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Tried it once ...... never again!!

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NagathaCrispy · 09/02/2026 11:30

Just caught a bit of the Winter Olympics on TV and was reminded of the one and only time I tried skiing. It was one of the worst and most terrifying experiences of my life and I will definitely not, never, ever be doing it again!!

Ditto, my only experience of scuba diving .... still having nightmares years later!!!!!

Both these activities are on my "Tried it once but never again" list. Anyone else got a Never Again experience?

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landlordhell · 14/02/2026 10:54

maymistletoe · 14/02/2026 10:42

I’m exactly the same. I can’t bear watching graphic violence on TV or films. I imagine it happening to someone in my family and I feel depressed for ages afterwards. I can’t understand how people watch it for entertainment. I was talked/pushed into watching Hostel at university, it can still ruin my day now if images from certain scenes slip into my mind. I’m so wary of the content of anything I watch now and have no issue saying I won’t like it.

Same

Squirrel60 · 14/02/2026 11:07

I went to the Cheddar Gorge Cave some years ago.

The lady guide was fantastic, and the caves, beginning over 1/2 a million years ago, are gorgeous, but I was absolutely terrified going in, walking down the ramp, seeing the deep dark water below, in strange lights, and I had difficulty keeping my safety helmet on!

The guide said about flooding, so we had to be out by a certain time just in case! My heart was jumping out of my chest with fright!

The one thing I loved about it was the adorable little bats clinging to the walls!

I'm badly arachnophobic and was scared stupid of seeing any 8-legged things, but thankfully I didn't notice any; if I did, I'd have wrecked the place to get out!

I've been back to Cheddar Gorge a few times, but refused to go back to the caves!

Scaryscarytimes · 14/02/2026 14:22

I once leafed through some of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" in a bookshop and literally fainted. I think that type of torture book messes with people's brains.

GinToBegin · 14/02/2026 16:18

Scaryscarytimes · 14/02/2026 14:22

I once leafed through some of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho" in a bookshop and literally fainted. I think that type of torture book messes with people's brains.

I remember reading it on a train, and genuinely wanted to throw the bloody thing out of the window. (This was back when windows went half-way down.)

Absolutely revolting.

raspberets · 14/02/2026 16:22

GinToBegin · 14/02/2026 16:18

I remember reading it on a train, and genuinely wanted to throw the bloody thing out of the window. (This was back when windows went half-way down.)

Absolutely revolting.

There are some sick and twisted people writing books/making films.

Harrietsaunt · 14/02/2026 16:27

Camping

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