I’ve heard that if you were to fall from a really high place, you would lose consciousness on the way down. If this is true.. why does this happen?

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I’ve heard that if you were to fall from a really high place, you would lose consciousness on the way down. If this is true.. why does this happen?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It isn’t necessarily true. People have fallen from great heights, and miraculously survived, and been conscious all the way down. Fear may make some people pass out, and from a really, really great height lack of oxygen may also make you do so, but otherwise….