What could you NOT do, even if your life depended on it?

[QueenOfOversharing]

LIGHTHEARTED

After commenting on another thread that my worst nightmare would be to have to dive underwater & resurface somewhere else. You always see it in films & they look like they’ll run out of air. Or they do it on Bushtucker Trials.

I can’t even watch it on tv / a film - gives me such anxiety. It is related to a PTSD issue, so that makes it maybe a bit more understandable, but I’m not sure I could do it, even if my life depended on it. Obviously, I’d have to try... 😬

What, if anything, would you struggle with?

Skydive or anything that involves jumping off something ridiculously high

Climb up a rope ladder. I used to be fine with climbing things but as I’ve got older my fear becomes debilitating.

I just tried to do some push ups and my arms hurt. I'll carry on avoiding heights, rope ladders, climbing walls etc as well as molten lava.

I once crossed the road to avoid a goose so if it involves any kind of poultry that's still alive I'm out.

I once crossed the road to avoid a goose so if it involves any kind of poultry that's still alive I'm out.

Come the apocalypse, poultry will be first to go. Worry ye not. 🦃🐓🔫

You want rabbits in an apocalypse situation, they multiply fast!

Not that I have a full and detailed zombie survival plan or anything

@TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 yes. Rabbits. Breeders. And tasty. Also, dogs - not for eating though, obvs.

You cannot possibly be suggesting that we eat Thumper???

Yes eating Thumper and his friends is a great survival plan.

Go potholing

But surely we must retain some standards, even in the event of a Zombie apocalypse???

Of course. I will still put a tablecloth on the table and use a knife and fork to eat Thumper.

Get back with my ex. I'd prefer to dive headfirst into the cremation oven.

Of course. I will still put a tablecloth on the table and use a knife and fork to eat Thumper.

Standards must be upheld.

Pick up a dead (or even worse a flapping ) bird that the cats had bought in... so far I have a FABULOUS neighbour who does this stuff (I do her spiders ...)

Must remember not to LOVE cats...

Oh I have so many - and can relate to all of yours now, even things I formerly had no such fear! Thanks a bunch.

Mice. Rats. Anything where this is a possibility is not happening. Even dead ones. Even pictures of dead ones. I have the heebie-jeebies typing this.

Heights. I get sick at strangers going anywhere near edges. Of almost anything.

Anything requiring hand or arm strength, so no climbing or pulling myself up. Also leg strength. Also capacity for air. Gosh, I'm pretty shit overall.

However, when the adrenaline is high, amazing what we can do. I was once in a conference room in my office - 8th floor, two glass walls. Earthquake struck, and I bolted. Raced for the stairs and was first out of the building, jumped over a hedge into the parking lot and sprinted across the road to safety. Nothing too dramatic except I'd been barely able to walk into the building. Had a ruptured disc in my back, and was hobbling at snail's pace. Did not stop me for a moment. I was utterly shocked. But unharmed.

I discovered that I cannot abseil. Appreciate that my life didn't depend on it, but tried this on honeymoon and I just could not get my legs to walk me off a cliff backwards. It was so antithetical to my survival instinct!

And yes, eat insects. I'm a vegetarian so I'd struggle with eating meat, but eating insects? I'd rather eat grass!

Well so long as we have proper cloth napkins on the table I guess that scoffing Thumper is permissible

swim further than 800 yards or drive a car

Touch a spider, or even sit in a room with one.
I will never pothole either.
Or eat blue cheese.

Hold a spider or have it crawl on me (especially the big house ones). It would genuinely be my worst nightmare other than being brutally murdered. I also couldn’t run a marathon (or even a 5km for that matter)

Eat baked beans

God catloving same

Pick up slugs.

Eat Olives.
Touch a slug