The moment it hit my tongue I knew I was in deep. It was extremely hot and nothing relieved it. I was sweating from every skin cell. My ears were sweating. My soul was sweating. I had to chew it very quickly but once I swallowed it the real fear set in. As soon as it was down I realized there was only one of two ways it was coming back out and I chose poorly. If you’ve never felt your body digest something in real-time it is a little unnerving. I could physically feel it travel to my stomach. Once there everything was kind of a blur. Side note: do NOT pound water to relieve the heat because you will turn into a geyser of Carolina Reaper water from your mouth and nose. I staggered to the restroom on the verge of tears, not because it was so hot but because I knew I made a big fucking mistake. My body temp was so high I was stripping clothes off me as I made it to the stall. Mind you, I was at work. So there was this pile of clothes like someone struck down a Jedi outside of the stall. I have to wear boots with my work clothes so there I am sweating like a warthog weeping, shitting and moaning on the toilet in nothing but socks and boots. I was delirious. Time lost all meaning. I was hearing colors. Seeing sounds. I was leaning on all the walls soaking them with sweat and fear. I was so sweaty I slid around the seat smearing shit all over my ass cheeks and the seat making it even more slippery. At the peak of vomiting through my legs and crapping and sliding around in a mixture of sweat, shit and shame I was preparing to scream for someone to call 911 and it just…stopped. Like my body was just shutting down nerve endings because it knew my time was up. I started to cool down. Eventually all my body fluids stopped coming out. I composed myself, washed my ass out in the sink (like a fucking animal) and went to lay down. Some Tums really helped me recover but holy shit was that an experience. It was almost cathartic like a near death experience. If I’m ever in that position again I would make myself puke to keep it from digesting.