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What kind of surgery are you having? When I was in the throes of my panic attacks, I had to have 2 wisdom teeth pulled and a root canal all at the same time. This caused me a TON of stress and worry. I was also pregnant at the time and had a severe phobia of dentists... Needless to say, everything turned out perfectly and RIGHT AFTER I had my oral surgery, I was so relieved and excited that I went grocery shopping!! The WORSE experience of that rootcanal and teeth extractions was my FEAR and WORRYING!! The dentist/shots/extraction was a piece of cake! FEAR is what caused me the pain and suffering. What you are feeling is normal. I wish I were there to give you a big hug and to let you know that that you are not alone, and that you are going to be fine. Statistically, the possibility of death through surgery is very low. Also, God chooses WHEN we go home. Make peace with the fact that dying is not by random. it doesn't matter if you are having surgery or not, when it's time to go, it's time to go. Find PEACE in this knowledge. Also, what helped me was to pick up an ATTITUDE. Whenever my mind started to go overdrive and think up all kinds of scarry scenarios, I would get MAD (on purpose) and say, "SO WHAT!!" - "Go ahead, make my day!"... There's a point when you just get fed up and tired of being like this and you just get MAD. Also, as a sufferer, you want to be on the OFFENSIVE side, not the defensive. When you get mad at your panic, you are offensive. Hope this makes sense. God bless! Helen http://panicrecovery.blogspot.com/ |
