Emotional Mysteries

[Batgrrly]

Since my surgery 3 weeks back, I can't seem to watch telly like I did. I love things like murder mysteries and spooky stuff films. But lately while watching Anime, I got too weirded out by some things and had to drop watching the series. It's like every day since surgery I have this bizarre creeping fear i can't get a hold of.

[Satnam123]

Sometimes after surgery u feel different about things, at the moments things r not right as I keep having dizzy spells due to the head problem I have but I hope u r feeling better soon tc nite xx

[chevidaniels]

are you in any pain? I remember after I had a very long 6 hour jaw op I had a 3 month uncomfy recovery. I could no longer watch the thrillers and dramas that I loved and the only thing I could watch was kids cartoons. I think it was a way of coping with the pain, it sounds strange but in those moments where you feel uncomfortable or in pain you cant concentrate so cartoons are easy enough to watch without paying too much attention.

[rockie1952]

Can't comment about the feeling of fear but after my heart attack and subsequent bypass surgery I was very emotional for a few weeks and kept bursting into tears whenever I thought about what had happened and what might have happened. This seems to be quite normal, apparently. You have experienced a major physical and emotional event. I started to feel more normal emotionally after a couple of months, though some films and stories that previously would not have had much effect on me are more likely to pull my emotional strings now.. Hopefully your emotions and fears will settle down too.

[Batgrrly in reply to rockie1952]

Did okay with Westworld last night. Vaughn says it’s because they aren’t real humans. But humans got hurt too. I’m suck a spooky fan too.

[Qualipop]

I've had an irrational, mostly subconscious fear since my heart attack that watching anything that might make my heart race or make me tense, is going to affect my heart. Could it be a subconscious worry?

[Jasppip]

I've gone off so many programmes I used to love since my heart attack I just can't be bothered with them anymore I thought after a few weeks I'd go back to them but 2 months later still don't

[not2worry]

Many times after the surgery you will have brain fog that comes from the anesthesia you were given. Sometimes they don’t tell you how it affects your thoughts. I felt I was going crazy when I was released and got home. It took me about 3 weeks to throw off the anesthesia. There is not to much we can do other than wait. If it lasts longer talk to your GP. Drinking water helps flush out but the affects of the drug has a longer life than most drugs. We never think about how powerful the drug is that lets us sleep blissfully through a procedure that saves our lIves.

All the best from across the Pond

[Batgrrly in reply to not2worry]

Thank you, water it part of my therapy every day.

[Sparklecake]

Hi! I had a cardiac event earlier this year and my memory has been rubbish since! I forget names, what I was talking about, and even the names of the medications I was on! I think we are all affected in different ways, and it's nothing much to worry about. I love your avi, by the way - I adore foxes and spent most of my recovery time on Instagram, finding wonderful photos of foxes! 😁 Hope you feel better soon.

[Batgrrly in reply to Sparklecake]

Yes it’s just very slow

[CharlesL]

Well there you go there is an upside to every misfortune.

Take care

C

[Twobells]

This happened to me, I think it was just what I'd been through, but after a few months it became easier. I found sitting with someone really helped. Watch Xfactor or something that you can have a giggles back. Hope this helps. I think we just don't comprehend the enormotity of what we have been through.

Good luck

[Batgrrly in reply to Twobells]

I tried watching Westworld Season 2 last night and did okay with the violence in it. I don’t know why watching episode 3 of The Tunnel S3 weirded me out. The Rats were easy, it was the other things that got me. Yes time.

[rockie1952]

I can thoroughly recommend watching What's up Doc - the Barbara Streisand film. It is very funny. There is a car chase mid-way through that had me laughing out loud. I can't remember when I last laughed so much - so much it hurt my chest!! A brilliant tonic.

[wiltsgirl]

Hi after my surgery I couldn't watch 24 hrs in A & E and anything hospital related. I love anything like that! It took about 2 months for me to be comfortable with it again. Hopefully it will past xx

[Gladaven]

Hi batgrrly , after an episode of something that caused me anxiety I had to stop watching coronation street completely. Keeping someone in a cellar, murder and grooming a young 👧 girl for sex like a prostitute was not what I wantedtowatch.All the soaps story lines just doom and gloom. Let's face it I wanted something I could laugh at and some good 👍 quizzes that would tax my brain. Even Mr Parkinson said how 👎 bad the T V plots had become I am sure lot of people will agree with us. Cheers Gladys.X.

[Hidden]

I had my heart bypass three months ago. When I came home I was so sore and full of pills and pain killers I felt very emotional and although I have a significant other, felt lonely and vulnerable. I too was very emotional and some programmes I liked prior to op, or some classical opera, especially Madame Butterfly and "O Mio Babbino Caro" (My dear papa) from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini. From the first note I was in floods of tears. Another time I asked my significant not to talk to me because I could not speak, knowing I would burst into tears. All this passed within two weeks and is a result of the anaesthetic during the op. Remember it is your operation, your pain and your recovery. No one is pushing you to mend, however you MUST do your best to mend and get better. That is all the investors in your future (doctors family and friends) ask of you is that you try. Good luck to you, all will be well soon