Question inspired by a Charley horse that hit in the middle of the night.

  • miz_elektro@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    One time I took a solo 1.5 hour flight and on the descent I suddenly felt a tingling on the top of my head and down my face, which quickly turned into a feeling like someone chopped an axe into the top of my head. I felt an excruciating pain on the top center of my head , behind my eyes and down my face and was trying not to react in front of all the other passengers. The pain was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. By the time we landed and I got off the plane the sharpness of the pain subsided but I had a bad headache for 2 days after. I thought I might die honestly and it spun me into such a bad anxiety attack. I did some searching and only found one post ever of something similar happening to someone else and it was from sinus pressure. I wasn’t sick at all or stuffed up so it was surprising. So now when I fly I pop Sudafed and blow my nose frequently and basically have a panic attack on the descent because of my fear of it happening again.

  • Sombyr@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    When I was little I got stung 6 times between the legs by a velvet ant that managed to get stuck in my bathing suit. It’s not as bad as some exaggerated videos on the internet may have lead you to believe, but I did cry for about 30 seconds before I went back to what I was doing.

    Not years ago, but a year ago I got covid and for reasons nobody can explain it made a nerve in my lower back malfunction and just start sending out the maximum pain signal it could. That’s probably the most painful thing I’ve experienced. Tied for it at least.

  • iviattendurefort@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Getting shocked.

    I used to help my father-in-law on the farm and he had an electric fencer for the barnyard that was way too powerful for the length of fence it was hooked up to. I knew that; what i didn’t know was that it was grounding out on a piece of flashing on the barn. It put me on my ass.

    He also has this electric fencing that’s made out of rope with small metal strands woven into it. That shit hurts too but in a different way. Maybe because there are more points of contact.

    I got shocked doing some wiring last week and it was nothing compared to the electric fence.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I accidentally touched mains power when I was 10 while trying to plug in my gameboy charger. It’s been 18 years since, but that was definitely something I never want to experience again. I remember I could feel it in my muscles for more than a week afterwards