Having surgery tomorrow and not coping well with med trauma
I have a lot of chronic illnesses and a lot of medical trauma. Now tomorrow I’m facing another surgery, I’ll be staying overnight in a hospital I’ve never been to. I don’t know what skills to use to cope with this anxiety and the nightmares and flashbacks to previous traumas (some as recent as 5 months ago, that I feel I never truly “got over” yet).
Posted Dec 7, 2025, 12:50 PM UTC
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