i&#x27;ve fainted before.  you&#x27;re right, the time just &#x27;blinks&#x27; out of existence.  it&#x27;s different than sleep.<p>i&#x27;m not quite so sure &#x27;dead&#x27; isn&#x27;t a good way to describe it, because that&#x27;s probably what it feels like to be dead, and what it felt like before you were born.