I had a session on Sunday with my therapist and while we were talking, I got up and I ended up fainting. I was so embarrassed. My therapist ended up calming me down and encouraged me to try walking to the waiting room with him. While walking down the hallway, I fainted again for 2 seconds and he caught me. While he went to sit me down in the waiting room (end of session; someone was waiting for the therapist) I fainted right onto the chair and T held on to me so I don't slam my head onto the wall. He ended up having to call the EMT's and they said that everything was fine, just the anxiety. I was in the hospital Saturday for my anxiety again too.
Fainted today in therapy also, Ugh!!!!!
Have you ever fainted in therapy? What did T do?

[CANDC]

Never fainted in therapy. But I have fallen asleep from low blood sugar caused by eating too many carbs or not eating often enough. Every 3-4 hours seems to be good with adequate protein at each meal. It also keeps me less anxious. If you feel you are not eating protein this often you might try and see how it goes.

I have. Its not something i could have helped so i saw no reason to be ashamed of it. Sometimes those things happen.

[Focus62]

I've never fainted in therapy but I've fainted on multiple occassions, often due to standing in one spot for too long (it doesn't matter that my knees are bent and not locked) and being in a hot environment. I was eventually diagnosed with vasovagal syncope (extremely common among many people, especially women). One of the triggers is emotional distress or anxiety.

If it makes you feel any better, I have fainted on the first day of starting a new job about three times (three different jobs). I think those faints were due to anxiety and standing in one place for too long. It's horribly embarrassing but it's soon forgotten by those who witnessed it since I'm usually good at my jobs! I think your T has probably seen it all, you might be embarrassed now but you'll be able to brush it off in no time.

[PinkFlamingo99]

I have vasovagal syncope too and my meds affect BP which makes it worse. I have almost fainted in therapy due to this. I have also had panic attacks which were embarassing.

Are they sure all it is is anxiety? Are you on meds? If you're at the point where you are fainting cold due to anxiety, seems like something PRN would really help like ativan.

[magno11789]

I've never fainted in therapy, but I fainted in high school while giving a speech in class. I also fainted my senior year of college while giving a speech. Both times were pretty embarrassing when they happened.

I've never fainted in therapy, but it is a huge fear of mine. I once heard a T say that it is impossible to faint during a panic attack because your blood pressure is too high. Guess that's not true??

[Willowleaf]

I do something I bit like fainting which looks and feels like fainting to the other person, but I am often aware of what is going on around me slightly. It apparently is an extreme form of disasociation and now I can feel it coming on and lie down, but the first few times I collapsed on her path which was very embarrassing.

[guilloche]

I almost did once, when I was seeing a special T for a consult/diagnosis. It was scary, I had a wave of blackness come up out of nowhere, but thankfully, didn't lose consciousness.

I'm sorry that you're going through this. It sounds like you have a very kind, supportive therapist though!

Are you still having extreme anxiety? Do you know what's causing it? Is it therapy itself, or something in the rest of your life? Are you aware of the anxiety before you get to the point of fainting? I hope you're able to talk with your T about it, and hopefully work out some techniques to help lower the stress levels...

(((hugs)))