Unless I told you, you wouldn't know...

[Sanhael]

Unless I told you, you probably wouldn't know that, for almost a year after my first car accident, I thought I'd died and gone to the Bad Place.

Despite impacting my steering wheel hard enough to bend the steering column, I was unbruised. There was blood and matted hair in a crack on the interior of my windshield, and there was blood on my face, but they couldn't find any laceration to explain it. The only injuries I suffered were a few small cuts that refused to heal for a very long time, despite not being infected; I had stitches, which fell out of them, repeatedly.

My mother told me that "Somebody" obviously had a plan for me, but after the accident everything started going right to Hell (figuratively speaking). Two good friends suddenly felt uncomfortable around me, and wanted nothing to do with me; these were people I'd known for years at that point in time. My lifelong problem with focusing was suddenly a great deal worse, and I began to experience learning-related difficulties which I'd never had before; I wound up dropping out of college after my second semester, after I'd been on the Dean's List for my first. Then, there were the little day-to-day things... like, family pets suddenly took a serious dislike to me, and other animals began to act strangely (not simply afraid, but afraid, yet hateful). Members of my immediate and extended family suddenly stopped having anything to do with each other, and so on.

Looking back... all of this could easily be called a "bad couple of years, personally," as it was spread out over a long period of time with no real connecting factors (that which couldn't be contributed to an overactive imagination in the first place), but at the time I seriously wondered whether or not my family might actually be mourning my passing (or not) back in the world of the living.

 

[Sanhael]

Pfft! Purge the heretics! For the Immortal God-Emperor of Man! XD

Unless I told you, you probably wouldn't know that ALL GLORY TO THE BLOOD GOD! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

 

[Intoxiphilia]

Unless I told you...you wouldn't know my left optic nerve is enlarged 😵

 

[kis123]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I was so afraid of bees that I once jumped out of a moving car barely putting it in park first when a bee flew through my front window.

You also wouldn't know that my then one year old son was in the back seat when it happened. In that moment, I literally forgot he was there!

I also will not plant flowers at my home in fear that they will attract bees. Those suckers still hang out by me anyway; it's as if they're stalking me......

 

[falcon]

unless i told you, you wouldn't know:

that i have Scheuermann's disease (look it up)

that i have a blocked tear duct in my left eye which causes me to look like i'm crying all
the damn time

that once, when i was an infant, during surgery to repair my right hip bone, i went in to anaphylactic shock (look it up) and that i still have the scar from the surgery

that, when i was about 5, i had cosmetic surgery on my ears because they stuck out

that i am extremely self-concsious about my body

that i wear hearing aids

that i am a practicing Wiccan

that i used to be a practicing martial artist

that i'm a cop

that i'm a certified scuba diver

that i love hockey

that i am allergic to penicillin

that i come from a big italian family

that my dad is my hero

that my sister is a shit head. i love her, but she's a shit head.

that i'm very shy around new people and find it extremely hard to approach people and begin a conversation.

that i think i'm uber boring and i hate talking about myself, as it makes me sick to my stomach............so i'll end here.

 

[JustPeechy]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I had surgery on both of my ankles while I was in 4th & 5th grade.

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I really hate Will Ferrell's "comedy".

 

[Carsomyr]

Unless I tould you, you wouldn't know that my great, great, great, great grandfather (or something like that) was a regimental priest in the Thirty Years war, and served at the royal court after his return to Sweden. This is why my last name is latinized! 😀

 

[Sanhael]

Unless I told you, you probably wouldn't know that I'm a published author (poet) with a total of 13 articles of fan mail... each of which were individually very touching and profoundly moving, and which convinced me a long time ago that writing is what I want to do with my life.

 

[sasaxrah]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I'm a huge planner. I plan small things months in advance to a minute detail. I'm flexible too, and can work outside of "the plan" without feeling upset or annoyed, but my mind just naturally wanders to planning things. I can be spontaneous, but it takes more mental effort.

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I hate outdoor picnics. Way too many insects buzzing around for it to be enjoyable for me.

 

[kis123]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I hate outdoor picnics. Way too many insects buzzing around for it to be enjoyable for me.

And the food that sits out for hours?? Yuck!

When I was a kid, those picnics were excruciating; I can't put a drop of Budweiser in my mouth to this day because I relate the smell of it to all the old folks getting drunk and playing blues music at the picnics. A bunch of old drunks singing to old music really was unappealing to me!

Besides, I was the world's biggest clutz; you could be guaranteed by the end of the picnic I was in some emergency room or urgent care somewhere getting stitched or patched up!

 

[Oddjob0226]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know: When I was in Jr. high I was Easter egg hunting in my back yard, turned over a flower pot and found a used condom! I'm glad I found it and not my younger sisters, but really - what was THAT about?

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I was a lot to handle as a teenager. Not that I'm proud of it.

 

[Rupert]

unless i told you, you wouldn't know that i was accepted in to college before my junior year started but opted for skill trades and disappointed everyone

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I've already owned 3 cars in 12 years of driving. Damn hand-me-downs breaking down on me.

 

[slap'n'ticklee]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I was treated for skin cancer before I was in my teens. The specialists thought I had skin cancer and I spent a week off school as I had to spend it in a London hospital, which specialised in skin conditions, having all manner of tests taken. Luckily for me after six months they confirmed that I have rare skin and I didn't have cancer after all.

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I was treated for skin cancer before I was in my teens. The specialists thought I had skin cancer and I spent a week off school as I had to spend it in a London hospital, which specialised in skin conditions, having all manner of tests taken. Luckily for me after six months they confirmed that I have rare skin and I didn't have cancer after all.

Whoa, scary story. I'm glad you turned out to be OK.

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I went to school with a guy (Giuliano Celenza) who went on to play professional indoor soccer for the Baltimore Blast.

 

[eclipse]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I am a very severe asthmatic. I've had a number of close calls, that basically pushed me out of doing cross country in high school. (sigh) Now I can do ballet but I'm still not very safe.

 

[Ghris]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know I may have just emotionally scarred myself again by rewatching the Tarako advert.

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that for a short period of time when I was about 3 or 4, I had to wear an eye patch over my left eye. No, I wasn't injured. My optometrist thought that my blurry vision could be cured by wearing a patch every now and then instead of resorting to glasses. So after a short time of seriously hating wearing either the pirate patch or those damn stick-on ones, they decided to go with glasses instead. To this day, given that patches are synonymous with having lost sight, I still have a bit of a phobia as it comes to losing my sight as a result.

 

[Oddjob0226]

Unless I told you you'd never know that my pal and I used to take old Charlie Brown cartoon books we'd get at the used bookstore, white out the captions or certain details, and make our own comics. Snoopy with rabies. Charlie Brown as a Nazi prison guard. "Little Leager's Elbow" becoming "Little 'baiter's Elbow." Sally (with the eyepatch) as a pirate. Brilliance!

But someday, the world will know.

 

[slap'n'ticklee]

Whoa, scary story. I'm glad you turned out to be OK.

Thank you

Unless I told you you wouldn't know when I was young I had two head x-rays.

One was playing kiss chase and I fell over on concrete and passed out for a few seconds (I was at school at the time and when I came too the teacher and kids were there and I heard some say 'is she dead' :blaugh).

The other time was when I fell from the top of a climbing frame to the floor (yep more concrete) I had panda eyes for sometime and a squashed bloody nose.

My Mum said to me that the doctor at the hospital when asked my parents if I had an x-ray before they said yes, she gave them a filthy look, probably thought they'd been beating me up.

 

[Sanhael]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I've had more close-call head injuries than anybody else I know. My head has gone into one windshield, right through another, and (after separate backward-trips and flying falls) impacted gymnasium-floor rubber, ice, and concrete.

To those of you who might say "Well, that explains a lot," I was like this BEFORE any of that happened... so HA!

 

[Adam]

Unless I told you, you wouldn't know that I damn well could have lost my right hand when i was a little kid. On a trip to the Maryland Science Center, I nearly dipped my hand into liquid nitrogen. Thank God somebody noticed and stopped me from doing so.