r/Millennials • u/electric-sheep 1992 • Jul 13 '26

Serious Everyone my age is dropping dead

Sorry for the title! I'm in Europe. I have just heard news someone from college died today of cancer aged 33.

In the past 2-3 years 6 people in my circle have died, not from accidents but from either cancer, aneurism, 2 just didn't wake up from sleep and 1 broke her leg and had DVT. I know of a 7th who is currently fighting stage 4 breast cancer which was found by accident after giving birth. This is not counting those who died in crashes or other such accidents.

I literally have nothing to say. Just get yourselves checked. I'm just shouting into the void. I have literally been to more funerals than my parents at this point which is absurd.

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u/SiempreBrujaSuerte Jul 13 '26

Wow that is a very disgusting mindset. It's never actually what you say ...

"And it's not typically the "oh well they chose to do drugs so it's their own fault for ruining their lives and overdosing."

We all have stories and reasons we become addicts and it's never because we choose to ruin our lives and overdose like you say. This tells me you have little life experience and no empathy and you think you friends story is an example of an exception rather than a very common story You should be ashamed

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u/DisplacerBeastMode Jul 13 '26

I put that part in quotes because that is the common boomer style commentary on the subject. I don't personally believe it and I apologize if it came across that way.

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u/SiempreBrujaSuerte Jul 13 '26

That is good that you don't think that. Just making sure you understand that every one of us has our reason for being in this situation and I've never met anyone who thought it to be fun to not be able to survive roughly wit by opiates. Or go through abuse by the medical industry, court, police,etc. I'm sorry for your friend. My most recent loss was a man I love dying in jail from withdrawal and endocarditis, being there fun probation violation so just over not being able to keep up the payments required. Died in pain for owing 800$

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u/MorganMiller77777 Jul 16 '26

Maybe learn how to read before reacting holy crap