Random Most Disturbing Childhood Experiences (16 items)

• (#10) One Teen Gave CPR To A Dying Woman

  From Redditor /u/kostykilla24:

  This was a little more recent but by technically it's still my childhood. I was 17 at the time and I was at the local beach with my family for the weekend, all was going great. We were just sitting on the porch of the cottage we rented and all of a sudden we hear a lot of screaming. We thought at first maybe it's just people screaming because the waters cold or the waves or something. [But then] my dad came running back from the beach and I'll never forget the way he looked at me.

  [H]e said, "I need you to come to the beach now. Get your shoes on and f*cking run." I, of course, was in shock and threw on my shoes and ran to the beach. I then saw a woman laying on the beach, completely unconscious surrounded by people attempting to do CPR, as I was a lifeguard I ran in and offered my help with the resuscitating. There was no defibrillator, and the closest hospital was 20 minutes away, I performed CPR for 45 minutes until the paramedics slowly made [their] way over.

  I just remember how blue her skin was [as] the life was sucked out of her. I screamed at the EMS people to come quicker because they were walking over instead of running. When we finally had her in the ambulance, I looked over and saw her grandson on his knees crying his soul out. It was one of the most haunting images I've ever seen.
• (#3) This Father Left His Child As Collateral At A Gas Station

  From Redditor /u/PumpkinStem:

  When I was about 6, my dad offered me as collateral to a gas station owner about 30 minutes away from my house. He said he'd come back and pay, which surprisingly he did, but for an hour I was stuck alone with a man I didn't know, in a place I didn't know, in the middle of nowhere. I'll never forget the eternity I spent staring at the tiled floor, waiting for my father to come back.
• (#15) She Was Choking But Couldn't Get Her Parents' Attention

  From Redditor /u/ayriana:

  I started to choke on a piece of steak or something when I was around 5 [or] 6. I couldn't get my parents attention so I went to the bathroom and managed to dislodge it myself, and threw up a bunch. Ended up developing a rumination disorder after, which is pretty nasty but I mostly have under control now.

  I was terrified for that short time I couldn't breathe. It felt like 10 minutes, but I'm sure it was less than a minute.
• (#6) This Mom Didn't Want To 'Deal With' Her Teenager

  From Redditor /u/broccolimac:

  When I was 13, spending Mother's Day with my mom, she got drunk and told me all of the reasons she left me and my dad (my dad had full custody of me, I just saw my mom every now and then). She told me she was cheating on my dad, doing drugs with her new guy, and that she didn't want to "deal with me" as a teenager. That one really paved the path to our relationship (or lack of one).
• (#5) Two Young Children Encountered An Unsavory Older Male

  From Redditor /u/pettysnowman:

  It was the summer before I started school, and I was 5-years-old. My friends and I in the neighborhood spent a lot of time outdoors running around and playing.

  One day, we were in the pool swimming and it felt like someone was watching us but we didn't pay much attention. My mom noticed too but the person she thought she saw was only there a brief moment. This continued a few other times where we felt someone was watching us.

  On the first day of school my sister who was a few years older than me walked with me to school just down the street. [...] On the way home there was a man crouching on the side of the path, [pleasuring himself]. He motioned to my sister and I and told us to come to him. My sister grabbed my hand and we ran all the way home, shaking.

  We made it home and told my mom what had happened, and she called [the] police who then came by and asked us questions. However, the man got away. Months later my sister (9 years old) identified the man at the grocery store one day. Turns out he was only 18 years old.

  My sister and I had a hard time feeling safe in our neighborhood after that even though we had a restraining order.
• (#2) Her Mother Couldn't Recognize Her

  From Redditor /u/stygeanhugh:

  My mother is seriously mentally ill, but in a way that she has hid from most people beyond close family. My father worked nights and my grandma, who lived in the same apartment complex, babysat me during the day while Mom worked and Dad slept. One night after walking home from Grandma's, I came in to find my bedroom spotless. My mom had made my bed and turned down the blanket, having tucked my pajamas underneath as if someone were lying there. She'd even wrapped the arm of my [pajamas] around my bear. She sat completely still and quiet next to my bed, holding one of the pajama sleeves.

  When she saw me, [it seemed] like she didn't recognize me. She said, 'Who are you?' Playing along, I replied, 'It's me" [...] I should add that my mother was very [cruel] both physically and mentally. She often gets this look on her face that is hard to describe except to say she is not there at all. My therapist calls it disassociating. This was the look she had that night and being familiar with her pre-abuse behavior, I turned on my [heels] telling her I was going back to my grandma's.

  She beat me to the door, blocking it and proceeded to tell me she didn't know me, but I couldn't leave because she wanted to tell me about her daughter. She then went in to detail about how much I looked like her daughter and how I was about the same age as [her daughter] before she [passed] [...] I was and am thoroughly convinced that she intended to [end my life] that night.

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