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Has anyone experienced this before?

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Has anyone ever blacked out during/after SI, and not been able to remember what was happening before?

I was talking with a friend about a slip-up the other night, and he asked what had triggered it. I thought about it for a minute and then I realized that I couldn't remember anything that had happened in the few hours before it happened, it had been like I blacked out and forgot everything. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I'm a little freaked out because in seven years of dealing with this, that's the first time anything like that has happened to me.
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No, it has not happened to me;However, I sort of wish it would because I do SI to escape from life.
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No, I haven't had that happen to me. *hugs* I would be a little freaky too. What has your doc said?
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I have on occassions. Often times you will become so overwhelmed with your emotions that you start to think about what was happening because you become so focused to SI.
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about a year ago before the second time i was hospitalized y doctor had changed my meds around and it was around 8pm or something and I SI(ed) but i didn't realize it until when i woke up in the morning.. so i guess i had blacked out.. so yes i have had the same kind of experence.
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@ swimshark18 - no, you don't want it to happen to you, it's a horrid, terrifying feeling.
@13blues - thanks for the *hugs*, and.. I don't deal with doctors when it comes to cutting - I don't think I can - so I don't know what one would say.
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yup...all the time when i used to cut often
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i never heard of that happening
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its called disassociation and it can be dangerous, you should talk to a doctor *hugs*
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yes
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It's happened to me alot. Then again I had black out problems before i got into SI.
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yeah, i have blacked out, but i always remember what happened b 4.
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it happened to me before, but only a few times. I remember it only happening on really intense days-when I was just so upset and down that the emotions took over and I guess remembering just didnt happen. I dont think I blacked out I just think I was too overwhelmed with emotion to remember my surroundings or details.
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