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Why do I lose consciousness during sport?

When I play rugby, I sometimes have 'blackouts' where I regain conciousness at the end of an act such as scoring a try, and have memory of getting the ball, but have no memory of what happened in between and presumably no consciousness at the time. What is happening here; is it a common experience and is it advantageous (it usually occurs during my best play) or a sign of something wrong?

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  • Asked by lazccool
  • on 2009-12-25 15:55:51
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Tags: sport, memoryloss, consciousness, rugby.

 

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ChuenYan says:

because the conscious mind is so bad at conducting physical tasks, the unconscious usually takes over in physical activities.

e.g. walking in front of a room full of people...you're concentrating on the walking and suddenly walking seems awkward and difficult.

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