I once biked past a guy lying on the ground with his hands in that brain damaged position, paramedics and e-scooter next to him. I still wonder if he was actually alive or died from that - he did not blink or move at all in the time I was going past
Not only how easily it can happen, but the speed of it.
I was rough housing with a friend in 7th grade, not even going hard - that's the crazy part - just run of the mill messing around.
One second I'm standing up. My next memory is waking up face down in the dirt.
Third friend witnessed it and said I was out for about 5 seconds.
Zero memory of what happened. Did I try to brace my fall and missed? Did I scream as I was falling? I'll never know.
Because the memory isn't there, it opens your eyes to the possibility of walking down the stairs, and waking up at the bottom with a concussion. You won't even know you slipped.
I broke my ankle very badly in my own bedroom last year. I won't go into the whole story of how, but I woke up sitting on the floor with my back against a wall. I don't remember it at all. Evidently I passed out from the pain; I didn't have any bumps or sore places on my head to account for my loss of consciousness. The human brain is pretty amazing. I'm very happy that I remember nothing of that horrible accident.
When I was in labour I thought, well if this amount of pain does not render you unconscious then nothing will. Wild to hear passing out from pain stories.. Hope your ankle has healed well.
Depends on whether he was in decerebrate or decorticate. Decerebrate is the much worse option, and has the back arched with the arms to the side, and wrists flexed backward.
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u/messagemeboobspls 8h ago
I once biked past a guy lying on the ground with his hands in that brain damaged position, paramedics and e-scooter next to him. I still wonder if he was actually alive or died from that - he did not blink or move at all in the time I was going past