Fainting's not all it's cracked up to be

I've always wondered what happens to a person's brain when they go unconscious. Are they aware? Does it hurt? I've only seen one person faint in my life and she didn't remember a single thing about it. Spooked me out.

Well, this morning I felt pretty sick, like I was going to lose my breakfast, so I headed for the bathroom. As I went down the hall, though, everything suddenly started going dark and patchy--you know how it feels when you've been staring at the computer for a while and then go outside? It was like that, only much darker.

I must have sat down on the ground, though I don't remember doing that, because the next thing I remember was my vision completely disappearing--everything was black, even though my eyes were open, and I saw little points of light, while the inside of my head was roaring and plugged.

I started yelling for my mom, but she couldn't hear me. I began to bang my hand on the floor (don't know what I thought I was going to accomplish by that!). My brain had a fuzzy feeling like I was half-asleep, half-awake, and my stomach felt horrible.

Suddenly it was like the lights came on and I was able to kind of see. Then I completely snapped out of it and felt like I had just woken up.

Fainting wasn't as interesting as I thought it was going to be. Hurt like hell, too.