Today, I went to the Grand Canyon with my family. Also today, I found out that I have a crippling fear of heights. My family left me on a ledge hyperventilating and having a mental breakdown, while they hiked for another 2 hours. They won't stop telling me how pretty it was and what I missed. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was at an amusement park with my kids. When we were on the Ferris wheel, I discovered my fear of heights. I hyperventilated, screamed from our seat "LET ME OUT! OH GOD LET ME OUT!!" I also began crying hysterically. They stopped the ride for me to get off. I'm a 45 year old man. FML
Today, I tried to tackle my fear of heights by riding a rollercoaster. Once we were near the top, it malfunctioned, causing it to stop, and we all had to get out and climb back down. My girlfriend laughed at me for how scared I was. FML
Today, I went to an amusement park with my family and we all decided to ride the tallest rollercoaster. As soon as the ride got going, I realized I'd made a huge mistake and was too terrified to open my eyes. I spent the entire ride screaming, with my hands over my eyes, and afterwards my cousin called me a wuss. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend skydiving for her birthday. I insisted on joining her to make it a memory for us both, despite my fear of heights. I passed out twice mid-freefall and had to be saved by the instructor both times. FML
Today, my friends convinced me to go on a "short" hike. Little did I know, they're actually all avid hikers, whilst I'm more of an "indoor enthusiast." I've now been climbing a never-ending hill for hours, hallucinating about my cozy couch, and praying for a miracle to deliver pizza to the summit. FML
Today, my mom and I made the bad decision to go hiking for some mother-daughter bonding even though we had little experience. My mother tumbled down a mountain named Tumbledown and I couldn't even enjoy the irony because I had to half carry her all the way back to the car. FML
Today, my family and I went on a hike to a local abandoned gold mine, with the hopes of being able to explore the caves. What we didn't expect was four miles of treacherous, rocky, near vertical trails that led to the mine. Once we finally got there, exhausted, it was blocked off for safety reasons. FML
Today, I went hiking with my family. A local had told us about the trail, saying the two mile walk would lead us to a seventy-foot waterfall. After seven miles of trekking in the sweltering sun with no food, we finally found the waterfall. It was barely ten feet tall. FML
Today, I went to a theme park with my friends. I was excited to ride the rollercoasters, but just as we were about to get on the biggest one, I realized I'd had left my glasses in the car. I can't see shit without them, but I decided to go on the ride anyway. I spent the entire time screaming in terror while my friends laughed, while I couldn't see a thing. FML
Today, I went on a hike with friends, but as I'm the worst outdoorsperson because I rarely venture outside of the city, I ended up getting lost in some woods after straying from our group. I ended up having to call 911 to be rescued. My friends will absolutely not let me live this ordeal down. FML
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cnmontoya 0
That's just cruel.
BLNovelist 0
Good money or not, one of them should have been a ******* good parent or sibling and stayed with her while the others moved on. Leaving someone hyperventilating is not safe at all.
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Comments (116)
anneboleyn 0
Ooh, one time my parents dragged me to a river early in the morning to take photos of the sunrise, and there were literally thousands of centipedes EVERYWHERE. I was SURROUNDED. To me, the sensation of small, living creatures crawling on me is really torture, and I was so scared that one would crawl on me. As I was hyperventilating, screaming, hopping up and down, my parents just made fun of it. Argh.
himynameisadam 0
It's not like they're going to drag you into their underground nest and eat you alive...Do you get scared when your in a crowd of people too?
Xavier_Andrews 0
you didn't "hyperventilate and have a mental breakdown" you had a panic attack.
medfly 2
a mental breakdown can refer to an acute stress reaction, and that is definitely what the OP had experienced.
Imranaziz 0
wuss
colourmealy 0
LMAOO
Sgt_Pineapple 0
I have a huge phobia, so I know how that would feel, and my family would probably do that to me too. X.x You could try to make them feel guilty about leaving you, but that might not work very well on some parents.
hahajkyeah 0
Been there done that
catiepants 0
What, and you expected your family to miss hiking around the Grand Canyon to freak out uncontrollably?
oopsie_daisy8446 0
YDI for eating stir fry you self centered scheming hoebag.
lukabrazi0942 0
thats not an FML moment thats just you being a self centered pussy and wanting sympathy from random people on the internet STOP BEING A BITCH AND YOU"LL HAVE FRIENDS TO COMFORT YOU
nativebacon 0
EVERYONE who posts on this site is wanting sympathy from random people on the internet! It's not like she's any different... that's kind of what this site is all about.
BLNovelist 0
...which means you are a self-centered pussy looking for attention as well, because that is the entire ******* point of this site.
Emma_91 0
Which means you and the troll also are. :)
Me27 0
Puh-lease.