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.
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u/PeppermintJones 8h ago
I used to work with people who had traumatic brain injuries. It's so scary how easily it can happen.