New Year’s Eve is supposed to be about new beginnings. A blank slate. A fresh start that helps us reprioritize and focus on living a truly good, healthy, and happy life. However, fate—if it exists—seems to have a twisted sense of humor. And bad luck doesn’t care much about what day it is.
Our team here at Bored Panda has collected some of the most painful photos from all around the net of people’s New Year’s celebrations gone wrong. Fires, floods, and dishes gone disastrously wrong are just the tip of the iceberg. Scroll down for a reminder about why it’s important to be grateful for what we all have, even when things go very wrong.
Meanwhile, Bored Panda reached out to therapist Eve Menezes Cunningham, a senior accredited supervisor at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the author of ‘365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Well-Being.’ Read on for her insights about emotional resilience and bouncing back after unfortunate events.
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New Year's Photobomb
Our Sweet 7-Year-Old Dog Has A New Fireworks Phobia Thanks To The Neighbor Who Just Had To Shoot Illegal Fireworks Off Above Our House
Poor doggie. I hate fireworks too, luckily it was forbidden to set off fireworks here this year.
I envy you. I'm in the Black Country in England, and last night was the worst I have ever known for fireworks,even worse than Bonfire Night. We even had the neighbours' cat cowering on our sofa. They were out. I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for the thousands of combat veterans suffering from PTSD.
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I have been petitioning my MP to get fireworks banned in the UK for this very reason. It's despicably cruel to both pets and wildlife and yes, probably a lot of humans as well. It's a stupid tradition that's harmful to the environment as well and needs to stop. Of course, my MP doesn't agree as it's a revenue stream cos they can tax the sale of them and they don't want to upset the groundlings
Our area has started using soundless fireworks in their displays, fine by me I only like the pretties anyway.
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I hate this with all my soul. I live in a city where pyrotechnics are a daily occurrence. Poor furry friends, people with PTSD/Neurodivergent suffer a lot thanks to these selfish douche canoes 🤬 Wish they would be forbidden
You can get quiet and silent fireworks already. Just those putting on displays think you need the loud bang. You don't...
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First year that no one shot any off in my neighborhood, dogs and veterans alike slept well
My stupid neighbors kept shooting off firecrackers or fireworks until 4:00am this morning. Next time, I'm hunting them down and shooting them off in their face.
Poor we boy. It’s so rough on the animals when idiots shoot off fireworks…or firearms
We had a random doggo turn up at the store. Clearly someone's pet who freaked out at the noise and just ran for it. We chilled with her until the owners turned up. Second time it's happened on a fireworks holiday. We were joking that we should advertise -- "Did your dog panic and flee from the loud bangs in the sky? Check the liquor store."
Poor little things, how sh*tty that they were so terrified that running into a place they didn't know full of strangers was a better option than where they were... thank you for looking after them 🙏❤️
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Honestly I would take that as an invitation for passive aggressive repetitive revenge - like signing neighbors up for constant religious mail from various organisations that constantly mail you asking for money, I’d probably s**t on his doorstep as well, I don’t even really like dogs, but that’s so cruel for someone to do. That poor dog looks so defeated
Our vet gives out free Trazadone tablets for dogs during the fourth of July to help with their anxiety. We get one every year as fireworks set off our dog.
But why should you have to give your beloved pet drugs just because of some stupid tradition!!! Makes me so angry.
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Look up "thundershirt". It's a vest you can put on your pet, it keeps them calm somehow
That's exactly why I cheered when our dumbass neighbour moved out. They set some illegal ones off at 20:00 2022 when we came from our last walk. There are videos on Youtube with fireworks which we played about 10 times in the last months while feeding Lou to make him "sound stable" (what's schussfest in english?) again. It did work but we are not at 100% right now, more like 90. I highly recommend to start it as early as possible.
We have jerkass people in our neighborhood that have to shoot illegal fireworks on the fourth from dark until after midnight. And for New Year's as well. There's a lazyass sheriff that lives here that does nothing about it. It was so bad last year that I went to confront the d**k flutes to make them stop and someone in the neighborhood behind us gave them a couple warning shots in the air from a shotgun. The only reason I know for sure they were shooting our direction was from the pellets were raining down on the street in front of their house. FIREWORKS ARE BULLSHITE!
I know the pain with having my older dogs wanting to hide in the darkest room when the idiots behind my house decided to set off fireworks for a few hours. The other neighbors finally called the police since asking the idiots to stop at 12:30am didn't work.
That poor sweetheart of a dog! I hope you called the police on your neighbor!
Poor pupper. It never fails to amaze me how rude, moronic and thoughtless people can be. And just because it's illegal, doesn't mean you won't find someone trying to get away with it.
Last year mine was so afraid that she tried climbing on my shoulders as I sat on the couch. Last night she looked more annoyed that they woke her up. I have a strange dog.
Me too. Whenever my dog hears fireworks he runs to comfort me cause he knows it triggers my PTSD
I have to give my two dogs: trazodone and tramadol and they both wear a Thundershirt. But its a lot better than with nothing. You might ask your vet about noise phobia meds.
It's illegal here but didn't stop our dumbass neighbors for shooting a few off. Was woken up by a very scared dog trying so hard to get up under me (he's 75 lbs not an easy feat).
I have a rude trashy neighbor that sets off very loud illegal fireworks right over my house too, difference is my neighbor didn't need a reason to set them off. Happy random Thursday in March! 🎆
OP: I feel it. Our rescue had to suffer through it last night. (And .... BTW .... fireworks are illegal in my township. Doesn't stop some a$$h0les!)
Have you asked your vet for some calming medication to help on nights like New Year’s? It might help a little. Too bad they don’t have noise- canceling headphones for pets.
Luckily there were no fireworks right next door and the majority had petered out by 00:20.
I love fireworks, but not the illegal ones or setting it off outside of the assigned timeframe. That ruins it for people who like fireworks and abide by the rules... like only set off between 18:00u and 02:00 on new year's eve. A set time is something people with scared pets / who themselves don't like it can plan for. Unexpected firework is bad.
Illegal fireworks are the ones that a municipal area has deemed illegal either due to size or for other reasons - namely fire hazards. They cause pets, PTSD sufferers, and others enormous emotional trauma, they cause air pollution for people with breathing problems, they start fires on other people's property, and they keep EVERYONE awake. YOU are the one trying to gaslight the rest of us, when the majority of comments clearly indicate that fireworks are not wanted!
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A recent Forbes Health/OnePoll survey showed that 48% of adults in the United States aim to improve their level of fitness in 2024. 38% of respondents want to improve their finances, 36% said the same about their mental health, while 34% want to lose weight. Furthermore, 32% of respondents said they want to have a better diet.
On the flip side, some of the least popular resolutions include traveling more (barely 6% of respondents mentioned it), meditating (just 5%), drinking less alcohol (3%), and doing better at work (3%).
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Though 62% of the people who participated in the survey said that they feel pressured to set a resolution for the New Year, a whopping 80% felt confident that they’ll be able to reach their goals. A mere 6% of respondents felt like they lacked the confidence to do so.
Of course, making resolutions is far easier than fulfilling them. What we’re essentially doing is creating new habits. And it can feel like we’ve ‘messed up’ if things do not go as well as we’ve imagined at the start. The important bit here is to stick with it, even when things are hard. Especially when they’re hard.
How I Rang In The New Year
Just one of the many reasons why I don't go out to celebrate new year.
Because I'm Not Buying A New Glass Every Year
Instead Of 2 A's And 2 E's, We Got 4 A's In This Happy New Year Balloon Pack
We’ve covered on Bored Panda recently that it takes around 3 weeks to develop new behavior patterns when you change your diet. It takes around 3 months in total for this behavior to stick and turn into a lifestyle change.
Meanwhile, it takes an average of 6 months to establish a new exercise routine. So if you’re struggling, you’re not alone. Your body and mind are changing. Slowly.
Celebrating New Year's Eve By Myself
I spend all the holidays by myself. Nobody cares enough to put themselves out for me.
In Celebration Of New Year, People Like To Shoot Bullets Into The Air In Pakistan. One Managed To Go Through My Window
Happy New Year. Watch Your Step On That Ice. Broke In 3 Places. I Live Alone In The Woods
Therapist, author, and BACP member Menezes Cunningham was kind enough to share her thoughts about cultivating emotional resilience when things never seem to be going the way people would want them to.
“Give yourself a break. Allow yourself some time out. Let yourself wallow and grieve but give yourself a timeframe to do so,” the author of ‘365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Well-Being’ told Bored Panda via email.
Happy New Year! What A Great Start To 2022
This happened when we were going back home in a bad snowstorm. My buddy was driving, he was drifting towards the ditch, and when he corrected to straighten out, the tires lost all traction and grip, we slid and rolled. Just happy we didn’t hit anyone and my dog is okay!
How I’m Spending This New Year’s Eve
I have Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). It’s a condition that makes everything feel like it’s spinning and I feel dizzy and nauseous all the time. It worsens with any head movement. I’m currently unable to walk on my own and can hardly even see due to blurred vision. It’s not supposed to be too serious, but it sucks.
Got This Gem At About 10 PM Last Night, Hours Before The New Year
“Emotional and mental pain activates the same parts of the brain as physical pain so it's helpful to do something physical like giving yourself (or getting) a big hug, letting yourself FEEL the disappointment,” the therapist explained to us.
“Maybe putting on a cozy top or grabbing a hot water bottle. Wrap yourself up in cotton wool a little and know that it will pass,” she shared some practical advice on how to deal with difficult situations.
The mental health expert noted that it’s important to set a time limit for how long you allow yourself to indulge these feelings. It’s essential that you don’t get stuck at this stage.
“It might be 30 minutes. It might be a month! Think about the time you might require to process this disappointment or embarrassment,” she said.
The Amount Of Rubbish Left In Times Square After New Year's Eve
I Work 3rd Shift At A Hotel. For Ten Minutes, The Guy Argued He Was Staying In 227. We Don't Have A 227. He Was At The Wrong Hotel. Happy New Year
Reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode I just watched on Syfy last night
My Friend Got Home After Work Around 2 AM To Find His Neighbor's Son After Too Much Of The New Year's Eve Celebration
According to Menezes Cunningham, when we allow ourselves to feel these feelings, from sorrow and shame to mortification, we actually get them out of our systems “far faster than pretending to be fine immediately if you're not.” On top of that, physical movement can help us get out of this funk, too.
“Welcome ALL your feelings and share how you feel with people who you trust to support you,” the BACP senior accredited supervisor suggested to Bored Panda. She also noted that if things seem really bad and if you seem to be stuck in a negative spiral, you may want to consider reaching out to a coach or therapist. There is nothing shameful about asking for help when we need it.
This Is Not Very Comforting
4-Year-Old Girl Hit In The Shoulder With A Falling Bullet While Enjoying Fireworks
Every New Year I Make Apple Pie From Scratch. 7 Kinds Of Apples, Buttery Crumb Topping. This Year It Promptly Exploded When I Took It Out Of The Oven
Bored Panda was interested in how people can recover more quickly after suffering a series of unfortunate events or a bout of awful luck. Comedy, according to the therapist, is one powerful but nuanced tool in our arsenal.
“Laughing things off can be brilliant,” Menezes Cunningham said. “But if you're not feeling it, it might compound your pain and embarrassment—don't offer yourself up as a laughing stock if you're feeling vulnerable about it.”
Wanted A Special Mountain Lake New Year's Eve With The Wife, Even Upgraded To A Room With A View
Happy New Year. Shower Screen Shattered At 1 AM First Day Of The Year
Had Two Stray Bullets Hit My House Just After Midnight On New Year's Eve. Through A Shower And Garage
Journaling can also help you process your feelings. The therapist also suggested looking into embodied journaling: “Record yourself talking about the event so you can watch back and see more about your body language and tone of voice. Are you aware of extra tension? Fighting back tears? Don't attempt to fast forward through your feelings but GIVE yourself some space to feel it all. Learn from it.”
According to the BACP member, when you feel ready, ask yourself how the moment or event has shaped you. “This is NOT to attempt to fast forward natural feelings or brightside/toxic positivity yourself.” The therapist pointed out that at some point, we might recognize that as painful as the series of events was, it did make us stronger and perhaps something else, too.
On New Year's Eve, After People Started Going Home From The Party, A Friend Of Mine Passed Out. We Decided To Have Some Fun By Stacking 12 Cans On His Head
How is this a painfully unfortunate thing? I feel sorry for the drunk friend though
Sounds Like We Come From The Same Kind Of Family
Family Has Covid, House Hasn't Had Power For 8+ Hours, And Fridge Is Spoiled. Happy New Year
Something else that can help you bounce back after failure is connecting with a future version of yourself. “Imagine yourself a week, month, year, decade in the future. What are you likely to remember from this event then? It's possible that these events helped you make some beneficial changes,” the therapist told Bored Panda that there’s usually a silver lining in these situations.
Even a bout of bad luck might have helped you find friendlier friends. Or it might have been a wake-up call that helped you set your priorities right.
Stepped Into The Ocean And Straight Onto A Fish Hook Stuck In The Rocks, On New Year's Day, In A Small Town, With No Doctor On Duty
This is the hook after a doctor in a nearby town removed it. 1 week later, it's healed and I'm fine.
Chipped My Teeth 30 Minutes Into The New Year. Still Smiling Tho. Unfortunate Thing Is No Dentist Till The 2nd
New Year's Eve Accident In Somerset, Kentucky
Happy New Year, Pandas! How did you ring in 2024? Did everything go according to plan? What resolutions did you come up with this time? Have you ever had New Year’s celebrations go as wrong as in the photos featured in this list? We’d love to hear from you, so feel free to drop by the comment section to share your thoughts and experiences.
Stuck In Walmart During A New Year's Tornado Warning
New Year Party Goes Wrong
Well, I Guess There Will Be No Pork And Sauerkraut To Start The New Year
This is one of my family's' favorite meals, any time of the year! We prefer it without shards of glass, however.🐽
Right When The New Year's Ball Dropped, My Cat Broke Her Tooth While Playing With My Other Cat. Happy 2023
RIP my wallet. Thankfully she’s eating and drinking just fine and doesn’t seem to be in pain, but she will need it removed on Monday.
Great Start To The New Year. Stepped On A Sewing Needle Which Broke Off In My Big Toe
I've had that happen..Dad pulled it out with pliers in the garage, then told me to go to bed. Ahhh such a 80's nurturing!
Our Apartment Flooded At 12:05 On New Year's Eve
First My Car Gets Rear-Ended On New Year's Day. Now Godzilla Decided To Rip A Hole In My Door
My Neighbor's Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S Caught On Fire On New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve At Work A Few Years Back. Was Refilling The Stock On The Bottom Shelf And The Whole Thing Collapsed, Almost Caught My Arm
It's 10 PM And These Party Hearties Are Done
When Complaining About Fireworks On New Year's Eve And Someone Decides To Decorate Your Apartment Wall With AK-47. What A Start Of The Year
New Year's Eve Brings Out The Best In Us All
Neighbors Were Too Lazy To Properly Clean Up After New Year's Eve, So They Just Swept Their Trash Into The Corridor
Happy New Year To Us. Someone Smashed Our Brick Mailbox
Someone posted a similar pic and said it got struck by lightning. I asked, "is 'Lightning' your 'drunk name?'"
I Was Almost Done With Work, Then Someone Made A Mess All Over The Floor. I Had To Stay Late To Clean It On New Year's Eve. I Missed My Reservations For My Date
New Year's Eve Parties Always Result In A Casualty. Someone's Idea Of A Good Time Is Pushing Our Grill In The Pool
If You Start Cooking Beef Wellington At 23:30, Your Pan Will Crack At Exactly Midnight Of The New Year
New Year’s Shenanigans. Taken In North Philadelphia
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When You Leave The Old Year In Style. This Just About Sums Up 2021
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Happy new year everyone. Here's to a little peace, love, and happiness in your lives. Especially when it comes from within ourselves.
Indeed,Happy New Year 🎊. This year I'm keeping up with my tradition of contracting a vile virus. I may be ok to go back to work tomorrow. Still it isn't a bullet in my wall so not so bad.
Dutch New Year. These homes got fireworks damage. Fortunetely we don't have a lot of guns so it's just explosives and fires. Midwolda-6...81b989.jpg 
Hopefully the idiots damaged their own homes instead of those of other people?
Load More Replies... In the city where I live, assh0les put cars on fire around new year. Other people's cars. It is so scary to see a car on fire in front of your house, the fire gets so big really fast. I always get nervous in december that my car could be next. When you look at how many cars there are in the city, it's actually only a super small chance that your car gets targeted, but just the idea that people are destroying other people's cars for fun, is really scary and infuriating.
Yeesh. My worst New Year's was when my newly pierced ear grew back around the earring backing. Doc cut my lobe with a scalpel and dug the backing out. Without numbing medication. I was ten.
1. Gun safety, don’t point or fire your weapon at anything you aren’t willing to destroy, that includes firing it indiscriminately in the air, you’ve no idea what or who you are destroying. Jees, this ain’t a difficult one. 2. If the item you are driving, destroying, setting fire to is insured it ain’t that bad, so long as humans / animals are ok then count your blessings. 3. Humans are idiots, choose your friends carefully. 4. Happy New Year, if it started badly then the only way is up I guess 😀
These posts are the main reasons we stay home on NYE. WAAAAAY too many idiots out and about.
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Americans aren't the ones who generally shoot guns on New year's eve. We shoot fireworks. Those from other cultures have that tradition.
Load More Replies... Happy new year everyone. Here's to a little peace, love, and happiness in your lives. Especially when it comes from within ourselves.
Indeed,Happy New Year 🎊. This year I'm keeping up with my tradition of contracting a vile virus. I may be ok to go back to work tomorrow. Still it isn't a bullet in my wall so not so bad.
Dutch New Year. These homes got fireworks damage. Fortunetely we don't have a lot of guns so it's just explosives and fires. Midwolda-6...81b989.jpg
Hopefully the idiots damaged their own homes instead of those of other people?
Load More Replies... In the city where I live, assh0les put cars on fire around new year. Other people's cars. It is so scary to see a car on fire in front of your house, the fire gets so big really fast. I always get nervous in december that my car could be next. When you look at how many cars there are in the city, it's actually only a super small chance that your car gets targeted, but just the idea that people are destroying other people's cars for fun, is really scary and infuriating.
Yeesh. My worst New Year's was when my newly pierced ear grew back around the earring backing. Doc cut my lobe with a scalpel and dug the backing out. Without numbing medication. I was ten.
1. Gun safety, don’t point or fire your weapon at anything you aren’t willing to destroy, that includes firing it indiscriminately in the air, you’ve no idea what or who you are destroying. Jees, this ain’t a difficult one. 2. If the item you are driving, destroying, setting fire to is insured it ain’t that bad, so long as humans / animals are ok then count your blessings. 3. Humans are idiots, choose your friends carefully. 4. Happy New Year, if it started badly then the only way is up I guess 😀
These posts are the main reasons we stay home on NYE. WAAAAAY too many idiots out and about.
Why do ADS come up every single time I go for another category?!?!?! Pisses me off!!!!!!!! I don't like!!!!!!!!
Americans aren't the ones who generally shoot guns on New year's eve. We shoot fireworks. Those from other cultures have that tradition.
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