#TuesdayTruthday: Goody Feed Beings Reveal Their Worst Childhood Experiences

We all agree that the Internet is filled with nothing but truthfulness: that influencer whom you’ve been stalking definitely looks like a diva 24 hours a day, and travel 365 days a year.

Your friend is in a great relationship because she’s been posting lovey-dovey images on Instagram, despite the fact that you saw her on Tinder this morning.

With so many people having such a perfect image online, we thought of having a weekly section called #TuesdayTrueday, whereby we Goody Feed, the imperfect human beings on the Internet, reveal some of our stories to show you the truth online.

And for this week, we’ll be revealing our most traumatic childhood experiences. Ah, childhood. Your biggest worry during this period is what candy to eat and how long to nap, which is why any bad experiences during this time of innocence usually end up scarring you for life.

Now, while we Goody Feed writers seem like androids who were created with the sole purpose of churning out article after article every day, we’re actually human beings who were once innocent little kids.

Here are two stories of our horrible childhood experiences.

The One Whose Parents Secretly Left For Holiday – Editor, 24

My worst childhood memory happened when I was somewhere in lower primary school/kindergarten. The after-effects of the incident have followed me well into adulthood. Don’t get me wrong, my parents are great but this particular incident was not great. 

It all began when my family won a cruise vacation. The only catch is that the prize was a trip for 2 adults and 1 child. The problem? I have a brother, so they brought him instead of me. 

They asked our domestic helper to distract me while they left the house. I suppose they didn’t want to deal with me throwing a fit if they had tried to explain it to me. 

My domestic helper ushered me into an upstairs bedroom and asked me to play with a lizard (lol). She even gave me a clothes hangar so I could play with it. That was when I heard the door opening and closing downstairs. Over the next few days, I felt extremely upset when I realised that they had gone away without me. It was probably because I was just a kid.

Their explanation for it is: They decided to bring my brother instead of me because he didn’t have school but I did. They also thought that I would be too young to remember the incident anyway. Uhm not really. It has given me trauma and a phobia of being abandoned by my loved ones to this day. LOL

The One Whose Brother Swallowed A Coin – Writer, 22

Now, if you’re reading this, there’s an 80% chance you used to be a kid at some point. And you know how kids do stupid things all the time, which is why parents have to keep an eye on them 24/7.

It all starts with my Fun Uncle.

As his name suggests, Fun Uncle liked to do fun things that my parents sometimes disapproved of. One was when he taught us wrestling moves (my dad said we’d end up breaking our backs) and another was the coin trick.

The coin trick involves holding a bunch of coins in both your hands, putting both hands over your mouth, and then moving your head back without getting any coins in your mouth.

Kind of like someone who takes a pill without drinking water.

Now, you may argue: What kind of weird-ass trick is that? But we were kids, you see, and we were easily impressed.

Unfortunately, kids tend to imitate their elders, and so one day my older brother decided to do the coin trick.

He and I were both playing in the living room while my mum was on the phone.

(I should add that my mum and dad always warned us against doing the coin trick and scolded us whenever we tried to.)

So, he started doing the coin trick, and one of the coins ended up lodged in his throat.

He was only 8 at the time.

Panicked, my mum rushed him out of the house where he managed to force the coin down and swallow it.

Doctors later removed it and gave it to us in a tiny cup. Gee thanks.

I still have trouble using coins to this day. OK, I don’t but I certainly won’t be putting any of them near my mouth.