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Being dismissed during a medical emergency leaves a mark that doesn\u2019t just disappear once someone finally pays attention.<\/p>\n
One woman spent an afternoon telling her parents about chest pain, dizziness, and a heart rate racing to 180 while at rest, only to be told she was fine and left alone while they went to the bar.<\/p>\n
What was supposed to be a thirty minute outing stretched into three hours with no contact, so she drove herself twenty miles to the emergency room<\/a> instead of waiting any longer. She handled the entire ordeal without a single call to her parents.<\/p>\n But then came her mother\u2019s visit two hours later, arriving at the ER as if nothing had happened. That\u2019s when the daughter decided they were the last people she wanted to be around.<\/p>\n Keep reading for the full story.<\/p>\n I, 31F, started having severe cardiac symptoms, including chest pain, dizziness, and left arm numbness, with frequent heart rate spikes to 180 while resting.<\/p>\n I live with my parents just to get back on my feet, because I couldn\u2019t afford to live in my last location.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Instead of showing concern, her parents dismissed her symptoms.<\/p>\n I told my parents my symptoms, and they just said \u201cyou\u2019re fine.\u201d They then decided to go to the bar instead of checking if I\u2019m okay.<\/p>\n 4:30pm, they said they would be back in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But they were gone way longer than that, so she had to take matters into her own hands.<\/p>\n Three hours later, at 7:30pm, they\u2019re still not home, so I decided to drive myself to the hospital 20 miles away while refusing contact with my parents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n She didn\u2019t forget how her parents treated her.<\/p>\n Two hours later, at 9:30pm, my mom tries to visit me in the ER, but I refused to let her see me due to not being there when I needed them most.<\/p>\n AITA for refusing my parents from seeing me in the hospital?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Sounds like her parents couldn\u2019t have cared less about her in that moment.<\/p>\n What did Reddit have to say?<\/p>\n Her parents showed her true colors that day.<\/p>\n This commenter shows genuine concern for this woman\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n Never Miss a Story<\/p>\n Sign up to get our BEST stories of the week straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n Feeling angry with her parents is completely understandable.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this story, check out this post<\/a> about a friend who is upset they missed out on cheap festival passes due to her pal\u2019s indecision.<\/p>\n Her parents probably wouldn\u2019t have been of sound enough mind to take care of her anyway.<\/p>\n Dismissing chest pain and a resting heart rate of 180 isn\u2019t a small parenting misstep, it\u2019s the kind of decision that could have had irreversible consequences.<\/p>\n Her parents chose a bar over checking on their daughter\u2019s symptoms. That\u2019s pretty inexcusable in many people\u2019s book.<\/p>\n This woman showed her strength by handling this crisis all by herself, but even more painful was the realization that her parents didn\u2019t care about her as much as they should.<\/p>\n Enjoyed this story? Readers who liked this also read this story<\/a> about a girl who thinks her family is doing too much in criticizing the tidiness in her small space. \t\t\t\t\t
Benjamin Cottrell | Assistant Editor, Internet Culture<\/p>\n Benjamin Cottrell is an Assistant Editor and contributing writer at TwistedSifter, specializing in internet culture, viral social dynamics, and the moral complexities of online communities. He brings a highly analytical, editorial voice to his reporting on workplace conflicts, malicious compliance, and interpersonal drama, with a specific focus on nuanced stories that lack an obvious villain.<\/p>\n As a published author of rhetorical criticism, Benjamin leverages his academic background in human communication to dissect and elevate viral social media threads. Instead of simply summarizing events, he provides readers with balanced, deep-dive commentary into why the internet reacts the way it does. In addition to his cultural reporting, he is an experienced fine art photography essayist and video game reviewer.<\/p>\n When he isn\u2019t analyzing the latest viral debates, Benjamin is usually chipping away at his extensive video game backlog, hunting down the best new restaurants, or out exploring the city with a camera in hand.<\/p>\n Connect with Benjamin on Instagram<\/a> and read more of his essays on Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\n
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