Sleepless nights and anxiOus days. My fears of surgery is taking over my life. H!


Question: Sleepless nights and anxiOus days. My fears of surgery is taking over my life. Help?
I have an annoying habit of worrying about things tjat havnt happened yet. It all started when my mum told me she had had appendicitis and that she had to have surgery in order to have her appendix removed. I started to pannick and think - what if i get appendicitis? And i started worrying about it for ages then the anxiety settled down. When my freind told me he had had surgery for his broken arm i also started to freak out. He said they injected him and he felt cold liquid flowing up his arm and he felt all dizzy and then fell asleep. I was just so worried and anxious at this point because i do not know the feeling of being knocked out and what if it goes wrong and i am not fully asleep for the operation. I eventually told my parents about my anxiety and they said "why are you worrying about thinys that have not happened?" however, my mam mentioned tjat they stuck tubes down your throat and hooked you up to a breathing machine, which is my worst fear. I feel sick at the thought of that, so unnatural, creepy and freaky (i am very squeamish). I started to have nightmares etc. I never used to worry about this problem before. And i just scared of the possibility of having surgery one day. I have tried writing positive things down about why i shouldnt worry about it but those thoughts keep coming back. Plz can someone help me with my anxiety

Answers:

Sweetie, you have to realize that not everyone ever has surgery. I know people who have never.

But if you do you do and there is nothing that bad about it! Really!

When you are put to sleep, you "might" feel the liquid going up your arm, but I never have. You just go to sleep within seconds. The next thing you know is your are being waken by a nurse in the recovery room. Being awake during surgery but unable to tell them is EXTREMELY rare. Yes it happens. But it is RARE!!! Anyone who has general anesthesia has breathing tubes. They are not put in until you go to sleep. They are usually removed before you awaken. You really know they were there. The most you might feel is a slightly sore throat. But that has never happened to me.

If you can't get over this then you need to see your doctor and ask for treatment for Anxiety. This is treatable and there are therapist who can help you learn not to obsess about this kind of thing.



Dude, surgery is aweasome. You wake up practically high. You won't even know what's happened....it literally feels like you just blinked. Yes....sometimes they put a breathing tube down tour throat but you will be asleep.

Oral surgery, and gull bladder surgery.



This extreme anxiety is not healthy. Perhaps talk to your councellor?



try talking to your school counselor, they might be able to help



Hey,put up your mind where it feels comfort or whatever you love to think or do,that way you can kill the monster(which is already helpless or mere surviving upon the attention and time that you devote to it).
Nothing to panic as nobody knows what will happen next.so enjoy the present which any cool person is supposed to.you can also take help of meditation to calm yourself down.
Freak out n enjoy buddy:)

My sincere take




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