By inpain - 17/03/2016 04:56 - United States - San Francisco

Today, in my self-defense class, we did an attack simulation. As I began to hit my attacker, my fist hit the top of his helmet, dislocating my shoulder. I then spent the next hour in the ER sobbing until it was popped back in. I need to learn to defend myself against myself. FML
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yerawizardlizzy 27

Here's what my self-defense coach taught my class: Any minor injury you receive in self-defense is much better than a major injury, or even death, from not defending yourself. In reality you probably would have knocked out your attacker, or at least disoriented them enough to get away. You dislocated your shoulder, but you got away alive, right? It's not very likely you'll ever escape an attack completely unharmed, so don't sweat it. Yeah it sucked that it happened in class, but you know what you need to do.

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bbambastic 16

It took an hour just to pop your shoulder back in?

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yerawizardlizzy 27

Here's what my self-defense coach taught my class: Any minor injury you receive in self-defense is much better than a major injury, or even death, from not defending yourself. In reality you probably would have knocked out your attacker, or at least disoriented them enough to get away. You dislocated your shoulder, but you got away alive, right? It's not very likely you'll ever escape an attack completely unharmed, so don't sweat it. Yeah it sucked that it happened in class, but you know what you need to do.

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Wizardo 33

In Soviet Russia...

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Mooglefox 23

They didn't teach you that in your first class?

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JustSomeBroad 24

I suppose the bright side is at least the helmet did its job? Get yourself into a nice hot bath with Epsom salt, you'll feel so much better.

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pasupathymuthu 16

We are our greatest enemy... On a philosophical note.

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Batibat 8

My 10 year old niece dislocated her shoulder doing gymnastics and didn't cry once lol. She popped it back in herself

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zeffra13 31

Kids aren't as calcified as adults, it's easier for them. Especially if it's been dislocated before.

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tj4234 35

It's really dangerous to pop a dislocated shoulder back in yourself. You can cause internal bleeding if a blood vessel has fallen into the joint. Doctors check for that kind of thing at Accident and Emergency before they pop the joint back in.

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militarybrat 21

Your kid is lucky it didnt result in permanently damage. Still might. Should keep an eye on it.

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Shay_Shay97 23

Go for the throat. You can't get beat if your attacker is unconscious. Or dead.

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PotatoGod 5

A few months ago I popped my left knee cap out of place because I was born with weird knees and when I saw it was out of place I just casually popped it back in, it didn't hurt at all till a few hours later

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GeeThatSucks 9

Well now you know you can hit hard enough to dislocate a shoulder. And what are the odds that a football player is going to attack you?

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TearfulTurtles 6

Ever thought of a concealed carry permit? Learn how to use a gun safely, and you can have protection anywhere you go

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Nyattack 14

With that mentality, I can't imagine how mamy accidental deaths and severe injuries there are in countries that allow this... Guns don't equal safety ; when basically anybody outside could have one, they equal more danger...

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