What's the dumbest way you injured yourself that required a trip to the hospital or clinic?

I once wrecked my back for a week by flopping down in the seat of the work van too hard.

Walking. I was literally walking two small dogs and tripped. Tore up my knee, still have the scars. The dogs weren’t pulling or anything, I’m just a klutz

Almost snipping the tip of one finger off with a pair of secateurs while pruning some bushes for my late mother. Fucking OUCH!

Walking. I was literally walking two small dogs and tripped. Tore up my knee, still have the scars. The dogs weren’t pulling or anything, I’m just a klutz

There's a horrifying true story of a young woman who lost an eye when her dog's retractable leash snapped back and hit her in the face. Her name is Daniella Abreu.

I guess you could say my injuries have occurred due to overexertion during my school athletic years. It really was a double edged sword due to the fact I had a difficult childhood but as I went into my teen years I sought stability and inner peace on the diving platform, running track or the camraderie of The Lacrosse Team. I often pushed myself way too hard and ended up having an asthma attack or an ankle injury or what not. I was extremely stubborn because deep inside me the insecure child I once was sill lingered within an injured spirit. Now that I am adult I have become quite successful in many ways but every now and then that wounded child still haunts me. I am quite aware of this problem. It is an ongoing struggle. Read my self help book: Gunfight At The I'm OK You're OK Corral.

Amateur woodworker who is generally pretty careful and respectful of power tools. Still, every once in a while I do something stupid trying to save time or just not thinking thtough the risk or safety issues. Kickback on the tablesaw resulted in a few stitches above my eye, lucky it didn’t hit me in the eye. One of the few times I wasn’t wearing safety glasses. Almost took my finger off cutting PVC pipe on the chop saw. Didn’t secure the pipe and it rotated, shattered and a shard caught my middle finger almost cutting it off. Fortunately, didn’t pull my hand into the blade which was about two inches aay.

Slipped on ice, New England winters. Broke both my wrists and had to have both hands completely encased in casts for over six weeks. Sure wasn't fun.

I was peeing, and on pulling the zipper up, caught the skin in the zipper. l couldn't get it out. Off to the ER with a shirt over the front. It was embarrassing and humiliating to explain the problem to the woman at the intake. I could imagine the laughter in the back when she announced my problem. The nurse had me lie on a gurney (trying to suppress a snicker as she peered at the problem.) Doctor had a local anesthetic, injected the skin. I closed my eyes as they extracted me from the zipper. One stitch. I was told it would fall out by itself. I didn't want to come back for a follow up to remove a stitch. Imagine the embarrassment. "I'm here to get a stitch removed from my...uh..."

Slipped on ice, New England winters. Broke both my wrists and had to have both hands completely encased in casts for over six weeks. Sure wasn't fun.

@Annie3434 I live in NYC and know about that all too well. I was taking out the trash a few years ago, slipped on a patch of ice and ended up with a concussion. Both hands? My goodness I bet you lost a few pounds.

Slipped on ice, New England winters. Broke both my wrists and had to have both hands completely encased in casts for over six weeks. Sure wasn't fun.

@Annie3434 That must have been PURE HELL!!! 😔 How did you take showers or baths?

@Annie3434 That must have been PURE HELL!!! 😔 How did you take showers or baths?

Or wipe your butt! Something like that happened to my aunt and she joked about not being able to wipe!

Was walking to a get together on new year's eve through an apartment complex, stumbled and landed awkwardly, felt a huge shoot of pain in my foot and learned later after visiting the ER that I had fractured it.

As a 5 - 6 year old, I was playing with a toy revolver that shot plastic pallets out (spring driven).

For some reason, I thought it would be funny to stuff one of said pallets up my nose.

So yup. Off to the doctor I went.

When I was 22 years old I was playing touch football in the street and rather stupidly got so caught up in running a pass pattern I ran into a parked car! There was a hood ornament on the car and I stuck my hand out right before impact and tore my hand to pieces. Ouch!

@Annie3434 I can sympathize with you. I was coming down a ladder, only about 4 or 5 feet off the ground when the ladder went one way I went the other. I broke my left arm just above the wrist. Broke the right arm by breaking off the ball of the humorous and breaking it into 3 pieces. Throw in a nice spider cracking of my left check bone (the least of my troubles).

@Annie3434 That must have been PURE HELL!!! 😔 How did you take showers or baths?

@mike45 very carefully.

For those of you who wonder how I managed, Mom did practically all the intimate stuff, shower, toilet etc, except for one night she was out and I needed a tampon changed before bed. I asked my brother if he would be willing to do it. He did and he was a thorough gentleman about it. He and dad took turns feeding me when necessary.

For those of you who wonder how I managed, Mom did practically all the intimate stuff, shower, toilet etc, except for one night she was out and I needed a tampon changed before bed. I asked my brother if he would be willing to do it. He did and he was a thorough gentleman about it. He and dad took turns feeding me when necessary.

@Annie3434 That's nice you have such a supportive family! 😊

Hovercraft racing

About 4 y.o. Was standing on my knees playing with stuff, and fell on my side. Broken arm.

5 y.o. Ate one(!) shrimp appeared to be bad. Reanimation because of nearly lethal poisoning.

I was quite unlucky child) But at least I spent my supply of bad luck for another 30 years 😃

I was 10. Got off a horse and let myself drop down a little too hard. Something in my foot absolutely didn't like it when my sole hit the ground. Felt like something was "whipped" inside. Walking felt painful after the next days, had a sort of burning sensation, so my parents took me to the doc. Turns out I had a micro-rupture of the lateral talocalcaneal ligament, which is a tiny one on the external side of your foot. All of this because I got off a horse too hard. Thankfully never fell off one badly enough that I hurt myself, too.

The upside was that I was off PE for a while at school.

I did this April 3, 2024, when I was shoveling snow.

It was pretty late in the season and Mr. PinotNoir was just fed up with snow, so I was handling the job solo, which was not a big deal. It's a long driveway but the snow was only three inches or so deep.

I'm nearly done, doing the deep part at the foot of the driveway where the plows have thrown up a lot of snow, when my shovel jams into the concrete curb where it meets the asphalt driveway as I shoveled with a bit of force.

I broke my shoulder socket, and it bothers me to this day even after healing and four months of physical therapy.

Pinot Noir, getting old one joint at a time

A cricket startled me and i dropped a chainsaw on my leg after falling on my butt. 34stitches later i was lucky it wasnt a stronger model., i expected worse i also drove a dirt bike into a tree after a deer poked his head out and spooked me. my sister has since banned me from power tools and atvs. still recently fell down the stairs

A cricket startled me and i dropped a chainsaw on my leg after falling on my butt. 34stitches later i was lucky it wasnt a stronger model.,

I'm sorry, I know it must've been horrifying and you came REALLY close to a deadly catastrophe, but I laughed way too hard at this...

I'm sorry, I know it must've been horrifying and you came REALLY close to a deadly catastrophe, but I laughed way too hard at this...

it's apparently genetic my sister told me a story about going to a fair with her friends and took out three workers a concession cart, released four goats and knocked down a tent. i trip over my own feet a lot. my sister used to do the same from what she tells me

it's apparently genetic my sister told me a story about going to a fair with her friends and took out three workers a concession cart, released four goats and knocked down a tent. i trip over my own feet a lot. my sister used to do the same from what she tells me

This has been an issue of mine, even tripping over small things. They haven't, yet, sent me to the ER but cracked ribs still hurt.

As a teen (probably about 13 or 14), I was helping at cub scouts (I was in the scout group) and as I was helping get items out of a cupboard for some activity, I stepped backwards and stood on a ball the cubs were playing with. Dropped the box (or whatever the item was) and put my arm out as I fell sideways. Felt discomfort in my shoulder area as my arm hit the floor but was able to move arm fine, so just thought I'd pulled muscle or similar. Continued the evening & then cycled 2 miles home. On getting home, mum opened door and asked what had happened as she could see the "step" in my shoulder. Ended up at A&E to find I'd broken my collar left bone. Spent about 6 weeks in a sling - no PE or sports. Was surprised how difficult doing some activities was (holding paper while trying to write etc) despite being right-handed. Several teachers did comment on my attempts at holding paper still so my writing was fairly legible.

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What's the dumbest way you injured yourself that required a trip to the hospital or clinic?

Up until age 44, I could pop a wheelie on a bicycle and ride the wheelie for as long as I wanted to ride it.

Then my pituitary gland died and all my hormones went off the chart low. I lost all my muscle mass and gained 50 pounds (23 kg) of fat, going from 165 to 215 pounds (75 to 98 kg). Over the next several years, I was able to lose 20 pounds (9 kg) and got down to 195 pounds (88 kg).

So, then one day, we got out the mountain bikes and I thought it would be fun to pop a wheelie and ride down the street past all the houses on one wheel.

Unfortunately, I hadn’t compensated for my body carrying the extra 30 pounds (14 kg) attached to my belly. I was able to pop the wheelie just fine, but I could not sustain the wheelie because of the load imbalance out front. I literally went up on one wheel and immediately came down. I wasn’t expecting to come back down onto two wheels until I decided to go come back down onto two wheels. The front wheel came down so fast and so unexpectedly that I went over the handlebars and landed on my face. Fortunately, the pavement broke my fall. Of course, I didn’t have a helmet on because I never wore one as a kid and I didn’t want to look like a sissy. Better to sustain a massive concussion than look like a sissy. Yeah, right.

Anyway, I landed on the left side of my face and split open a nice gash that necessitated making a trip to the emergency room to get 11 stitches next to my left eye.

Yes, pretty stupid reason to make a trip to the ER.

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Back a million years ago when I was in the navy, I feel out of a coconut tree in the tropics. Ended up in military hospital for two weeks.

I did stick two metal rods in a electric outlet when I was 3 y/o in retrospektiv, what was I expecting besides beeing electrocuted. For my defence I was a child 😃

This just happened last week.

I was in Boston going to catch the Green Line (Trolley/subway/T). I walked over to the to wait. (A raised and paved section of sidewalk) I stepped up with my left foot, then caught right on the curb. I fell forward, scrapped up my knee, and avoided the face plant with my hand. I thought I felt a "Pop" in my side but got myself off and dusted off. Caught the trolley to North Station for the train home.

By the time I got to North Station, my right side was in pain. I had no other choice other than calling 911 but to take the train home. Once I get back to Salem, I drove to the ER.

To make a long story short, x-ray and CT scan showed I have 2 fractured ribs.