Bad Memories

[neonspectraltoast]

One morning when I was three or four years old, I ended up in the car. We were picking up mom, sometime in the night, but she wasn't at work, the meat packing plant. She was across the street at the rear entrance of the Amber Inn Motel, and she came out shook up and bawling. And there's gonna be Hell to pay.

Bad memories, anyone?

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[SpaceMan]

i remember being a passenger in the car ...because i was maybe 8...and we drove by an accident

the firemen had just pulled the door off and the guy was completely squashed

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[Audiogen]

If we're talking about bad memories witnessing things happening to others, I remember at football practice, we were doing a full on scrimmage and I was playing linebacker and when the whistle blew after a play, I was fairly close to the safety and I saw him writhing on the ground and his bone or tendon or something was sticking out of his leg. I nearly vomited.

[neonspectraltoast]

I had a friend name Shelby who got hit by a semi crossing the highway. He survived, but his calf myscle was gone. So when he wore shorts his leg looked like a half eaten lamb chop with the bone still in.

it was cool.

[SpaceMan]

i knew a guy with a similar leg

but it was from a hunting accident crossing a fence and his brothers shotgun blew off his calf

[6-eyed]

I was building a rock wall with my dad and brother. My brother and I picked up a huge boulder with our combined strength. He lost his grip, and the boulder smashed down on my ring-fingertip. It shattered the bone and ripped out the nail in the process. It bled like crazy and the pain was agonizing.

[neonspectraltoast]

ouch.

one time me and my no-goodnik neighbor were lifting a manhole cover. he saw that my fingers were between it and the rim and let it drop. Smashed my fingers good.

[neonspectraltoast]

Okay. You see the left side of my face... My hoodie comes down to a little bump. Just to the right: eyeball.

I tried to explain why it was scaring me. And suddenly there's a chill on my legs.

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One of the best Christmases ever.

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Weird shadows or...WEIRD shadows?

[Jessica]

I have memories similar to some in this thread, horrible physical harm, but none of them feel like "bad memories". All the things I'd consider bad memories are emotionally based.