So what would you do?

[soulbabe]

So I have this thing that can occasionally happen to me if I get to hot in a shower or something I can pass out. It doesn't happen a lot probably 10 times in 23 years of life.

So I tend to forget that it's something that happens to me so I forgot to mention it to my fiance who seen me stumble out of the bathroom and pass out on the floor it typically only lasts a few seconds before I open my eyes again but I'll need to drop my body temperature so I'll typically stay on the floor to cool off and for my vision to straighten out again.

Needless to say my fiance was freaking out and trying to call people.. and franticly questioning why I didn't tell him this.

My question is how would you feel if your significant other was prone to passing out

[Red_Arrow]

To answer your question of how I would feel if my SO was prone to passing out when she got too hot, it would scare me. And it would scare me that she would allow herself to get too hot. Since you know that the cause is getting too hot, why don't you keep the water temperature lower than the hot temp that causes it? Lots of people take hot showers without passing out. So either you are taking hotter showers that are causing these attacks and can simply lower the temperature to avoid it, or you have a medical problem that you should be getting taken care of by a doctor.

[soulbabe]

I actually only learned what was causing it within the last couple years. But I do typically keep the temperature down some which mike says burn his skin I'm fine.

Like I can get in a hot tub and stuff and be fine though I have felt nauseous from it before so I'll jump in a pool to cool off I haven't passed out again since summer of this year when I was in the yard and passed out from heat but I managed to dump cold water on me with a hose and was able to get up a few minutes later

[NamerOfStars]

I think you're asking the wrong question. It's not " how would you feel if your significant other was prone to passing out?", but "how would you feel if your significant other passed out in front of you for no apparent reason?".

Had he known, he'd've likely known what to do (he might've still panicked); as it is, freaking out is quite understandable. Remember, to you this is a known thing; to him, it was a mystery. I'd be upset in his place.

[soulbabe]

I didn't actively choose not to tell him it's just not something I think about it. Since it's only happened a handful of times in my life

[NamerOfStars]

Right. I didn't mean to sound like I was calling you out for it, just saying that you know it doesn't represent a real, immediate danger, and that he didn't. It was an "oops" moment, not a "you're a terrible person" one.

[Agape93]

Get them tested to see what's going on. Then just work around the issue

[soulbabe]

Lol I'm not getting tested but I already work around it very few people even know I do it

[Agape93]

Lol fair.

[exitseven]

Your blood vessels dilate and your blood pressure drops suddenly and that is why you pass out. Maybe mention this to your doc that next time you go.

[soulbabe]

I don't have a doctor

[exitseven]

You are a grownup now and sometimes we have to do grownup things like going to the doctor. You really should go just to gat a baseline and to have somebody tht you can go to if you have an issue like this.

[NathanDavis]

don't they have doggos... that can sense it happening and would warn you before it happens?

[soulbabe]

Lol I don't need a dog to tell me I know when it's going to happen it's just when I get to hot I can stop it if I'm paying attention by standing under cold water

[NathanDavis]

are you able to sit down first though?

the most concerning thing would be if you hit your head somewhere...

[soulbabe]

I didn't used to relise what was happening until the last couple years now if I just make sure if I start feeling to hot I turn the water back to cold I am really prone to heat stroke though

[NathanDavis]

I used to faint as a kid... lol

if I spent too long a time under the sunlight

[soulbabe]

Mine is typically a the shower because I like to burn my skin off.

But I am allergic to the sun it makes my skin itchy even if I put sunscreen on

[Anonymous]

I've got similar usually stop anything before it gets that far

[Anonymous]

I would be mad if she didn't tell me.

[soulbabe]

I didn't actively choose not to tell him it's just not something I think about