There's no scientific explanation for why anesthetics work.
There's also something called anesthesia awareness, where the body is "put under", but the mind is still very active and can percieve pain.
Basically, imagine going in for surgery, you feel the surgeons cut into you and do their thing, no pain relief, and there's nothing you can do about it. Like sleep paralysis but for real. Patients can develop PTSD from this. It's very very rare.
And that, folks, is why I have a phobia of anesthesia!
Great!
I have a new phobia!
Here's hoping I never have to have fucking surgery again!
There's also a bunch of videos for reference for blood spatter analysts on YouTube, where it's just what blood smears look like under different conditions. So I hear. I haven't actually seen any of them
Uffff you know the phobia of that type of thing happening is irrational, right?
I mean, the chances of you waking up during anesthetic treatment is literally next to none. It’s a very small percentile of people, who usually have underlying health issues. It’s also why most surgeries, even minor ones like wisdom teeth getting removed, have a certified anesthesiologist. If you wake up and document it to your doctors, that anesthesiologist can (and probably will) get fired and their certification taken away, for they committed a malpractice.
Not exactly disturbing, but more or less disappointed.
Isn't the whole point of phobias that they're irrational?
Yes but that one it particular makes me roll my eyes until they pop out of my skull. All medical-based ones do.
It's not waking up, it's being conscious while going under, and not being able to wake up and alert someone you aren't numb or sleeping.
Also, most phobias are irrational. That's kinda what makes it a phobia lol.
And under normal circumstances, if you did wake up during anesthesia, they'd up your dosage and you wouldn't even be able to remember it.
And under normal circumstances, if you did wake up during anesthesia, they'd up your dosage and you wouldn't even be able to remember it.
I'm not normal, Owen. Can't you see I'm not like other girls? I have boring brown hair, boring brown eyes, pale skin, two guys are fighting over me, and I'm good at everything.
Uffff you know the phobia of that type of thing happening is irrational, right?
Congratulations, you just defined phobia
What's really great though, is feeling stuff without feeling pain. I had that when I got stitches. Kind of cool.
Like with a local anesthetic?
Yeah. It just took away the pain instead of making me numb.
f o r e n s i c s
What Josh is going into. Blood spatter and stuff.
You can't burp in space.
If you do you throw up
hence the reason why astronauts don’t eat gasy food
Horses can't throw up. They'll just choke to death on their own vomit.
I'm almost definitely allergic to a certain time of anaesthetic
Luckily I've only gone under once, and it was when I was in elementary school to have my tonsils and adnoids (idk how to spell that) out, but I'm always kinda scared of being in an accident and them not knowing about my allergy and giving it to me.
Do you have like a medical ID in your phone? I know apple has an emergency app that can be opened when the phone is locked, you can put allergies and other things people would need to know.
I don't, but I should. It's not an allergy I've been tested for iirc but both my mom and her sister have it so it's really likely I do too.
to have my tonsils and adnoids
Hey same.
Lacking Tonsils Squad?
What sort of name can I make with this similarity-
okay but real talk
you don't have to be worried when you go under
over the summer they knocked me out for my knee surgery (and I'm having another surgery this summer woooooo) (there's a high-ish chance I will lose feeling in half my face :DDDDD)
you're surrounded by professionals and there's always one nurse who's in charge of just taking care of you during the procedure
and they're right next to you to keep you calm when they put the mask on you
and honestly you just take a breath or two and before you know it you're awake again
also they shove this thing in your iv before they wheel you off and put you under that makes your head fuzzy and everything goes in slow motion, so you probably won't even be super aware when they put you under
I just don't like people drugging me against my general will
It's not really against your will
