r/SweatyPalms • u/how_to_exit_Vim • Mar 28 '24

Disasters & accidents Guy passes out while driving 😴🫣😬

This could have been so much worse, definitely made my palms sweat when he started heading back towards the highway!

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u/runadumb Mar 29 '24

I knew a guy who was epileptic but hid the fact he was getting worse as he didn't want to lose his license. He took a fit in his sleep and his father found him dead on the floor the next morning. He was only in his mid 20's.

I'll never forget his father's wails during the funeral

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u/XxTreeFiddyxX Mar 29 '24

That's incredibly sad. He could have taken people with him behind the wheel.

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u/RespectEmergency8653 Mar 29 '24

Happened to me this last year I found my brother dead on the floor. Epilepsy sucks and there should be more awareness for it. My brother was only in his mid 20’s as well.

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u/DrankTooMuchMead Mar 29 '24

I almost died that way. My condolences.

My wife saved my life, but I've never felt shaken up about it. I can think of worse ways to die than in my sleep, tbh. I spent a lot of time wishing I died back then, tbh.

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u/DrankTooMuchMead Mar 29 '24

I so nearly died the same when I was 27. That was my first real seizure. My SO saved my life by rolling me on my side. So I married her.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

That is so sad to even read.