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jerjerrej@mastodon.social
Jun 2, 2026, 2:35 PM
@SecondUniverse
Forgive me for putting a slight spin on this. I fell down some steps in hospital when visiting it for a different purpose when I was three. I caught my cheek on a small stool and needed three stitches, so thankfully I was already in a hospital! However, I was awake through most of that surgical procedure, seeing the surgeon bend over my face and feeling the pain of the needle placing those stitches. It haunted me for many years. My point being: my family trivialised it.
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jerjerrej@mastodon.social
Jun 2, 2026, 2:41 PM
@SecondUniverse
[Continued] That kind of trivialisation or playing down alone might cause years of psychological trauma, apart from the actual trauma. The only way my fall was ever brought up was around the slight scar on my cheek that kept reminding my family of what had happened, and I never even got a chance to explain the problems experiencing surgery while aware caused me. This is just a side note, not trying to trivialise anything you said.
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