Embarrassing, Accident, Therapist, Fire and Miscellaneous: Great tip, thanks

Great tip, thanks

By Anonymous - 11/07/2013 07:10 - United States - Cedar Crest

Today, my therapist told me to write any negative thoughts that I had on a piece of paper and then set fire to it. When I lit it in the trash can, huge flames broke out and I had to throw the trash can out my window to keep from setting my house on fire. FML

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You deserved it 40 990

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By Elle - 23/02/2011 21:07 - United States

Today, my therapist told me to write down my secrets in an envelope and symbolically burn them. My secrets included stories of my rampant sex life, drug use, a suicide attempt, and the overpowering hatred I have for my family. I've managed to misplace the envelope somewhere back home. FML

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By Homeless for the holidays - 13/12/2020 22:58 - United States - Farmington

Today, after I told my roommate last week she needed to find a new place to live because I thought she was psychotic, she set my house on fire. FML

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By burnt38392 - 24/12/2010 19:36 - United States

Today, as a means of getting over my abusive ex, I decided to write his name on a piece of paper and light it on fire. As I lit the paper up, I noticed the marker ink had bled through it. The paper is gone, but his name is forever engraved on my desk. FML

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By S. Bauer - 02/11/2011 13:50 - Portugal

Today, I yelled at my boyfriend for smoking in the house, because I didn't want the house to smell like smoke. While doing so, I knocked over a candle and lit the couch on fire. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/05/2009 20:28 - United States

Today, I found a box of birthday candles sitting on the coffee table. Bored, I lit one, and after a minute I threw it away and sat back down on the couch. I started looking at the box and noticed that it said "Magic Re-Lighting Candles" at the exact moment that my trash can burst into flames. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/11/2011 03:13 - United States

Today, I decided to light a candle in my room. Since fire intrigues me, I put an old brochure into it. Paper burns fast, and now my carpet has a big, black burn mark. FML

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By I followed her orders! - 04/12/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, my boss told me to not burn the place down while she was outside. When she came back inside, I accidentally started a fire. FML

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You deserved it 474

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By Ouch - 19/01/2017 08:19

Today, my hand is covered in blisters because my boyfriend thought it would be fun to set an old insurance card on fire. Out of panic, he slapped the card against the wall in a failed attempt to put it out. Also out of panic, I slapped the flaming wall with my bare hands. FML

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You deserved it 2 037

Leave no paper trace

By can’t do it - 25/04/2023 10:00

Today, my therapist asked me if I’d been journaling as he suggested. I had to tell him that I don’t trust writing down my innermost thoughts anymore, because when I was younger my mom read by diary multiple times and beat me for what I wrote. So did my ex-boyfriend. FML

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What? Why?

By Anonymous - 16/07/2024 05:00 - United States - Bakersfield

Today, I lit a used tissue on fire in my room. Eventually, the fire became kinda of large (it was a big tissue) and when I blew it out, it fell on the carpet. Now I have a burn stain on it. FML

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You deserved it 1 051

DocBastard 38

Thursday 11 July 2013 16:11

Your therapist obviously thought you were a lost cause and was trying to get you to end it all. I'd check to see of she took out an insurance policy on you recently.

Pleonasm 35

Thursday 11 July 2013 16:12

It might have been a pane in the ash, but I bet that it was relieving throwing your worries our the window like that. Nothing to get burned up about.

Comments

kemando 22

Thursday 11 July 2013 19:49

Please dont tell me you left the bag in the can...

wonders8 3

Thursday 11 July 2013 19:59

This is a crazy idea but maybe next time set the fire outside not in your house?!

kalbrek009 20

Thursday 11 July 2013 20:18

How big was the paper & why didn't you do it over the sink? Throwing it in your trash can (& possibly catching your house on fire) was just NOT what your therapist had in mind....you should have thought this one out better, so I gave you a YDI.

love_rose18 9

Thursday 11 July 2013 20:19

Ah the power of negative thinking!

jiraii 9

Thursday 11 July 2013 20:43

I guess that your therapist forgot to tell you to use common sense when setting the fire

Cazz91 21

Thursday 11 July 2013 21:18

Nothing says great therapy like being told to become a mindful pyro attic instead to blaze away all of your issues. :)

omgitslian 6

Thursday 11 July 2013 22:53

How exactly does one become an attic? Is there much money in that?

whyisitme12 19

Thursday 11 July 2013 21:41

So life hates you

Dave_Davington 33

Thursday 11 July 2013 22:42

Well that was ******* retarded of you. It's basic common sense to not burn the contents of your bin inside your house.

Lili_love 14

Thursday 11 July 2013 22:51

so instead of setting your house on fire you thought it was better to set the rest of the neighborhood on fire?

BEButterfly 13

Thursday 11 July 2013 23:50

You're therapist was supposed to tell you do that outside in a fire pit or somewhere safe with water. Wow I'm glad you just need to replace the window and not your whole house!