that was fun

[jume]

I never passed out before.

I'd been close; I'm pretty squeamish around blood, especially when it involves puncturing or piercing the skin in some way. I'd had my vision go dark around the edges, and the really loud cicadas buzz in my ears, but I always managed to hang onto consciousness

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[meistergedanken]

When I was a kid there were a couple times I fainted - during periods of pronounced emotional duress, like I was an opossum playing dead or something. There was absolutely no dreaming - just coming to and feeling groggy. It was disorienting, of course, but the uncertainty over how much time I had lost bothered me. Was I out for just a few seconds, or was it minutes?

You would get over your squeamishness with blood pretty quick at my house!

[aubkabob]

I only actually fainted once, when I was 19 years old and donated blood after not eating all day. I've come close a couple of other times, especially after starting nursing school. I almost passed out watching a circumcision on a newborn.