What If You Woke Up During Surgery

It's normal to feel nervous if you're about to undergo an operation. Unfortunately, numerous urban legends exist about how things can go wrong during surgery. Such myths don't have any grounds, but they can escalate your anxiety. One such fear makes people wonder what will happen if they wake up when an operation is in progress.

People usually receive general anesthesia before major surgery. It relaxes muscles and puts patients to sleep. Therefore, nobody feels the pain of the operation. Waking up during surgery is called anesthesia awareness, and it is an extremely rare occurrence. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, only one person out of 10,000 wakes up from general anesthesia before an operation is finished. And if we speak about high-risk surgeries, this number drops to one in 40,000 patients.

TIMESTAMPS:
How does it feel during anesthesia awareness? 1:25
Who is at a higher risk of anesthesia awareness? 3:01
What types of surgeries may raise the risk of awareness? 3:45
How can you lower the risk of waking up during an operation? 4:09
Can you reveal all your secrets under anesthesia? 4:49
Can you behave aggressively? 5:37
Will you have nightmares after anesthesia is administered? 6:38
Will you get addicted to opioids after anesthesia? 7:29
Will you see the “afterworld” under anesthesia? 8:35

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SUMMARY:
- People usually receive general anesthesia before major surgery. It relaxes muscles and puts patients to sleep. Therefore, nobody feels the pain of the operation.
- Waking up during surgery doesn't mean excruciating pain combined with paralysis. In a few reported cases of anesthesia awareness, patients could recognize that something was happening around them.
- The chances of waking up during surgery are minuscule. Your anesthesiologist is present throughout the whole procedure, and if something unusual happens, they will take care of this unexpected development.
- Particular types of surgeries may raise the risk of awareness. Such surgeries are mostly emergency operations after a serious injury, emergency C-sections, and some types of heart surgery.
- Many people are worried that when they're receiving anesthesia, they will blurt out things they may regret later. This fear has no grounds. Patients do feel more relaxed under anesthetic, but they don't reveal anything unusual.
- Diethyl ether not only made patients aggressive but also evoked severe nausea and vomiting. That's why it was replaced with improved forms of anesthetics as soon as they were developed.
- Most people describe being under anesthesia as a blackout. They report falling asleep and then waking up — seemingly a couple of minutes later. This means that even if they were dreaming, they don't remember anything at all.
- Researchers from the University of Michigan figured out that some surgeons prescribe a greater allowance of medication than some patients end up using.
- Some people believe that they will be able to see the “afterworld” when they are under anesthesia, just like people who have experienced clinical death. But the notions of being under anesthesia and experiencing clinical death are as far from each other as they can be.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Have you ever experienced general anesthesia? How did you feel after that?

[lorijo]

I actually woke up as they were prepping me for an appendectomy. I heard Oh sh**, she’s awake. They just gave more drugs and out I went.

[cejimenez]

I’m one in ten thousand. I woke up I couldn’t feel pain . How ever it was scary.

[sahia]

I woke up before...I just laid there and listened..I wasn't in pain..then I stretched my fingers to let them know that I was awake. The nurse saw it and realized I was awake and let the surgeon know I was awake. I'm a woman.

[Caniac]

I woke up during an ear surgery a while back the doctors freaked out and told me not to move. They put me back under really fast. It was probably one of the scariest things I ever experienced.

[noname-fypf]

Me:*having surgery*
Me:*wakes up*
Me:*screams extremely loud*
Operators:*becomes deaf*
Me:*WHY DOES EVERYTHING HURT*
Me:*dies*

[ayelmao]

Player: **Choose scream**
*Doctor has left the game*

[taylorsmith]

My mom's woken up during surgery before. The doctors didn't believe her, when she said she could feel what they we doing.

[amicat]

Who else loves this guy?




Like if u do!

[mackenziesampson]

I don't want people to go in my body 😦😟

[sherimezei]

that was funny
doctor:good we are in progress
me:whats up doc what u doing

[viktorijavaicekauskaite]

5:40 I wasn't aggressive, I just started crying.

[walledsand]

I've never had surgery and i hope no one will ever will

[InsaneMnky]

I have had 6 surgeries. 5 were brain surgeries, and one was gallbladder removal. The thought of waking up during an operation were on my mind. Thankfully I had no issues. Also my grandmother is a retired CRNA(certified registered nurse anesthetist)

[fanefanefanef]

What if the grape woke up during the surgery?

[sufiahyahya]

If I woke up during a surgery I'd talk to the doctors
"please make me sleep right now omg omg omg"
and literally having a panic attack
Also waking up on a surgery is one of my biggest fear

[laurenbahr]

When I had general anesthesia once, when I went to sleep I recited the recipe and the directions how to make my favorite birthday cake. I only know this because I'm an RN and a coworker was in the operating room for my surgery.

[bharathkumart]

I underwent my acl surgery, on worlds anesthesia day. And i woke up 4times in mid of my surgery disturbing doctors, and they were surprised, i dint know untill i see this video.thank you.

[syedabegum]

When I had a surgery I woke up just saying I Remember I was having a surgery so I pretended to sleep but the doctor catch me and made me go sleep again 💤💤😷

[maureendoerner]

I was "aware" from the moment I was paralyzed until the breathing tube was removed at the end. I felt everything. I felt air hunger when the anesthesiologist didn't ventilate me as he casually intubated me and put me on the ventilator. I felt and watched my eyes being taped shut. I was totally awake and tried everything I could think of to let them know I was awake. They never noticed. The 2 doctors spoke about their recent vacations and I got to feel the full effect of a scalpel across my abd. I went through the whole surgery awake and when I was extubated at last I told them everything they said and did while I was supposed to be under general anesthesia. They said a few people are "aware" during surgery. No apology. I couldn't scream or move or cry tears. I prayed to pass out but that didn't happen either. Awareness happens. Sure it is less than 0.02% chance but when it is your turn to experience it you will know pain, fear and anxiety.