What is the closest you've ever come to dying?

when i was 9 i walking down a very narrow trail on the mountain side to go fishing in the river below. my dad was behind me. i got a bit to close to the edge and the ground collapsed under me. don't ask me how but as i fell through i was able to grab some roots as my dad yelled my name. he hoisted me up. had i been alone i would not have been able to hoist myself up and i would have fallen probably 50 feet on the rocks below and into the river. my dad gave me a hug and told me not to tell mom of this incident

7 years old, on summer break. Mom yells "look both ways."

She and her friend are now 2 blocks behind.

My friend & I cross a through street on bikes. No one looks.

Roar of rubber on asphalt....BANG.

I was 2 seconds ahead of him. That was the difference between him getting hit, & not me.

Shattered the windshield of a giant 70s Cadillac with his head, in a 35 zone.

40 years later, I've no memory beyond standing over his unconscious body, tangled in the bike frame.
Thinking, "so this is what a dead person looks like."

Then there were distant sirens. That's where everything goes blank.

He was rushed to a children's hospital like St. Jude's with a fractured skull.
Spent 2 weeks, then made a surprise visit on his release.
I was so happy to have my friend back alive.

Death grazed our cheeks that day, but chose to carry on. Just to remind us boys he was always around.


We were incredibly fortunate.

He looked up to me; followed my lead. I lead him into that. I still carry that responsibility, even today.

I was born premature and in the days after my birth my parents and the doctors weren’t sure if I would survive so they baptised me in the hospital. Thankfully, I grew healthy and here I am.

I've had two close encounters with the worlds #2 most dangerous snake. Once when I was like 5 and it slithered across my foot. Another when I was a teen, throwing rock at the beach and the snake was under the rock.

They told me my heart stopped for 3-5 minutes when I was having surgery. When I was 8.

I fell of the Jetty on my bike narrowly missing a rusted sharp pole. A few months after the surgery.

I had a dka incident where my sugars went down to 56 if they wouldn't have got it back up I probably would have went into a coma and died.
At the same time I had pneumonia and sepsis.
That was November 2025

I hit a truck on my motorcycle in 84 and had internal bleeding in 2013 that was no fun felt weak and sick but recovered. Was finally given 2 units of blood and was amazed how it brought me back to life so quickly

I walked up Mount Snowdon in the summer. At the top i could only see a few inches ahead as the mist waa so thick. I looked down and realised i was standing on the edge of a broken 4snowpile and my footprints were the only ones there. If I'd not looked down and taken another step, I'd have gone over.

When I had cancer and lost 85 pounds in 4 months and couldn’t use a feeding tube because everything came right back up

I came down with a case of spinal meningitis as a kid. I spent some time in the hospital, but don't remember how much.

The doctors were so sure I was as good as dead that they suggested bringing in a priest to say my last rites

I don't know for sure,but narrowly avoiding being struck by a speeding cab on a crosswalk could have been it.

I was in a coma for a couple of days thanks to neurosarcoidosis in 2010.

I'm not totally sure. I used to have something they told me was 'vasovagal syncopy' which is a fancy name for fainting.

In reality, my breathing and heartbeat slowly shut down till it turned off. I remember a few odd occurrences, feeling like i was in space, seeing the 'all' of the universe. I've felt the first signs of rigor morits. I've felt what its like to seemingly take a 'first breath '....fyi - it hurts like all fuckery .

I dunno if i ever reached dead Dead, but i know i lost air and hearbeat more than once for a little bit.

Edit: for me, at the time, it was never traumatic - it always happened when i was relaxing. Its like i just relaxed too much and slowly shut down.
It was the switching back on that was the traumatic part.

idk there were probably days and things i was at risk and didn't even know but the closest i ever felt to death was in my 20's..

I got caught in a current...it took my shoes. I swam out of it

Had serious breathing problem after surgery

Had a few close calls with epilepsy and seizures

Running with the bulls in Pamplona - 😳
so I did it again. 🤓

I took a lot of drugs and alcohol. Later I walked into the ocean and got caught by the current.

Accident

I was doing a late night dark moon ritual to the Morrigan. I had some barely cooked steak as an offering to her, and at the end of the ritual, I had a piece along with some red wine.

I did not chew it thoroughly at all, and I almost choked on it. I had to reach into my own throat and pull it out.

Do not recommend.

When I broke my neck in a car accident.

combat... one or two incidents...

Birth...

Walk.

Sepsis

wandering onto the sw images section 🤮

My car tried to kill me last year by suddenly bursting into flames very close to me.

Nearly drowned when I was 4 dad wasn't paying attention

Actually dying a few times and returning.

Fat chick fell asleep on top of me

I choked on a bite of food. I went two minutes without air. Scared the daylights out of me.

2 slit wrist and 7-9 overdoses.