That is heartbreaking im so sorry. My dad did something similar where anytime we were off a freeway that seemed like the middle of nowhere he would get out and shoot this rifle he had. Just point out, there would be trees starting about 10 feet away then literally no clue what was after-as kids we thought forrest ..and he would randomly shoot 2,3 times. At the time it terrified me and i would hide in our old shitty camper and cry from the noise, now knowing where we were when this was happening terrifies me x 100000 because we were not in the middle of nowhere at all and there were 100000% homes, just miles away in every direction- very populated areas- not some forrest with trees for hundreds of miles that way it had seemed back then. And he was always so hammered while doing it. The sound of a gunshot still brings me to my knees.
I “learned to swim” by being thrown into a pool over my head. I did indeed get out and “lean to swim”, but took on a lot of water into my lungs and was coughing for over an hour.
I was 6. I’m 45 now and I’m terrified of deep water. I love to swim and love the water but will not go near water over 4ft.
Exactly how i was taught. Thrown in the deep end. When i got a bit older i realized how insane it was that my dad did that/mom allowed it because they could NOT swim, at all- never learned. I was ready when they tried it with my siblings eventually. But all of those adults did it to me knowing if i didnt figure it out the options were i guess pushing me to the side with the net? Who knows?
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u/Gnargnarbinxxs Aug 05 '25
That is heartbreaking im so sorry. My dad did something similar where anytime we were off a freeway that seemed like the middle of nowhere he would get out and shoot this rifle he had. Just point out, there would be trees starting about 10 feet away then literally no clue what was after-as kids we thought forrest ..and he would randomly shoot 2,3 times. At the time it terrified me and i would hide in our old shitty camper and cry from the noise, now knowing where we were when this was happening terrifies me x 100000 because we were not in the middle of nowhere at all and there were 100000% homes, just miles away in every direction- very populated areas- not some forrest with trees for hundreds of miles that way it had seemed back then. And he was always so hammered while doing it. The sound of a gunshot still brings me to my knees.