Something that effected you in a big way, good or bad

LookingForward

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Something that had a life changing effect on me a few years ago was visiting the Birkenau and Auschwitz camps. Spending the day walking around there, seeing and feeling the the horror that occurred put my life very much in perspective. I never really felt as self-indulgent and sorry for myself after that, how could I, my life is a paradise in comparison. I am a beefy 6ft guy with a face that would scare a young child but I spent most of my time there with tears streaming uncontrollably down my face. I'm actually welling up at the moment just remembering it.
I don't talk a lot, but I couldn't physically talk for about two days afterwards I was so in shock. You hear about that place but when you actually see it and feel it, something inside snaps.
 

Dave1989

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Something that had a life changing effect on me a few years ago was visiting the Birkenau and Auschwitz camps. Spending the day walking around there, seeing and feeling the the horror that occurred put my life very much in perspective. I never really felt as self-indulgent and sorry for myself after that, how could I, my life is a paradise in comparison. I am a beefy 6ft guy with a face that would scare a young child but I spent most of my time there with tears streaming uncontrollably down my face. I'm actually welling up at the moment just remembering it.
I don't talk a lot, but I couldn't physically talk for about two days afterwards I was so in shock. You hear about that place but when you actually see it and feel it, something inside snaps.


It's one place I have always wanted to go, think me and my best friend are planning a trip there next year If I feel up to it, can't begin to imagine what it must be like, very sobering just thinking about it to be honest.
 

LookingForward

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It's one place I have always wanted to go, think me and my best friend are planning a trip there next year If I feel up to it, can't begin to imagine what it must be like, very sobering just thinking about it to be honest.

If you do go, they do guided tours in many languages, definitely take the english guided tour to get a full and frank picture of what you are seeing, oh, and bring some tissues too, you'll need them...
 

Dave1989

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If you do go, they do guided tours in many languages, definitely take the english guided tour to get a full and frank picture of what you are seeing, oh, and bring some tissues too, you'll need them...

Yeah the excursion we were looking at booking had the tour guide included I think. Like I said I can't begin to imagine the emotion in the place, I've watched dozens of documentaries and they were tough enough to get through without getting choked up, The Pianist as well was a harrowing film to watch, so to actually be there and witness the place first hand must be overwhelming to say the least.
 

byar

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I don't have to go there to realize how happy I am in comparison to many much more unfortunate people. If somebody like Hitler came to power in my country 80% of the people would be saluting him.
 

Honda

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Every bad experience I had shaped my life.. Now i realize that every bad experience i have teaches me alot about life.. Hence the more the mistakes the more the knowledge..
 

Forgotten-Children

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I think it's when my boyfriend first asked me out. Because before he did, I lost all faith in getting into a relationship.

He's helped me a lot during life because if we weren't together I would never have the job I have now. Infact... I would probably not even be alive because I wouldn't have the guts to tell my mom I had to drop out of college because it was causing me to become suicidal because I was having panic attacks from being around so many of the students. Not to mention when I DID tell her I wasn't feeling great when I was going there because I actually started to have physical chest pains, she just said to suck it up and go. :/

James has stuck by with me, helping me out because he saw something inside that I didn't see at first because I always tried to hind in my little bubble whenever I got flustered.

Right now, I think I'm doing a much better job at overcoming my Asperger Syndrome than I did before I met him.
 

Tiercel

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My parents decided to keep each other warm on a cold January night.

Although the result will only be what I make of it, I'm still not sure whether that was good or bad.
 

EscapeArtist

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^ Oh, god. My parents were at it once, my two other sisters walked in. Thank god for sleeping in late.

affect/effect?

Something that has affected me strongly..... The yearning for something that will affect me at all.
 
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