AIBU to feel shaken after being criticised for blacking out at the airport?

@PixieTales

You tell people to "grow up", but you're not exactly acting in a very mature way yourself. (i.e. telling people to "piss off.")

So why not take your own advice and be a bit less puerile?

My Dh is no drama llama but he is a fainter, always has been, his Db is exactly the same, mere sight, mention of blood or operations leave them out on the floor, Dh has caused some hilarity over the years with it though, he passed out when our dear old moggy had to be put to sleep, went down and smashed his head on a old beam (vets was a tudor building) so a trip to A&E and he passed out there as well, my first colonoscopy he passed out when the Dr was discussing the results with us ( I was the poorly person but all attention was on him😂) Passed out when someone got air sick on our holiday😂Had to lay down on the living floor after the the first few minutes of The Excorsist, despite me telling him it was fake blood, I could go on😂He really tries not to do this and certainly doesn't enjoy it, Op that woman was a nutcase, ignore ignore ignore!

Oh do piss off with your fluffy woe is her energy.

honestly people like you make problems that weren’t even there. In the real world we just carry on.

Oh a condition boo bloody hoo. Grow up live with your emotions this a joke now.

No actually @PixieTales you are not calling a 'spade a spade' you are making yourself sound rather silly.

Well you are having a rotten Sunday aren't you @PixieTales 😂I suppose an empathy bypass must be a bit painful?

Oh do piss off with your fluffy woe is her energy.

honestly people like you make problems that weren’t even there. In the real world we just carry on.

@PixieTales

It's not a case of the person growing up. They have a condition. As has already been explained to you, the fainting is something they cannot control.

It would be reasonable to suggest that the OP consider getting some help/treatment for her phobia. But it is unkind to tell her she's pathetic when she has zero control over how her body will react in this situation. She has a phobia. These are extreme fears. She didn't choose to faint; her body did that by itself.

It’s actually embarrassing, what if that were here children? Grow the hell up it’s a bit of blood. The dramatics are cringey.

My Dh is no drama llama but he is a fainter, always has been, his Db is exactly the same, mere sight, mention of blood or operations leave them out on the floor, Dh has caused some hilarity over the years with it though, he passed out when our dear old moggy had to be put to sleep, went down and smashed his head on a old beam (vets was a tudor building) so a trip to A&E and he passed out there as well, my first colonoscopy he passed out when the Dr was discussing the results with us ( I was the poorly person but all attention was on him😂) Passed out when someone got air sick on our holiday😂Had to lay down on the living floor after the the first few minutes of The Excorsist, despite me telling him it was fake blood, I could go on😂He really tries not to do this and certainly doesn't enjoy it, Op that woman was a nutcase, ignore ignore ignore!

Going against the grain this does sound a bit over the top and pathetic. Is that how you would respond to your child hurting themselves?

@PixieTales

Several people have explained that if someone has a phobia of blood, it can cause a physiological reaction that leads to fainting. This is a mental condition that leads to a physiological response which the individual can do nothing about.

It seems very harsh to call this over the top and pathetic. The individual cannot control what happens. If you think it's OTT and pathetic, then you need to blame it on the body's physical processes, not see it as a conscious, wilful reaction by the person with the phobia.

Going against the grain this does sound a bit over the top and pathetic. Is that how you would respond to your child hurting themselves?

Passing out, no. Sounds like you can't help that. But OP managed to hear rude stranger's comment to her godmother, so who knows if she was actually passed out or just feeling woozy.
I'm afraid coupled with the comment that OP is "still shaking" about a rude comment and worrying about maybe seeing this rando again - I'm leaning towards wet lettuce too. But maybe like @seanconneryseyebrow I'm a bit of a dick.

You’d think someone passed out unconscious on the floor was being a wet lettuce? Most of us really cannot help it - it’s a physiological reaction. My vision goes black, I collapse, my lips go blue and my eyes roll back in my head.

It’s important you remember that humans aren’t all the same and can’t all just shake things off. Also that unconscious people need assistance too.

You are being unreasonable to give the slightest consideration to this utter muppet of a woman. I hope your DM recovers soon.