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TIFU by showering at the wrong time

This was a few months ago. It was my day off and the only thing I had to do was pick my girlfriend up from work at 9:00 pm. Other than that, I was free to loaf on the couch from morning to night, which is what I did. Around 8:00, I decided to shower before I left the house. Now, I have short hair that dries pretty quickly, but I am deeply vain about it, so I always dry it with the hairdryer right after I shower to ensure my hair doesn't get flat and weird. I never skip this step. So, I get out of the shower, start drying my hair...

And then I wake up in bed. It's half an hour later. I feel like garbage, my entire body mysteriously hurts, and I am slowly realizing that I don't remember exiting the bathroom. My only clear thought is: "oh shit, it's 9:00! I have to pick up my girlfriend! Better shake myself awake." I dragged my aching carcass back to the bathroom, and this was when I noticed the massive blisters forming all over my hand. I was still pretty out of it, but I knew that this was a hospital visit kind of burn. My girlfriend then called to check in because I was running late and, despite my undoubtedly convincing argument that I was still perfectly fine to drive, she immediately knew something was wrong. She cabbed home and we got a ride to the ER.

Turns out, I had my first ever seizure! It seems like during the seizure, I clenched the hairdryer in my fist and had it pointed at my other hand long enough to thoroughly cook it. The tissue loss is pretty deep in some areas and there was concerns about me retaining my mobility, but it's been healing well so far.

If I had showered at any other time, I probably would have been reclining on a soft surface when I seized. Instead, it had to happen while doing the only possibly risky activity I could muster up the energy for that day (aside from picking my girlfriend up; thank christ I wasn't driving). In the end, we spent 10 hours in the ER between all the scans and tests, I was bedridden for almost a month, my license was suspended, and I'll have some gnarly scars for the rest of my life.

TL;DR: Spent the whole day in the safest possible position to have a seizure. Had a seizure during the 5 minutes it takes to dry my hair, resulting in severe burns.

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