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Ever have an experience that haunts you for YEARS, or forever?

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Brutuskend

Lifer
About 20 years ago I was out hiking in the woods one day and this dog comes up to me out of nowhere. Well as most of you know, I am a HUGE dog lover, so I go over to him and start to reach down to pet him and then I see that there are about 50 yellow jackets on this guys back! They are in a circle about 5 inches in diameter, all the hair is gone and they are literally EATING THIS GUY ALIVE!

Well I FREAK and back away from him as fast as I can! I have NOTHING with me, there is no water or anything anywhere close and I can't think of ANYTHING I can do to help. So I leave him like that.

To this day I still see the pleading look on his face to HELP HIM somehow! And I have replayed this over and over in my head wondering what I could have done to help him but I always come back with little or no ideas that make any sense and anything I probably would have done would have resulted in them attacking ME. There were probably enough of them that if they HAD attacked me they could have killed me.

My thoughts at the time were that hopefully his owner was somewhere close by and more equipped to deal with the situation and I still hope that was the case. Irregardless, the look on his face will no doubt haunt me for the rest of my life. PLEASE HELP ME, and then the rejection he must have felt when I looked at him in horror and revulsion and ran off... 🙁
 
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I guess you were younger then, and didn't know what you could have done.

I suppose it might have been possible to try and lead him out of the woods, where you could submerge him in water, or maybe spray pesticide on the wasps.

I guess you've made up for it in terms of karma, by giving lots of love to other dogs that have been in your life.
 
when I was much younger, my grandmother had a bad stroke, which left her unable to speak properly. this freaked me out so much, that when I had a chance to visit her in the hospital I didn't go. She died very soon after, which means I missed a last chance to see her. In hindsight, I feel totally ashamed and disgusted with my behavior.
 
Another time I was working late shift at a gas station when this woman walks in and asks for directions to a local bar. I give them to her and she turns to leave, then I notice that the whole back of her dress is covered in BLOOD. She was obviously on her period and didn't know she was in this state.

I didn't know WHAT to say, so I said nothing.

After-wards I felt REAL bad thinking of how she must have felt and how embarrassed she must had been when she FINALLY found out that the back of her WHITE dress was now red... 😱
 
Originally posted by: aidanjm
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I guess you were younger then, and didn't know what you could have done.

I suppose it might have been possible to try and lead him out of the woods, where you could submerge him in water, or maybe spray pesticide on the wasps.

I guess you've made up for it in terms of karma, by giving lots of love to other dogs that have been in your life.
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😱 until this post, I misread, thinking it was a pack of dogs "EATING THIS GUY ALIVE" - a man that is :Q...That would have something to haunt you. Hey it was just a dog.
 
There's alot of things I would have differently in my life. I can't take any of it back though.

First: Treated my Lola (Grandma) with more respect and kindness that I did. Never got a chance to say goodbye to her. Second, should have treated my ex with more sympathy while she dealt with her depression rather than being heartless and telling her to suck it up. I'm not an ahole, just been through a lot in my life.
 
Yes, spitting in the face of some of my closest relatives. I don't know what I was thinking. Very stupid and probably unforgiveable. But, i did it.
 
Brutuskend, here is a quote you will probably like, from the "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Elizabeth Swann: There will come a moment when you have the chance to do the right thing.
Jack Sparrow: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.
 
There is something that I regret, but I don't know if I should regret it. It causes me a lot of pain every single day.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, it just numbs the pain.
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
There is something that I regret, but I don't know if I should regret it. It causes me a lot of pain every single day.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, it just numbs the pain.
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care to share?
 
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: BigToque
There is something that I regret, but I don't know if I should regret it. It causes me a lot of pain every single day.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, it just numbs the pain.
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care to share?
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Not really. I don't like to talk about it anymore.
 
My grandfather was dying in the hospital in NY, my dad left the day earlier than me because I stayed an extra day because I had my driving test scheduled. I got my driving license, but I arrived too late to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandfather.
 
I didnt apply for a fulbright right after gradschool last year. I could have been living it up in Macedonia for free for a year before I started work where I am now. Instead I did nothing for 8 months.

I didn't really miss out on much, but I'll never get to experiece what it is to live there for an extended period of time and I'll never know what opportunities I'll miss by not having the Fulbright Scholar on my resume.

I also kinda of regret not taking Anthropology as a second major instead of a minor, but nothing would have changed.
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
About 20 years ago I was out hiking in the woods one day and this dog comes up to me out of nowhere. Well as most of you know, I am a HUGE dog lover, so I go over to him and start to reach down to pet him and then I see that there are about 50 yellow jackets on this guys back! They are in a circle about 5 inches in diameter, all the hair is gone and they are literally EATING THIS GUY ALIVE!

Well I FREAK and back away from him as fast as I can! I have NOTHING with me, there is no water or anything anywhere close and I can't think of ANYTHING I can do to help. So I leave him like that.

To this day I still see the pleading look on his face to HELP HIM somehow! And I have replayed this over and over in my head wondering what I could have done to help him but I always come back with little or no ideas that make any sense and anything I probably would have done would have resulted in them attacking ME. There were probably enough of them that if they HAD attacked me they could have killed me.

My thoughts at the time were that hopefully his owner was somewhere close by and more equipped to deal with the situation and I still hope that was the case. Irregardless, the look on his face will no doubt haunt me for the rest of my life. PLEASE HELP ME, and then the rejection he must have felt when I looked at him in horror and revulsion and ran off... 🙁
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that is awful. 🙁 🙁 🙁



 
Originally posted by: BigToque
There is something that I regret, but I don't know if I should regret it. It causes me a lot of pain every single day.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, it just numbs the pain.
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True. Things that happen in life that cause you pain may be "Gone" but you really never get over them until years past. I don't know if you really get over them. They make you who you are and unfortunately that can't always be a good thing. I know you don't want to talk about it, and it's best not disclose it on ATOT, but if it still bugs you to this day sometimes talking about it with someone whom understands is really the only cure to get over things.

I'm in the same position. At this point in my life I really need an unbiased opinion and caring heart to help me with some of my past decisions and how it's affecting me today. I'm having a difficult time moving on.
 
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