Have You Ever Fainted? What Caused It?

[Anonymous]

I woke up at around 4 in the morning today because I had horrible stomach pain. I went into the bathroom where I began feeling dizzy, there was ringing in my ears, and I was sweating like never before, I also lost all color in my face. The next thing I know, I woke up on the floor of my bathroom, I don't know how long I was out. Obviously I have to go to the doctor, but I'm curious to see if this has ever happened to any of you? If so, what caused you to faint?

[nert73]

Christmas Eve a couple years ago. My parents made me take a shower in the Kate afternoon because we had a Christmas Eve church program that night. I hadn't eaten since lunch. When I got out of the shower, I was lightheaded. I kept trying to sit down but my parents were wanting me to help make cut-out cookies. I was trying to get to the living room and on the way I just collapsed. I went black for a few seconds and hit the wall and hit the floor. I had bruises on my knees and my hip and my shoulder and I had a big scratch on my ankle.

PE at school last schoolyear. I've had health problems for nearly a year now. I was hardly on PE at all last schoolyear. So when I was in PE, it was very difficult. Of course PE was the very first thing of the day at school for me. I hadn't been in PE for months. We ran--actually RAN--laps around the gym for 3 minutes. If the teachers thought too many people were slacking, they'd make us run more. It ended up being 5 minutes. By the end, my whole body felt fuzzy and I was dizzy and sweating unbelievably. Then I lost balance and fell and I was out. Someone said I was out for 3 whole minutes and that I wasn't responding to anything. When I was better, the PE teachers made me finish the last 20 minutes class.

[bombamboum]

It happened one time. I dehydrate really quickly, always has and one time on an organized trip the tour guide refused to give us our water bottle in the morning despite the fact that I asked multiple times.
We were in China and in no time, it was 40°C outside, the place was packed with tourist, I was hot, thirsty but I didn't want to bother so I sucked it up. I passed out in front of everyone, my dad caught me and every single person was looking at me.
Needless to say, I always had a full water bottle with me afterwards thanks to my lovely tour guide who felt bad.

[dangerDoge]

Haha I always found it funny how girls faint and guys "pass out," because fainting sounds too feminine xD

In any case, I don't think I've passed out myself. However, my sister fainted because she was standing too long and had hear exhaustion. She has done it a couple times actually.

[chuppachup]

Once when I was in primary school. I didn't have breakfast that day and I fainted while lining up to go inside from the playground. Ended up head-butting my friend from behind from falling and I had to get dragged to the office lololol

[HollywoodGlam]

Yes it happen to me twice. One time I had an epilepsy seizure. I was having breakfast with my family, all of sudden I fainted. I fell all the way to the corner of the kitchen landing on my face, my arms and legs got tilted on the opposite direction (my body looked paralyzed) and I got bruise on my face. I went to the hospital and stayed there the entire day.
The second time I fainted was when I came from the sauna exhausted. No matter how hard I tried to keep myself awake, I lost it and fainted. Few people were nice by giving me water and a little bit of sugar, big thanks to them.

[Anonymous]

Yes, something similar has happened to me, about your age as well. But mine was during class. I was sitting there, listening to the lecture when my stomach started to hurt really bad and started getting a hot flash. I tried to quickly leave to go to the bathroom to splash some water on my face, but before I got to the br door, I fainted in the hall.

I'm not sure what caused that one exactly. I went to the doctor and said my levels were alright, but it might be stress, something I ate (either food poisoning or allergic reaction), dehydrated or combination of those.

The first time I fainted was because I had a heat stroke. I was very dehydrated and in training outside in the summer for 8 hours a day.

I hope you feel better soon and find out the cause!

[RJGraveyTrain]

Yes I have fainted twice. Once from hyperventilation caused by an anxiety attack and once from getting blood drawn. I had a severe anxiety attack as a young girl and I hyperventilated so badly that I lost consciousness for about 30 seconds before coming to again. Then I got blood work done a few weeks ago, I tried to get up and walk out and my legs buckled, and I blacked out for about 15 seconds or less - I woke up in my mother's lap.

[Gerduxas]

I've fainted once before. It was back in kindergarten so I was about 4-5. One boy somehow managed to get a glass bottle and smashed it into another's nose. One look at the blood and I passed out, hit my head off the edge of a door behind me :')

[princessmethteeth]

No, but I got knocked out by a door when I was shit face drunk and did a face plant on a gravel driveway only to wake up a half mile away at someone else' house like where the fuck am I. :D

[Avalon4]

LOL!

[matheus_mb]

Yes, 2 times. It was caused by low blood pressure when I was a child.

[Avalon4]

I got blackout drunk one time, I passed out and fell in the bed. Does that count?

[jamesdegod]

nope never lel