Hard times

[island gurl]

What is the hardest thing that you have had to go through in your life? What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? I think that it's true that the hard things that people go through are what make them what they are today. It's like the saying: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger..."

The scariest thing that ever happened to me was when we were in Malaysia and we were in this really large shopping centre and 9 masked gunmen came in to rob it. There we shots firing everywhere and a few people were killed. Unfortunately the police came too late and they got away. That was really scary because it happened right next to us and we had to hide in a Pizza Hut kitchen with tonnes of other people until we were rescued.

I know it probably doesn't sound like that much and there will be other people who have gone through worse so spill.

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]Hardest thing eh? Nothing so extreme as the event you just mentioned, but I seem to lead a moderately sheltered life.

The worst thing, more accurately a series of things, that have happened to my in my lifetime thus far would have to be my frequent moves. Due to my dad's highly demanding job, we have been moving every two years as he progresses to better jobs. Unfortunately for us, these are scattered all over the US, and a few internationally.

This has had a serious detrimental effect on my friendships with other people in real life, as I never know someone for more than two years. Perhaps that is why I seek refuge here...[/COLOR]

[Patronus]

[color=006699]I guess the hardest thing in my life is not having a father. I've never been able to call anyone dad or daddy, I haven't played catch on warm summer days, and I've never went on a father-son camping trip.

That's probably why I feel so left out sometimes. I never get to do anything a father and son should do - and when someone talks about how good their father is, I just ignore them. I've always longed for a father, but deep inside, I know I'll never have one.

This is why I'll be an awesome dad.[/color]

[Ani_Freak]

The hardest thing that I've been through in my life I'll have to say is when I was atacked by a dog whe I was 9-10 years old. For one, it was German Shepperd dog, and it was trained to protect my neighbors house.

I was playing on the street in front of my house with some friends and one of them went to his house to get some toys. The dog got out of his house when he was going in and attacked me. I was bit in the leg so hard that I lost some strenghth on it due to this attack. Another thing was that the dog was rabid, so I went to the hospital, got surgery but the damage was done and I lost like 33 - 40% of the strength on my right leg because part of the muscle was damaged pretty badly and the said there was not much to do.

I guess that and the fact that I was made fun of at school kids saying that I was rabid and I would turn into a dog was a difficult thing for me to deal with at that time. Another thing is that I loved playing basketball and had to quit playing in teams and play it only some times and for fun. But, I've managed it quite good I guess and for some time now I do all sort of things and I don't pay attention to that anymore.

[Arcadia]

[size=1]The hardest thing I've ever done... was that damn AP Economics class. Heh. For those who might not be familiar with it, AP stands for "Advanced Placement", and it's a college level course for high school students. I took it senior year, and I stressed out about it so much - I don't think I've ever done that much studying before in my entire life. But I got a 4 on the test, thus the college credit I wanted, so it's all good. ^_^

On a more personal and [i]deeper[/i] note, one of the toughest things I've had to overcome was the guilt and bitterness I felt at my grandmother's funeral. That's been difficult - grudges are hard to get over, especially when you don't quite understand everything you should. And now that I finally [i]do[/i] understand everything, I have a lot of regrets. So that really sucks, but you learn to deal with it in your own way.

You know what else amazes me? Will power. I can hardly motivate myself to get my homework done, and yet Ghandi can make himself live on water for god knows how long. We seriously underestimate our drives and our ability to endure, I guess. That was a bit random... >.>;;[/size]

[Haruhara Haruko]

I think the worst thing was when my mom's pharmacy was almost robbed.

I was about ten.It was about 5 o'clock and my mom's asistant pharmacisit Marie was leaving. So now it was only me, Alisson(clerk), and my mom. I was in the backroom watching t.v. When heard some guy yelling that he wanted oxy-contin a powerful pain killer. I was going to see what was going on, I took my baseball bat just incase. He kept on yelling then my mom started yelling back that she didn't have any.

He was covered in black with expensive leather gloves but I could see on his wrist a tatto that looked like a navay seal emblem. Then my mom had enough and started calling the police he yelled at her not to and put his hand in his pocket. I raised the bat and stood in front of my mom when i notciced the handgun. He quiclky ran out of the store and I ran after him to try and see were he was going but it was too dark.

The entire police force arived but they weren't any help. The stood around the store talking about football and eating all the penny candy we had (didn't pay either). The next night the pharmacy 3 blocks away had all there windows broken.

The thing is this is a very small town were everyone knowes each other and there isn't even crime. Alisson drew the tatto that he had but they said that it wouldn't help. Two nights later the same guy broke into an 80 year old lady's house and stole all her checks and money. The cops have arrested him over 10 times and everyone says it is the same guy but they always let him go.

[Kanariya]

The hardest thing I am going through right now is that I have a fungus called ringworm.
It is a fungus a person can get from another person or an animal. It can cause death, so I have to take a pill every day for a month.
I better start shaping up a bit because I am forgetting to take my pill sometimes. I should put a piece of paper on my PS2 saying, "If not taken pill, take it!!!!" That'll sure make me take it and not forget.

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[COLOR=red]Hmm, this is a good question.
The hardest thing I've ever done is probably move half way across the country 4 days after i got married. Before that the farthest aways from home I'd ever lived is in Canadaigua which is a 45 minute drive from my parent's house and I came home on weekends. I lived in TX for over a year and hated it. But I survived.
The worst experiance is definately my misscarriage. I was off the pill for 2 months and got pregnant, but then I lost it a month later. I cried for like 3 days. That was definately pretty hard on me and my husband.[/COLOR]

[MissWem]

*looks up* wow...those are all difficult things to go through...

Anyway, for me it's watching one of your bestfriends cut her wrists, cry over guys and drink vodka mudshakes at 15yrs old. Then suffer through a 16th birthday.

She comes to me for help often and I try, I give her advice, I support her...but it's getting really frustrating when I tell her to keep her distance from the guys and she agrees with me and then does the exact opposite.

It's hard to remember her as how she was before, during happier times, when she didn't have so many emotional and physical scars.

I suppose I sound kinda selfish since she's the one going through the problems, but to listen to the deepest thoughts of another and their reasoning with no way of convincing them for the better is exhausting. After this I think I really respect school counsellors. They listen to this everyday and can stilll keep their cool.

[ktangelprncss]

The hardest thing i've been through is still going on, it's calming down though. I know that it'll leave a permenant scar on my life, it's already greatly alterd my persnality.
It all started when I was about 11. I was afraid of a whole bunch oc stupid stuff, I was shy, and never stood up for myself, I was a goody-goody. Then it started. My brother tried pot, and got hooked. His once honor-roll grades dropped to F's. He skipped school. He'd run off and be gone for days, and when he was home my parents always fought with him, i'd run off and hide in my room and cry. I'd stay up all night worrying about him. I eventually began to grow stronger and more independent, but I sitll always worryed about him. He eventually went to rehab, where he lives now. I miss him, but he's getting better. We also recently found out he has bipolarand now he's on meds for it.
I know that all of this will leave a permanant mark on my life. I'm just worried if my brother will fall back to what he was doing before once he comes home. I'm glad that my family has been so supportive through this all too.

[island gurl]

Wow. I'm not going to say much about any of those things but, they are all worthy of being "hard times". Harder than I have had to go through that's for sure. The hardest thing in my life at the moment is not being able to see my boyfriend. i hate long distance relationships...

[Jaganshi]

The hardest thing I have ever had to go through physically was when I cracked my skull open on a lawnmower battery when I was two. I was playing with a refridgerator dolly when it fell on me causing me to fall backwards onto the battery. I had to go to the hospital and get stitches. I still have a scar.

The hardest thing that happened to me emotionally was when I was in fourth grade.My stepmom was going to have a baby but I couldn't be there for it. Now I am kinda glad I wasn't there to see it because I don't know how I would have reacted when they told it me was still-born.I know it had to be really hard on my stepmom waiting nine months to see her little baby girl then only to find it still-born,It was hard on me and I hadn't even gone though all that.All I really know is that seeing a little baby in coffin does something to you,even if it's not your own flesh and blood.No mother should ever have to see or go through that.

Another thing that really hit me hard was the very next year on the Saturday before Christmas my great-grandmother died.I was closer with her than I was my own mother.I practicly grew up in her house.Every year we would go to her house and the whole family would get together and celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving.Well earlier that year she was hospitalized and we fould out she some type of cancer.(At least I think that was what she had,nobody every really told me.)They released her from the hospital for Thanksgiving.It was really hard for me to see her hooked up to oxygen tanks and laying in bed.It was hard on everyone.After Thanksgiveing she was admitted back into the hospital because her condition worsened.On the Sunday before Christmas my mom got a call from my dad telling her that she had died.When my mom told me I broke down in tears.I got really depressed after this happened adding on to the depression that my sisters death had caused.But what was really spooky was that at my grandmas house they were getting ready to leave to go vist my great-grandma when their rotating x-mas tree fell over causing the stand to bust.In a way I kinda find this symbolic because afetr her death nobody really ever came to the gatherings anymore.She was like the foundation of family and when that colasped the entire family fell apart.

Well I guess I'll stop depressing you now.

[Fyxe]

[size=1][color=darkblue]All of those are so awful! *pats everyone on the back*
I have some pretty bad stuff too.... one is simalar to the first post. I was about six or seven. We were at the mall and we were in a store when all of a sudden a few guys came in with guns and started shooting. After they got what they wanted... they kept shooting anyway. Quite a few people died, I think around seven people did and many were injured. It was very scary, see to one of my family members almost got shot. It just barely pierced her skin. I was watching the whole thing too... it was an awful sight for me, especially at that age. We had to hide in a clothes rack. In the end the guys were caught. Thank god. That was probably the scariest moment in my life.
Another time was when I had a life threatening disease. It was when I was three. So really, I don't remember it, but it scares me to think... I could be dead now. And I am so glad to be alive and posting this now. I may not have the best life, but I'm glad I get to experiance it. I'm sure it was an awful situation for my parents... I wouldn't want to loose my kid from a disease. I'm glad I am here to this day, to be able to be with my family and know all of my wonderful friends. They may not know it, but I love them so much, and I am glad to know them and be with them. Ok, I'll stop rambling like that. ^^;;
Another is... when I lost my Grandmother. I may not have known her well, since she fell into alltimers(sp?) disease when I was six. But I still loved her and all the memoried I had had of her were sweet. I charish everything she gave me and all the wonderful memories. It was hard to soak in the fact that she was dead that day.... and many days after. I regret even more that I didn't know my grandmother much... I wish I knew more... I wish she could have stayed. It was also really hard to visit her, she never knew who any of us were.... I... I..... hugged her non-stop, but got no reply. It hurt and it still does. Oh god... I don't want to think of this anymore. Well... those are some of my worst times.[/color][/size]

[Swordsaint]

The hardest thing I've done in my life was writing to my Dad in prison, telling him not to write to me any more, that if he couldn't clean himself up like he kept promising, that i didn't want to have anything to do with him. I had to grow up, never knowing my dad for what he was beyond an alcoholic/drug addict and abusive father.

Sorry if it's a little sappy, but I had to get that off my chest, ya know.