Tuesday, July 10, 2012

My Own Hell

I went in for a routine shot. Usually the ordeal only takes a few minutes. I guess they were still training the nurse that was to administer the shot. She was fumbling around the drawers, trying to find all the supplies she needed. When she actually injected me, there was a strange pain I had never felt before. Usually, the only pain comes from the prick of the needle itself, not the fluid inside of it.
Anyway, lo and behold I passed out from being in a standing position to landing facefirst on the floor. I only was gone for a few moments, but in my mind it felt like an eternity. I remember yelling sorrounding me and I could my breathing loudly over the thoughts. When I came back to consciousness I began tearing up, shaking and hyperventalating. Not because of what had happened, but because of what I saw. Instantly as I realized I was in a room with nurses, I kept forcing myself to forget and unsee what I had imagined. It was terrifying and ugly, loud and piercing in my brain.
I always half jokingly say that I have a dark mind, but now that statement is more true than I myself had realized. It took a while for me to fully return to this reality, I don't think I've been more shaken up before. Goddamn that's one hell of a subconscious in there.