• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Some form of torture. The thing about torture is you can always add “and then…”

    Psychological and physical

    Imagine being forced to rip off your significant other’s fingernail.

    And you might say “There’s no way I’d do that”

    Sadly you will. Either to save yourself or them from more torture.

    You will do it, we all would. That’s scary.

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    9 hours ago

    Don’t even hafta exhaust mental energy to try to come up with such thing bcus it already occupies my mind basicly 24/7

    No . Not telling you what it is

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    15 hours ago

    unit 731 (seriously, genuinely, don’t look it up if you’re unfamiliar, it’s beyond nightmare fuel the kinds of torture imperial japan committed and got away with)

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        10 hours ago

        I told you not to! I haven’t even read most of it. I once read part of someone’s really horrific account and at some point BAM, instant mental block.

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    The idea of lobotomies.
    Just being trapped in a shell of who you once were, for the remainder of your life… Bloody hell, what a horrible part of history.

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    Becoming a quadriplegic or suffering from “locked in” syndrome, where I can no longer move anything myself, cannot feed myself or use the toilet, etc, just laying there, 100% dependent on other people for everything. I’d rather be dead, thanks.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    Bears. They don’t kill you right away, they just crush your face and start gobbling at your gutty works. Sometimes they leave for a bit to digest while you’re still not dead and come back to finish their meal later.

    There are existential horrors and real life scenarios that are probably worse than death, but bears still take the cake for me.

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    On the smaller scale it’s probably my wife and dog dying, in the larger scheme of things it’s the rise of fascism here in Germany and Europe.

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    In terms of anything that does not include something related to death or torture its probably having an operation on your eye while being conscious. I know someone who had to get surgery on his eye and could see while two doctors were doing stuff on his eye. Even just hearing this scared the living shit out of me.

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      NOOOOOO WHYY DID YOU MENTION THIS

      How am I gonna sleep tonight?

      FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

      The Final Destination Intensifies

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      my uncle just had detached retina surgery with sclera buckle placement. he said to look it up on YouTube, and… AHHHHHHHHHHHH

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    Being given an anesthetic that should put you out for an operation but only immobilizes you and you remain cognizant thru out the operation feeling everything being done.

    Kinda happened to me in middle school when I broke my arm and they gave me anesthetics to knock me out so they could re-set my ulna and radius but half way thru i wake up to my arm in 5 Chinese finger trap-like device to hold my arm up and a strap across my bicep with weights on it weighing my arm down and 2 doctor’s trying to push my bones back in line.

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      I woke up getting my wisdom teeth out. They were at the “hammer and chisel to break them down into chunks” part. I could see, I could smell, and I could feel the thud, thud, thud, and the little bits of tooth land on my tongue. They’re was NO pain whatsoever, but it was an extremely freaky experience.

      I thought I had dreamt it before realizing 1. you don’t dream on anesthesia and 2. They showed me my chiseled out teeth

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      Damn. I’m deathly scared of the opposite. General anesthetic. I have the worst memory of being put to sleep forcefully, like I was dying. I’d rather stay awake

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        I only had one operation in my life and had to get a general anesthetic. It was pretty funny to count down from 10 and not even making it to 7. Probably the closest thing to dying i guess. Now you’re here, now you’re gone. But i woke up too early, but thankfully they were done. I spooked them because i was talking gibberish while still in the operation room.