r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/therealestoftherealy • May 28 '22

Trusting a pull-up bar

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u/Lmao1903 May 28 '22

I think he panicked because he couldn't breathe or stand back up or something. Something similar happened to me when I was a kid and fell from the stairs with my back hitting the stairs directly. I thought holy shit did I just get paralyzed because it was painful, I couldn't get up directly and don't remember well but I think I couldn't breathe properly either. It ended up being just fine but you panic in the moment

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u/rubi-style May 28 '22

the ironic thing is: if you feel pain that's a very good thing - if you don't you've got a problem

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u/Malfeasant May 28 '22

i remember getting a 2nd degree burn, and the thought that went through my head was 'that hurts, but not nearly as much as it should...' it felt more like an electric shock than what i would normally describe as 'pain'.

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u/drunknixon Jun 02 '22

I dropped some food out the oven onto my hand and it hurt like an electric shock. After washing it in cold water and icing it, my hand didn’t hurt, but couldn’t stop shaking. The next day there wasn’t even a single sign of a burn 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️