How old were you when you realized....

[karim]

14, when some kid i knew was hanged on mothers day by rival drug dealers because his brother fukked up.

 

[JerseyFinest!]

For me probably like 6

Living in Brooklyn at the time in these PJs called VanderVille

Me and my older sister in the elevator coming back from grocery shopping, and while in the elevator, two dudes run up in the elevator with guns and rob us of the groceries.

The hood makes you immune to crazy shyt that the average person that's not from that environment would freak the hell out over

 

[Bawon Samedi]

10.

 

[Micky Mikey]

I was 12 when I realized how bleak life can get
I was 27 when I finally realized that life is only as bleak as you allow it to be
The universe is a crazy and erratic place, so then why do we get bent out of shape when life doesn't exactly go as we'd like? There is constant change around us, some of it good, some of it bad. Our true power is determined by how we react this constant change

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

This thread

I'd say 24 when my ex who was also my best friend through HS cheated on me and broke my fukking heart it was a downward spiral from there...did everything I could to mentally forgive him and make shyt work but it was fukking with my head. 3 years later we split. 10 years of marriage down the drain I'm sure there's shyt I still haven't found out about him but love is not unconditional when it's not your flesh and blood. Getting married mad young is a fukking joke

Now I'm #GMB

 

[Dameon Farrow]

When my neighborhood friend told me her moms boyfriend was raping her. I was 6. I told my mom and the next thing you know there's cops sorrounding the house. I was allowed to remain anonymous but I had to give statements for years in private about what she said to me and repeat it over and over word for word. I was like 9 when that shyt was over and already jaded and weary of males.

She got help and moved in with a nice rich black foster family.

Young indepickwest out here saving lives since '03

What really sucks in a lot of those cases is that the mother protects the boyfriend a lot of times. She'll know the bs is going on but because she is happy to have a man she'll turn a blind eye. Folks are lonely out here. Add that in with mental illness and you get some sick shyt in this world.

People that resent their children let them fall prey to alot of abuse as well.

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

oh and dissecting my first human corpses at 22 was tough shyt. 38 years old- young af and never imagined that one day some inexperienced kids would be poking and chopping on her dead body. The body without the soul is just like a peanut shell

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Like 20 when this dude I knew shot his baby and then killed himself in front of his baby moms. He was the nicest guy you would ever meet, never even saw that kid get slightly angry.

Bottled it up. Never good to bottle shyt up.

Get some kind of outlet. Go buy a damn 100 dollar bike from Wal Mart and keep the chain degreased and oiled(People talk down on those bikes but as someone who has worked on them in the past for extra change, most folks are just plain negligent because they didn't spend a lot of money on them). When you feel mad depressed, hop on that bytch and just ride. Until you feel better.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

When I asked my mom where uncle Kenny was (He's her sisters boyfriend) and she replied "in jail for molesting your two cousins" (his two "step daughters" ) I was 14 he's still locked up but if I catch him Imma kill him, I made it my business Shot out to TI

 

[intruder]

how dark life can really get

Probably 7.

Growing up in third world country you see sh!t that make you grow up quick. Even if your own parents are well off but you ride around and see truely sad sh!t all the time. Thus why i sometimes chuckle at American's perception of "poverty" here in the U.S.
I mean- i understand it's all relative but people here be complaining about "poverty" and in my mind im thinking "you have no idea what real poverty is"

 

[Arris]

getting touched innapropriately as a child is woat. that sinking feeling in your stomach will never be forgotten.

I'll never be about someone especially kids being afraid to come out and say what someone is doing to them. that shame can seal a mouth shut, especially same sex molestation.

 

[HeavyTheDon]

Seen my uncle who taught me how to read strung out on crack when I was 6 or 7

I seen a lot of depressing shyt at a very young age. Seen a ton of death young.

Addiction is fukked up to watch. A good friend of mines started skipping school to smoke weed with this older cat. Then he told me that the old head would snort heroin after they smoked a blunt. I vividly remember asking him why he would hang with someone like that? After a while he stopped coming to school and when he came back a month later he lost a lot of weight and he just looked unkempt. Everyone at school was shocked and the counselor came and got him out of class and he never came back. A couple of years later, I seen him walking down the street and he was obviously homeless and strung out. I didn't even stop and holler at him. His sister told me he was on crack and heroin... SMH

 

[ndthentherewasx]

It was all good just a week ago


28



Be naive brehs

 

[scarlxrd]

Around 9 during hurricane Andrew when Miami turned into a 3rd world for a couple months.

 

[Guess Who]

5 years old living in a shelter