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

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In March 2022 my epilepsy returned after thirty years without seizures. I was told my heart stopped during the worst grand mal I’ve ever had — it nearly killed me.

HumanEarth · F

When I was 5 I jump off a chiff into the water below, because I saw a man do it and I thought I could swim. That same man save my life

Allelse · 36-40, M

@HumanEarth Why did it return?

HumanEarth · F

I don't know, I did look it up. For some people it scarring on the brain from a old injury resurfacing, nurves coating getting thin as we age or it just happens.

In my case it case it could be all three

By the way: nice photo of Sargent Carter for a profile photo. Proves I'm old

Allelse · 36-40, M

@HumanEarth

I'm sorry it's come back for you, especially with auch vengeance! Mine came and went all throughout my teenage years and then went into overdrive in my late 20s.

Hahaha! You are the only person to recognise Sargent Carter, my wife got me the Gomer Pyle boxset for Christmas.

HumanEarth · F

Well what could I say, I was born in the 60s and grown up watching all that stuff