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<blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 6273663" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>My biggest moment of fear and panic was not for my own safety, but for my younger brother's.</p><p></p><p>It was 13 years ago on New Years Eve, that I took my 5 year old brother outside to shoot up some fireworks (I was 17). I ordered my brother to keep a clear distance as I shot fireworks from a stand. It was a bit windy, but I thought I'd found a good place that was adequately shielded from the wind, and for the most part, it was... until that particularly strong gust of wind that blew over the stand, just as the latest firework fired up, aiming itself directly at my brother. </p><p></p><p>And time stopped.</p><p></p><p>During the split second it took the firework to reach my brother, I yelled at him to get out of the way, and he ducked just in time. The firework flew past him, brushing his side and lightly charring his jacket, before bouncing off the roof of a parked car and exploding in the middle of the street.</p><p></p><p>I ran over to my brother and held him tight--so tight; I couldn't let go--until he started complaining that I was hurting him.</p><p></p><p>He thought the whole thing was AWESOME. I, on the other hand, was traumatized.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup. I know this. It's absolutely paralyzing and absolutely humiliating. I can't speak for you, but what I hate the most is the rational part of my brain that's telling me to get over myself and that it's all in my head. I hate that voice. It's not helping, just makes me feel like an idiot on top of an already horrible situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Viking Bastard, post: 6273663, member: 509"] My biggest moment of fear and panic was not for my own safety, but for my younger brother's. It was 13 years ago on New Years Eve, that I took my 5 year old brother outside to shoot up some fireworks (I was 17). I ordered my brother to keep a clear distance as I shot fireworks from a stand. It was a bit windy, but I thought I'd found a good place that was adequately shielded from the wind, and for the most part, it was... until that particularly strong gust of wind that blew over the stand, just as the latest firework fired up, aiming itself directly at my brother. And time stopped. During the split second it took the firework to reach my brother, I yelled at him to get out of the way, and he ducked just in time. The firework flew past him, brushing his side and lightly charring his jacket, before bouncing off the roof of a parked car and exploding in the middle of the street. I ran over to my brother and held him tight--so tight; I couldn't let go--until he started complaining that I was hurting him. He thought the whole thing was AWESOME. I, on the other hand, was traumatized. Yup. I know this. It's absolutely paralyzing and absolutely humiliating. I can't speak for you, but what I hate the most is the rational part of my brain that's telling me to get over myself and that it's all in my head. I hate that voice. It's not helping, just makes me feel like an idiot on top of an already horrible situation. [/QUOTE]
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