So apparently, according to my partner, it's not normal to pass out after swallowing a bite of food wrong. Apparently it's not even common knowledge what swallowing wrong means.
Let me explain the entirety of the process, then: it's when you swallow and immediately realize you should've activated the swallowing process either half a second sooner or later, but now it's too late.
Your esophagus starts cramping, and you feel a knot of intense pain traveling down into your stomach, making you painfully aware of where the bite of food is located within your body. Your eyes water and you feel lightheaded and dizzy.
If it's very bad, you'll start losing consciousness, maybe possibly from the intense pain, and pass out for 5-20 seconds, waking up to your terrified partner lightly slapping your face and about to call an ambulance.
It happens quite often, but the really bad part only once every three years or so.
