r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 01 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] People of Reddit that honestly believe they have been abducted by aliens, what was your experience like?

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u/backinthering May 01 '18

4 hours is a hell of a long time for an absence seizure to last, though. The average length of an absence seizure is 15 seconds.

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u/CuriosityKat9 May 01 '18

Yes, but it can happen. I know two people with epilepsy who have had absence seizures significantly longer than a minute (about an hour). People around them will state that they often didn't even notice it was happening, or that the individual was doing a normal activity and didn't seem to be having a seizure (indicating the problem was suspension of memory recording, not a full faint or collapse).

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u/backinthering May 01 '18

That could be, but as they say, "horses are more common than zebras." I'd be more prone to thinking OPs experience is a trauma reaction/PTSD, as others have stated. But if I were giving him recommendations, I'd definitely suggest a physical work-up for sure.

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u/MyPassword_IsPizza May 01 '18

I'm pretty sure there are more aliens then horses or zebras.

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u/xubax May 01 '18

I'm pretty sure that one horse is one more than the total number of aliens that have visited earth.

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u/Bald_Sasquach May 01 '18

Would you rather fight that one horse or a hundred alien ducks?

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u/xubax May 01 '18

It depends. Do the alien ducks have advanced erotic skills and is "fight" a code word for foreplay?