Overcame one of my biggest fears this week.

[Jimbo]

Hospitals. That's right. Hospitals have always been one of my biggest fears.

There's something about needles and tubes going in every orifice of my body that just creeps me out. I guess it has something to do with not being in control.

Well two days ago I went in for hernia surgery. For two weeks I had been dreading it, pretty terrified. Well after some serious prayer, about two days before surgery, my fears completely went away and I was at total peace knowing that God would take care of me.

It turns out the whole process wasn't too bad and next time will be much easier. I think sometimes we work our minds up into a frenzy and fill our minds with all the what ifs and torture ourselves mentally over things.

Just glad it's over and next time I face this fear it won't be so bad.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I recently had surgery on my two ingrown toenails in a hospital and I must say the staff did a tremendous job of reassuring confidence and kept a graceful amount of professionalism about them, it was a really positive experience. I'm not afraid of hospitals one bit.

 

[Cosmophylla]

That's really great, Jimbo Like you, I find hospitals and clinics creepy. For me, I think there's mirror-touch synaesthesia going on, so I physically sense things even when they ar happening to someone else or in my imagination. Also, a dim memory from my childhood that took place in a hospital has served to give me a very bad impression of doctors.

When I was pregnant with my second I was seeing a hospital birthing counsellor and one time I saw on her notes she had written "CSA", short for childhood sexual abuse. I asked her if the therapist I was seeing had told her about my history but she said no, that the fear of needles I had previously mentioned is directly related to childhood sexual abuse. Makes you wonder about hospitals!

I definitely agree about the way we torture ourselves with hypotheticals... Self-hypnosis/guided meditation has worked when I've needed to prepare myself for frightening situations.

 

[Beverly]

I'm glad you did okay with having surgery, that's never easy for anyone, well maybe there are a few cosmetic junkies out there that find it easy, but most don't.

I don't care much for hospitals myself, I'm not afraid of them or anything that goes on in there, I just get nauseated by the smell inside hospital, and they all smell the same to me, sanitizer with a sickening sweet overlay and, that unmistakable smell of disease or infection.

 

[Cosmophylla]

I just get nauseated by the smell inside hospital, and they all smell the same to me, sanitizer with a sickening sweet overlay and, that unmistakable smell of disease or infection.

Yes! Lack of fresh air makes it seem like a breeding place for illness... So gloomy and miserable and stifling...

 

[Progster]

Hospitals, yes, takes a lot of courage. I once got knocked over by a car and had to have a drip and urinary catheter, it was awful.