Do You Pass Out?

[wolfalohalani]

Once, my wife totally triggered me and I got really angry and started telling her off, and said, "And furthermore....I need to lie down right now..." and hit the deck. That certainly got her attention.

It has also been a rather effective negative reinforcement for losing my temper. ;-)

wolfalohalani

 

[captrn1]

never have ....just the opposite...after a trigger.....I am up for days.....wierd

 

[pandora]

Just a bump on the head....not too bad. I survived but I don''t remember passing out...only waking up on the floor. I find that my arm is going numb now but that could also be from my back injury, with my spinal cord kinked.....thank goodness I was able to get back up.

 

[jenny72]

I have but only when I was at the dentist or Dr's getting bloodwork. I think I've overcome it though as it hasn't happened this year.

 

[Red Feather]

I have passed several times in my life. It's like my eyes are open but I don't see anything anymore and then just fall on to the ground. It feels like although I am breathing I am not getting any breath. It didn't only happen because I was triggered and panicky though.

 

[Tinyflame]

I have sometimes, at one point it was like I had narcolepsy, lol. :(
Not sure why. :confused:

 

[tree]

I think this may be a symptom of having a dis associative condition, which is common for people with PTSD. I think its kind of like a circuit breaker for your brain, it shuts down some major functioning in order to save itself from major damage caused by encountering the real or perceived threat of imminent harm or death.

 

[Bubba]

Good to know! I've done this twice recently when my husband has tried to talk to me on the phone. Next thing I know I'm waking up and an hour or more has gone by. Totally disconcerting. He ended up hanging up when I wouldn't respond. Just like you said, Tree - it was like my brain said "ok we're done" and then just shut itself down.

 

[Elizabeth-Ann]

I passed out 8 times in one month, also during therapy sessions. Very scary. After a few minutes I am back normally.

My Psy explained me about the Vagus nerve and I am doing things now to breathing better and relax physically. What helps me a lot is Jin Shin Jitsu. There is a youtube video "Casey Wood Jin Shin Jyutsu Class" that is an easy introduction.

Hope it can help some of you! Be safe!

 

[Sheer Force of Will]

I pass out all the time. It was the first symptom of my PTSD that really got my attention. A neurologist saw me and said that he thought my symptoms were the physical manifestation of PTSD and that what I had was extremely rare, called a conversion disorder.

I still faint all the time. I do have a good sense of humor about it though! I can feel when I am going to faint so I will just get on the floor right away, but sometimes I am wrong, so I will have to get up and say, false alarm! Sometimes, when I am fainting, I try to say, "Don't panic, I'm fainting." But usually what I manage to get out is, "Don't panicimfntng." Fun stuff.

 

[AzureMind]

When something triggers you and it gets bad, do you sometimes pass out? I'm asking because Thursday at work I was triggered by a few things and passed out multiple times. They took me by ambulance to the er. Does this happen to you?​

Do I pass out? Yep. It happens whenever an emotion surfaces that I may not necessarily want to deal with, but BEGS to be seen, dealt with, such as rage/anger at my parents. I also get like this because I'm dissociative, and some times I will just 'faint' and come to at some increment of time later; thing is, I'm not even usually tired when I go through this, and in fact, I usually require no sleep; I can go for days without feeling tired, or I can make it on about 3-5 hours of sleep a night...It's what my body's used to I think. I need to find a way to 'reset' my nervous/limbic system, because it's been running the show for TOO long....and like Sheer Force of Will says, having a great sense of humor helps! :laugh:

 

[The Albatross]

I began passing out at around 9 years old and noone thought too much of it... I think now it was PTSD related. No medical reason was apparent. For many years I suspected hypo or hyper glycemia... but the episodes didn't always correlate to food, or a skipped meal (when I became an adult). My last episode was at around 37. Most often, by then, when I triggered, I began to collapse, with no sight, hearing sounded underwater and no body control except for bowel and bladder...the last time I did that was around 40.

I think Tree nailed it for me. All my tests as an adult came in "normal range"... so having eliminated medically all I could I have no other explaination.