CenterBHSFan wrote:

We've all had childhood traumas. Maybe a beloved pet died or the loss of a parent or maybe moving far away from all your friends.

One of mine was, growing up on a farm, finally realizing what was happening when a couple of animals were being loaded up in a trailer. About 6 or 7 years old. Now, I knew what going to the market meant and remember saying to a couple of the animals that I hoped they were going to a nice home. But one day, and I remember this so clearly, I remember asking why the trailer only had a couple of pigs in it and why the rest were staying home. Well, my mother told me that we would talk about it later. And later we did talk and I was so traumatized lol! I felt that this was the most terrible thing ever and I couldn't stand it. I truly felt like I betrayed my "friends". 

So what was some of your most memorable childhood traumas?

I had a similar experience at probably 8-9 years old I went to Florida with my grandmother to visit relatives and they had a farm. They literally chopped the heads off chickens one at a time on a stump and when I tell you that running around like a chicken with its head cut off is definitely a real thing. I didn’t eat chicken again until I went to college and had my first chicken wing which were 10c at the time and I couldn’t pass that up lol 

geeblock wrote:

I had a similar experience at probably 8-9 years old I went to Florida with my grandmother to visit relatives and they had a farm. They literally chopped the heads off chickens one at a time on a stump and when I tell you that running around like a chicken with its head cut off is definitely a real thing. I didn’t eat chicken again until I went to college and had my first chicken wing which were 10c at the time and I couldn’t pass that up lol 

Grandpa had a stump with two nails in it out behind the barn where the chickens got their heads chopped off.  Grandma would have a large metal tub with super hot water ready to dip the chickens in after most of the blood drained then we would pluck the feathers.  Never will forget that smell.