I Survived...

Very annoying to me is how there are often many, obvious questions that are never answered or explained.

Ex: "Family wakes up with a homicidal stranger in the house."

How did he get in ?

What, they don't have access to a gun in their house ?

Also unspoken, often the situation is a direct result of stupidity on the part of the victims, which they compound with even more stupid decisions.

Makes one wonder how indeed they survived.

First off, why does the camera have to be so close to their faces? These guys could stick their tongue out and lick the camera it's so close. Whoever the director is that made the decision to have these extreme close-ups should find a new calling. What do they think this will add to the show besides the audience having to stare at everyone's wrinkles, nose hairs and giant moles? NOBODY wants to watch someone's pores.

While some of the stories are riveting, there is a lot of repetition with many of them. Alot of 'girl gets kidnapped, raped, 'killed' by assailant, plays dead, escapes' and 'guy gets lost/stuck in snow, develops hypothermia, starvation, gets rescued', etc. So it feels like you're just listening to a different person tell the same story. It would be way better if they added some REAL pictures, not the generic ones they flash.

I actually prefer the show "I Shouldnt Be Alive" over this one. Yes, some of the reenactments are totally cheesy, but I found that in many cases it did add to the story. Perhaps I'm just more of a visual person, but I just found that staring at a face with a black background telling a story made it slow and boring. And you can't even just listen to this in the background or on audio because there is telling text often flashed on the screen.

I love this series and wish more episodes could be created. Listening to people's personal experiences of true heroism under the most extreme circumstances is awe inspiring. God bless these people and their families and thank you for sharing your stories in hopes that maybe others can learn from what you survived.

I Survived on Biography is a show, told by the actual persons involved, of their harrowing stories/personal accounts of situations in which they should have lost their lives, but lived through it. From a teenager abducted and lit on fire in the trunk of a car, to another who was hitch-hiking, picked up by an insane attacker who cut off her arms, raped her and left her for dead... to accident victims and people who survived catastrophes, the stories are intense and often astounding they lived through such horror. Each story has you holding your breath in anticipation of the next horrific detail and in the end your wondering how any human being could not only survive, but go on to live any kind of a normal life. I HIGHLY recommend this show, along with it's companion show, *I survived, beyond and back which details accounts of those who died during these stories and had experiences 'on the other side'. I Survived is amazing.

I love how everyone has different views after they die.

I also died when I was 18 and mine was so different. I used to question if what I saw was real but listening to everyone's stories really helped me realize what I went through was real! It was an amazing yet strange experience I went through!

I remember the pain, the confusion, and being told it wasn't my time. I remember being so afraid. I was told it was going to be extremely painful but that I had to go back. It wasn't my time yet. I also saw my Nana who passed away when I was 7. She told me she loved me but I couldn't stay. I never saw a light but I do remember the calm and love. It was just a confusing situation that I wouldn't want to miss again.

I look forward to the day I get to see my family that I've lost!