Ever seen the beginning of Resident Evil (the movie)? Where the lady is in the shower and then she just drops to the ground unconscious? Yes, I know the movie pretty much sucked, but I decided to reenact the beginning anyway.
This morning I was just doing what I typically do while showering, (besides washing my hair) letting my brain wander. I somehow got to thinking about movies I’d seen recently, specifically “Saw”. All of a sudden, I felt somewhat sick to my stomach… the way I feel when I’m about to puke. This was understandable, as Saw was quite a disturbing movie. I turned my thoughts away from movies in hope of alleviating the feeling nausea.
Mainly, I started thinking about getting out of the shower as fast as possible, because I didn’t want to puke in the shower. That’d be pretty rude to the others that may have wanted to shower. I washed out my hair and as I was doing so, the world seemed to start fading away. I could tell I was starting to wig out and I had no idea why. Maybe I was really ill. I turned off the shower and started to dry off.
I don’t remember falling. I just remember opening my eyes what had to be only seconds later. I was lying on the ground, half in my shower half in another. (Our showers are set up as a room divided by plastic curtains.) I couldn’t believe what was going on. I’m still curious if it really happened. It seemed so distant. I was just completely dazed. I got up and quickly gathered my things, with everything still hazy. Opening the door to the restroom I could feel the world fading again.
I willed the fading back and rushed my still wet self to my dorm room. Apparently no one had seen me pass out, and I didn’t fancy the fuss it would cause if it happened again. I shut the door and dropped my things. The world was starting to fade again, and all I could think was “Oh my god… did I really just pass out?”
I felt very hungry so I rushed toward the box of breakfast squares and yanked one out. Hurriedly gobbling it down while sitting down, the haze started to go away. When I finally felt somewhat normal again, I was sitting – buck naked – on my standard issue dorm room chair with an empty breakfast square wrapper in my hand and wet sandals on my feet. An embarrassing position – luckily my roommate was out of town.
As of the last time I checked, passing out in showers is not normal. I suppose I’ll have to make an appointment with my doctor. It just felt so weird to pass out. I’ve never experienced anything like it, and hope I don’t have to again… especially in a public shower.
