There’s an old theory floating around that some people are more prone to accidents than others. It’s called accident proneness, and experts tend to agree that about 20% of the people have most accidents, while the remaining 80% virtually have none.
Today, we’re putting this theory to the test with stories of people who suffered injuries in the most silly ways possible. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that got a visceral reaction from you.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a social psychologist and personal trainer, Jennifer Fidder, and a certified triathlon coach, Kristen Hislop, who kindly agreed to share some advice on how we can avoid injuries and accidents in our everyday lives.
#1
I'm a landscaper and I got two black eyes bc I accidentally stepped on a rake and it hit me in the face, I thought that only happened in cartoons.
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#2
I pulled my shoulder opening a bottle of ibuprofen I was taking for my back.
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#3
Broke my nose in a judo competition ❌ Broke my nose walking up the steps to collect my trophy for winning the judo competition ✅
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#4
Turned one quarter of an inch, pinched my sciatic nerve, fell, and ate my gaming desk knocking out two teeth and giving myself a concussion. All because I wanted a Capri sun.
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#5
I've been laughing so much about these comments that I had an asthma attack lol
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#6
My friend broke her ankle because she was mocking the way i walked 💀
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#7
Gave myself a black eye trying to weigh my suitcase... the handle snapped and my clenched fist from holding it, sprung back into my own face 😂
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#8
I broke my foot two days before my wedding, because I tripped over my other foot.
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#9
My husband split his chin open trying to impress me by doing the worm when we were dating. Safe to say the er visit only made us grow closer 😂
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#10
Got myself a concussion sneezing while opening the fridge....
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#11
Kicked a soccer ball too hard fell back broken three of my fingers and got a concussion. Doctor came in and said “banged your noggin?” I thought he was introducing himself and questioned him, “what dr dangernoggin?” Instant diagnosis.
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#12
I was holding a crate of potatoes and bent over and sneezed, now I have two herniated discs in my back, no function of my bladder or bowels, severe pain, numbness, the list goes on and on.
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#13
My dog got out so I took my truck to go catch her. I got out of the truck to get her and forgot to put it in park. Truck dragged me 5 houses down the road. Gave myself 3rd degree burns down my legs. I did get the dog.😂
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#14
My husband broke his pinky toe right off the bone while doing a twirl to I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston :)
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#15
My ex laid on the floor to pet our cat, sneezed and got stuck in some kind of hunchback of Notre Dame position. I had to help her get to the toilet for weeks.
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#16
I dislocated my entire knee while i was asleep and went to physical therapy for a year and a half for it 🙂
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#17
My Guinea pig bit my toe. I was on heavy duty painkillers, antibiotics and crutches, with an infected big toe.
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#18
Went to kick a cat toy, missed, legs go flying up, body goes crashing downwards, landed directly on my wrist trying to catch myself. Completely broke radius, fractured ulna. Dr takes one look at the xray and says “Girl, you fell HARD.”
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#19
I accidentally inhaled a fly, it remained in my nose, alive, for hours. Had to go to the hospital for a came down my nose and get it removed.
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#20
I used to work at the Cheesecake Factory and when I was cutting bread for a table one day I cut my hand bad on a pointy shard of bread… not the gigantic bread knife, but the bread itself 🤦🏼♀️
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#21
I broke my foot walking. Didn't trip. Didn't get stuck on anything. Just walking.
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#22
Broke my ankle stepping out of an ambulance that was taking my seizing daughter to the ER.
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#23
I once gave myself a concussion by sneezing in my sleep and hitting my head on the cinder block wall of my dorm the morning of midterms. And it was the best I ever did on my major exams.
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#24
I threw my back out for a month picking up a cucumber I dropped when putting away the groceries. I couldn’t walk, excruciating pain, missed a vacation.
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#25
Threw my back out getting up from the toilet after peeing 🙃
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#26
I dislocated my shoulder once from throwing a ball for a dog.
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#27
I was yawning and stretched at the same time and pulled a muscle in my throat. Could barely swallow anything for a week.
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#28
I got a hernia from a chicken nugget. Literally had to have surgery.
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#29
As a kid, I was once badly burned by hot mud.
Background: I was visiting a friend. They had a wood cookstove out in their backyard that was heating up for frying chicken that evening. Friend and I decided to make mud pancakes. While flipping said pancake, I flipped it right onto my leg, panicked, and tried to brush it off. Pancake came off but so did my skin. I then got smart enough to rinse off the rest with a hose, but I still have a scar on my thigh.
