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In reply to the discussion: Ever Fainted? Here's a Poll [View all]nolabels
(13,133 posts)18. Well actually i didn't faint, i was knocked out
I was in an auto accident about forty years ago and ended up collapsing my custom three spoke steering around the other side of the steering column while trying to brace myself before my head impacted the dash board. Only lasted a few seconds and i walked away from it.
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Yes, at the dog park in subzero temps after a week-long migraine spell brought on by extreme cold
hlthe2b
Sep 2016
#7
I never have, but my wife apparently used to faint quite a bit while in college and just after.
Dr Hobbitstein
Sep 2016
#17
I keeled over into the arms of the nurse who took blood for a fasting CBC.
GreenEyedLefty
Sep 2016
#23
It is how I ended up with a badly broken arm. Out of no where, the world spun and I was down on
appleannie1
Sep 2016
#25
When I was about to be hit by a toboggan full of people who had picked up speed coming down a ski hi
applegrove
Sep 2016
#33
No, but I had pneumonia when I was in my 20s and it took me weeks to be 100% fine.
Mass
Sep 2016
#34
Hey me too. I've fainted, blacked out, and been concussed a few times as well.
NightWatcher
Sep 2016
#43