Thank you so much for sharing. As a fellow NYC resident and subway rider, I feel you. And, I only started to feel this recently in the past several months. And it does fucking suck. I appreciate what you say about anxiety offering connection. And how it did for you that day on the A. Anxiety absolutely makes me desperate for this connection, out of…

I Was Almost A Drug-Deal-Gone-Bad Statistic

I knew Jesse through Lisa, the sister of his ex. Jesse seemed like a nice enough guy but things just hadn’t worked out. He was in the Air Force and was in the Military Police at Carswell Air Force Base on the south side of Lake Worth (both the lake and…

When I almost died

I still think about what happened to me quite a lot, actually. I imagine it’s because there was no ending to it, no diagnosis at all, and so I still don’t know what actually happened to me and therefore it takes on a strange spot of honor in my memory, unforgettable yet unexplainable. It has…

That time my appendix exploded

My appendix ruptured and I almost died. It doesn’t seem like such a dramatic event compared to other catastrophes, like that one time I was airlifted after a car accident. But I spent a week at home, mostly alone, insanely sick and unable to eat anything. After my first trip…

The Field Trip

#WhenIAlmostDied

by Laura Pinhey

When I almost died I was 9. It wasn’t as much a near-death experience as it was a close call in the extreme.

I didn’t see the train coming.

Why I Don’t Run Anymore.

In 2013 I ran the Boston Marathon. If that rings a bell, it’s probably because you are wondering if 2013 was the year 2 bombs went off at the finish line along Boylston street. It was. I finished about 30 seconds before the first bomb. I’m not sure if I almost died. I don’t think that…