Lzrd938

Thanks guys! I woke up this morning and read these posts and actually laughed. I guess I am not the only one that has these feelings and that makes me feel alot better. I think as nurses we see the "worse case senerio" too often. I mean the people who have chest pain and it is actually heart burn are probably 100 times more frequent than the one who is having a heart attack, but who do we see......the guy who is having the heart attack. And the lady who has a headache and takes tylenol and it goes away.......no we dont see her either, we see the one with an anneurysm. So naturally we learn to relate our symptoms to the worst possible outcome. Thanks for the input!

This is going to sound so stupid so dont laugh at me too hard but.......are any of you more scared of certain illnesses or death since you became a nurse and actually seen this stuff close up? Like I constantly think I am going to have a heart attack, I am so worried that I will. Even if I get heart burn, immediatly in my mind it is a heart attack. I have a friend who is sure with every head ache she gets that she is having an annuerysm. And OMG the thought of dying just makes me mad. Death scares the pants off me. I know most of the pt's I have seen die it has seemed like a peaceful thing but I want NO part of it. Yes I am a christian and believe in Heaven, but I can wait!!! I am in no hurry! I am not being ignorant or psychotic, I realize we all go at some point. Just wondered how you all felt and if this stuff scared you more now that you are a nurse and see it all the time. Thanks!