a lorry. Not a single casualty. f***ing miracle if ever I've seen one.

 

[janee]

It will live with me forever. The cold fingers of fear that gripped my heart when the doctors said the words the OP heard. I heard those just over five years ago. We had twin boys, born at 28 weeks - premature, certainly, but in addition they had Inter Uterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), so when they were born, my little one was 14oz, my big boy was 1lb 15oz.

11 weeks later, having had my bigger boy home for two weeks, the doctors ran out of options with my little boy. He had got sick when two weeks old and they had worked bloody miracles to keep him alive, and I always had hope. Until then. Until that call. That was the hardest, longest, most painful day ever, holding him in my arms.

If you ever need a charity to support, please think of Bliss, the charity for babies born too soon.

Very similar experience with my son Teddy RiP

 

[Return of the Rev]

Most scared you've ever been

The seconds before smashing in a bathroom door knowing that my best friend would more than likely have committed suicide on the other side.
Still can't walk down his road.

 

[The Truth]

Getting told I had cancer.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Pre-kids:

Driving to work with the missus in the car with me wen we came to a humpback bridge and a car went flying past us on the opposite side, overtaking us! I flashed my lights and did the usual signs and he slammed his breaks on. A few more signs later and he drove off, I went a different way. Two minutes later as I came to a stop at the lights, he came hurtling up the road behind me and rammed his car into the side of mine, blocking my door. He jumped out of his car and opened the boot, at this point I thought he had pulled a shotgun out and I ducked as a crowbar came through the window. He then ran back to his car and I jumped out over the missus and tried to drag him out the car for a good shoeing. I then realised there was a) a witness on a motorbike that had stopped and b) 10 yds up the road was a copper on a motorbike!

I think the tosser got a £10 fine or something!

Post-kids

Morning off work as we were going to the airport later that day for a holiday, decided to have an Uncle Sams for lunch. Indicated right to do a u-turn and came to a stop. A dray lorry then hit me up the arse doing 35mph, my wheels were turned right, so I was knocked straight into another car coming head on at 30mph. I didn't have a seat belt on. Smashed my head on the passenger dashboard on the first shunt and got back up to see in slow motion (3 seconds felt like 3 minutes) being shunted into the oncoming car and smashing my head on the dashboard again. Jumped out the car ranting when I heard a loud scream from my car. My 2 year old was strapped in the back! Fortunately, we were both ok but that realisation that he was in the car when he screamed, will live with me for ever. The one thing that I thank someone looking down on us for, was we were in my 2 week old Freelander, 2 weeks earlier and we would have been in an old Mondeo. I dread to think what difference that would have made.

Another time.. Got a call from a lady saying my son had come off his bike and banged his head on a lamp post. I went flying round and it wasn't until we got to the hospital and they shaved his head around the cut that we realised the extent to which it was cut. The nurse lifted up the skin from his head and we could see the membrane around the skull! Funny thing is, at no point was I worried about him, he didn't cry, he didn't moan, in fact once he was on morphine he was cracking jokes! I have pictures of his skull as well!

Kids, you gotta love em!

 

[Igzilla]

I think this thread just goes to show that fear takes many guises, each one as terrifying as the next. Ultimately though, as long as you can take something positive from it, whether it's funny, or reflective or whatever, it has served a purpose.

I still get scared whenever I see Brezovan's name on the team sheet, lol

 

[Frutos]

I still get scared whenever I see Brezovan's name on the team sheet, lol

Entirely understandable!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

When my user name was changed to pretty pink fairy

 

[Puppet Master]

Thought I'd spunked blood once (as in a lot of blood) but she'd just "come on" phew

 

[Hungry Joe]

Getting told I had cancer.

This, closely followed by being chased by an angry bull (followed in terms of scariness, not literally followed, that would've been a really rubbish day).

 

[middletoenail]

Being chased by a bull in Pamplona.

 

[upthealbion1970]

Every time I take mrs to hospital to discuss her lastest MRI scan for her MS, and every time the consultant says "it's progressing faster than it should"

 

[piersa]

Full story NSC ( nhs leg pain )

Sorry for the ignorance. Is that Cornish seagull that has terminal cancer?

 

[piersa]

Getting told I had skin cancer was quite scary. I was furious and relieved when they told me the following day they had made a mistake.

Nothing could compare to losing a child though. A friend of mine took a year off work to get his 6 year old through treatment for leukemia. The kid is all clear now, and my friend is nothing short of inspirational.

 

[Cornish seagull!]

Sorry for the ignorance. Is that Cornish seagull that has terminal cancer?

Yes that's me it's not terminal just incurable i think theres a difference . The cancer does'nt scare me but the thought of having to leave my partner and kids one day does. Hopefully that will be a while yet so don't think about it too much.

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Sorry for the ignorance. Is that Cornish seagull that has terminal cancer?

Yes that's me it's not terminal just incurable i think theres a difference . The cancer does'nt scare me but the thought of having to leave my partner and kids one day does. Hopefully that will be a while yet so don't think about it too much.

 

[drew]

Most scared I've ever been was just now when I went to open the big board and there was a message saying 'NSC Closed, forever. We put all our money on Desiredata in the 6.20 at Dundalk. Bye bye.'

Oh, and I've had a squaddie point a load rifle at me as well. Trouble was I didn't realize until I got back in my car!!!!

 

[OzMike]

May sound trivial compared to some of these stories but for me having worked all my life and never receiving a penny in benefits ever, having to face the prospect, just over 2 years ago of having no work and no luck getting any and being down to my last $90 in the bank.
I managed to get sub contracting work and things are now much better for the family.