Syncope

January 28th,

Is there a word for “fainting at the sight of blood”?

I don’t. No, really, I don’t. But for a moment today I thought I’d developed it. After a long day shooting video with Mistress Trish, we were pulling a dozen needles out of our lucky submissive’s genitals. Blood was everywhere. Each time I’d twist the needle around, eliciting moans, before uncorking it and sliding it out.

Having never done genital piercing before, I was fiercely focused on the task at hand. All of sudden I felt the heat of the video lights on my neck: waves of heat, crackling up my spine and roaring in my ears. I started doing deep breathing to fight back the sparkles in my vision. Remembering admonitions in high school choir not to lock my knees, I shifted in my heels. It wasn’t working. Blood was coursing out of his cock in little spurts with his heartbeat, he was whimpering, it was all so hot — too hot — oh God, I was really going to faint, wasn’t I?

How fucking embarrassing.

I dropped to the couch and stuck my head between my knees. The world tunneled. A second attempt to stand only made it spin more wildly. Defeated, I watched Trish fingerpaint with the blood for a few minutes.

I do not mean to attach value to a tolerance for blood; in other words, my pride and reputation was not at stake. But I was confused as fuck. I wasn’t distressed, except to be missing out. The fainting made no sense.

As I drank my third mug of water, it came to me through a pounding headache. Heat exhaustion — but what horrible timing! It’s not uncommon for a photographer or videographer to become ill on a shoot from the hot lights and exertion. Today I’d been beating up boys under those lights for eight hours, wearing latex, on naught but a couple glasses of orange juice. I ran through the symptoms. Yup.

Some pizza and soda later, I’m good as new. I did get to leave bloody handprints on him. And his penis is fine! I know you were worried.

Appropriately enough, I came home to find my breasts (with play piercings) on ModBlog. Shannon even edited my pictures all pretty and stuff! I had completely forgotten about submitting these photos to BME — I sent them in months ago to get a membership to BME/Hard while I was considering a triangle piercing. Thanks to Lolita for alerting me.

I think I’m almost more chuffed about this than getting Fleshbotted again last month. That’s a tough call, though.

5 Responses to “Syncope”

  1. 1 Dov
    January 28th, at 5:57 am

    LOL I have had that happen to me on sets in the past its really annoying how if your not on top of your water intake it will just sneak up on you.

    Ive taken the BM motto to heart over time as not just a desert thing “Piss clear”

  2. 2 Rebecca
    January 28th, at 8:48 am

    In no particular order…

    1. I remember those photos :)

    2. Hydrate silly girl!

    3. Typically it is referred to as vasovagal syncope due to a noxious stimulus (i.e. blood). The name, of course, is related to the so called vasomotor reflex that causes the syncope. I’d bet money that you’re problem was due to heat and dehydration though. You don’t seem the type to get squeamish or faint at the sight of blood ;)

  3. 3 Calico
    January 28th, at 1:39 pm

    Rebecca, you rock. Thank you.

    Though I think I’d totally be “the type”, if I didn’t have evidence to the contrary. I screamed like a little girl the time I found a dead mouse in the toilet. There … now the world knows my shame.

  4. 4 Rebecca
    January 28th, at 2:27 pm

    *giggle*
    You’re adorable!

  5. 5 Mark
    January 28th, at 6:53 pm

    I’ve done some shoots before, and yeah, those lights are murder-I’ve never seen anyone get heat stroke, but I’ve never done an 8 hour shoot. Maybe frequent breaks in addition to hydration?
    BTW-Some lucky slave got to do an 8 hour shoot with you and Trish? How do I get in on that action?!

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