When did you get a punishment that sounded easy but was actually horrifying?

As a kid, when I did do something wrong, I'd have to write a sentence 100 to 500 times as punishment.

I remember having to sit in the car at a family reunion at probably seven years old writing,

I am a bad girl, 500 times because I'd taken a granola bar without asking. Writing,

I am a bad girl that many times, repeated for minor infractions and sentences like, I am a liar and

no one likes liars, or, I ruined the day for my family, just sticks with you, and becomes

internalized. I'm 31 now. It's been a good 15 years since I've had to

write these, but I still think them about myself. Bread and water rations. It was there to cause

weaponized constipation. 30 days of constant abdominal pain specifically tailored to humiliate is a lot

worse than, oh, bland food, boo-hoo.

Standing on concrete. The World War II Germans called them Stairbunker. Stalin called them Kishka,

but it's all the same idea. A cell so small, you're forced to stand because there isn't

enough room to sit. Standing barefoot on concrete for days is beyond brutal.

It won't kill you, but it will, slowly and very painfully cripple you

while keeping you awake for days straight.

Something I actually did to myself, I needed to cut weight for a wrestling tournament in a

drastic way.

Because of a mix-up in weight classes, I needed to drop 16 pounds overnight.

I told my coaches that wasn't possible, just pull me from the roster.

But my head coach pulls me aside and tells me, there might be a way, and you don't even have to work out.

What you do is fill up a bathtub with the hottest water you can stand, and add a bag of Epsom salt and some rubbing alcohol to work out. What you do is fill up a bathtub with the hottest water you can stand and add a bag

of Epsom salt and some rubbing alcohol to the water. Go into the bathroom with a buddy,

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