A real shocker

I did an extremely stupid thing this morning, all because I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. My hands must not have been completely dry as I was plugging in the hair dryer. I don't know what possessed me to plug it in a weird manner, but as I plugged it in, my index finger went towards the back where the socket was. Immediately, I felt this shooting pain through my finger. I dropped to the ground like an enormous rock, felt a slight pain in my heart which then turned to intense heart pounding. My finger was red and felt like it was on fire and I was so woozy. I can't believe how quickly my body gave out and caused me to drop to the ground - I don't think you could even fake dropping to the ground in the manner that I did. It took me a few minutes to calm myself down and be able to stand up. I really would have wanted to stay on the ground longer but I had a meeting to get to. During the car ride, the finger went back to the normal color but was feeling tingly but the heart was still pounding like crazy. It was such a scary experience and I would never want to go through it again. It's bad that I sort of laugh when I'm retelling this but that's just the way I am.

So yeah, those rules you learn as a kid - there's a reason for them! I just need to be more cautious now, and not be so careless because of stress. I know I'm real lucky that all I got was a shock.