Your (Secret) Personality Reveals Under Anesthesia?

#personality #anesthesia #secrets

Surgery reveals a lot about you. Can it also reveal your personality traits?

Anesthesia induces a temporary loss of sensation or consciousness in patients... but it can also reveal where our personality traits lie according to the 5 factor model. The 5 factor model is a widely accepted framework for understanding personality traits. It consists of five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

In this video, we will explore how anesthesia can reveal where patients’ personalities lie on the 5 factor model. We will discuss the different personality traits that are associated with anesthesia and how they can be used to better understand patients’ personalities. This can also have life long benefits if we use this precious window to view ourselves from a lens we haven't had access to before.

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[nancybaumgartner]

It’s not your “personality”, it’s your reaction to vulnerability

[isabelledetaillefer]

I'm fascinated with what the patient does & say while coming out of anaesthesia. I have 4 nephews who had tonsils removed before age 5, and they were a marvel. One woke up very fragile & deeply upset, his younger brother was swearing like a sailor and slapping the nurses who touched him (his mom was mortified, I was in stitches.) One was quiet and almost angelic, another couldn't stop giggling. They ALL wanted their mommies...so feeling safe & nurtured was priority no 1. I read somewhere that almost all the men waking up in war hospitals call their mothers, so it's a very primal thing.

[patricksicard_psy]

As a clinical and trauma psychologist, I can tell you that many surgeons and anesthesiologists are malignant narcissists. This behavior pathology is characterized by Machiavellian traits, primarily sadism, (ASPD) Antisocial personality disorder (psychopathy/sociopathy) and Narcissistic personality styles for example a diagnosis of (NPD) 15:53 Narcissistic personality disorder. Note: The aforementioned disorders must be diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.

[Candybrickwall]

I start flirting, I tell the staff how much I love them. I talk nonstop and make jokes. Tell the men how cute they are. I tell the woman how pretty they are. Many compliments. I will tell them I’m so grateful for them. Thanking them over and over again

[angie-vgo]

If medical workers only realized how a tap on the patients’ shoulder or arm can make a HUGE difference in the fear, anxiety and pain one is experiencing right before and/or after surgery! Its so important, maybe more-so than medicine. Thank you!

[kristi-ip]

As a chronic pain patient, I just had my fourth back surgery. The pain afterwards because they had to cut out my ribs and make a cage and straighten my spine. The pain was so bad I was begging for more pain medicine since I’ve been on it so long and I ended up having a mild stroke and I am recovering now. I’m 54 years old and I’ve had a total of 23 surgeries in my lifetime. I always appreciate your positive comments and suggestions and videos as I am a very positive person and I always relay that in the operating room. They ask how I’m doing, I say I’m fine I just I’m ready for the milk of amnesia and they all laugh, and then I wake up afterwards. Thank you again for the comfort that you give people, especially those facing their first surgery.

[dedefleisher]

I am almost 73. After I listened to your YouTube about what happens when coming out of OR and anesthesia, I thought “That’s why!” When I had my hysterectomy in my early 30’s, back in my room, I put my arms around my OB and told him that I loved him! I was so embarrassed later!!

Another surgery many many years ago, I was coming out of the OR and rolling to PACU. I was crying and telling my husband over and over that I loved him. At least it was my husband this time! LOL. My husband said I almost made HIM cry!

I enjoy your videos and the education you provide. Thank you!

[pjmackall]

Right before I was having an emergency surgery, the surgeon had screamed at me over nothing- and talked to me like I was a dog. He was most likely a racist, sexist, and probably a psychopath. (I’ve worked with a lot of those types, so I recognized his pathological narcissism.) His cruelty made me very afraid, so right before surgery, I asked the anesthesiologist to “please not let him kill me.” He laughed until I told him what the doctor had done. After surgery I was so grateful to wake up. I thanked everyone. Normally I wouldn’t have been afraid.

[FortheBudgies]

If I'm crying or difficult before or after it's because the staff have not listened to me or not believed my pain was real or unusual for the situation. I'm treated like I'm irrational when I'm telling them something is truly wrong.

[mskat]

I had emergency C-section due to a detached placenta at 29 wks. Massive hemorrhage & recall going under thinking the anesthesiologist was the last person I would see in this life. They tried bringing my son in so I could see him as they were taking him to another hospital with a neo-natal critical care unit. I recall waking up & everything was pitch black other than a tiny light a few feet away. I sat straight up & screamed no as I thought I was on my way to hell. I then was given something & woke up day of his funeral. He survived 16 hrs. PTSD for years.

[taleravenreads]

I don't think this is fair at all. To claim that our "true" personality is what comes out when we're drugged and, often, terrified? We all know the body keeps the score, and our body doesn't know the difference between a needed surgery and a dangerous trauma. To say our real or more authentic selves is who we are during a traumatic and, once again, drugged, is our more authentic self. I have severe medical PTSD. This feels so victim-blamey to me.

[kathycorcoran]

I had heart surgery yesterday to get a pacemaker implanted. I have a great surgeon who did a cryo ablation on me a couple years ago. I do whatever he says I trust him implicitly. He is kind and compassionate as well as really good. I am very lucky.

[lauraw.]

When I was 29 (back in 1999), I had surgery to repair my broken ankle. In the recovery room, I woke up being aware of my environment, just a little drowsy. All of a sudden, I started ”convulsing, " back arching upward, stiffening of body, & doing so for several seconds over several times. It felt like I was being electrocuted, & I sounded that way. I was conscious. I could hear the nurses joking with the anesthesiologist, ”What did you give her?” "I didn't do anything to her.” He was looking up stuff in his book, trying to figure out what could be wrong. He said he didn't know what was wrong with me. I asked if it was convulsions & he said no, because I conscious. Joking aside, I do believe they were concerned, or I sure hope so. They must have given me meds to sedate me. I was shaking pretty bad too, even while sedated/sleeping. I couldnt even feed myself because of the intense trembling. I was supposed to go home the day after surgery, but all the shaking caused them to keep me for a week, sedated. I don't think anyone ever knew what was going on. (I don't think it was investigated really, just the symptoms treated.) I think my medical records indicated Cogentin was used in surgery, but someone said no, that it was given to me for shaking afterward. Would an anesthesiologist ever use Congentin in surgery? What do you think might have been going on? I am new here. Thank you.

[krice]

When my husband was in the prep room before his triple bypass, he was talking up a storm and cracking jokes. And his post op recovery was outstanding! He immediately was ready to get healed. He was walking after two days and left the hospital on day five!! Thank God for his high spirits, because I was frightened to no end! 🙏

[Cups_of_Tea_System]

I don't know that he clearly stated, but the OCEAN acronym comes from the field of psychology, and the "big 5" are the aspects of defining human personality. We use them in psychology related to understanding people's personality characteristics and disorders.

[marciamccord]

I had surgery when I was a teenager and while waking up, I was so worried because my father was very upset about me. I asked him to read to me—even though it was a book about city planning, not my interest—but I knew if he read to me he would feel better.

[amysepan]

I've woken up once in a procedure, and started joining the conversation the nurses were having about how cold the operating room was. I definitely agreed with them. They heard me, and asked what I said, so I spoke up about how they were right, the room is freezing. I could register the shock in the nurse's voice when she said, "Doctor, she's awake...!" So the doctor calmly told me to stay very still because he wasn't done yet and described a tugging sensation I should expect as he was continuing. I asked for some warm blankets because I was about to start shivering violently because of how cold the room was, and I didn't want to mess him up as he was working.
I think I'm in the mostly agreeable and slightly open range. That was also the easiest wake up I'd ever had in the recovery room, after. Was laughing and joking until they reminded me why I was there by giving me a grief support contact card. I was there for a D&E post miscarriage. Don't know what the cocktail was, but it made me forget the grief until I was reminded in the recovery room, even though I knew intellectually what was going on when I woke up during the procedure. No opioid use! It was weird. I bring that up for all surgeries, now, so I don't have an early wake up anymore.

[SaveTheBees]

Hi Dr.! I am a retired Surgical Tech. Since I found your channel, it has brought me such joy. I am taken back, in my mind, to the OR and you are so precise. I understand a lot of what you talk about and yet I learn more each session. You’re a fantastic speaker and I appreciate you so much. Thank you for being here and giving those of us who still enjoy our life’s career, fond remembrances. Still a part of the team! 😊 Blessings and peace to you and your family!

[AB-unio]

Here’s some food for thought. You telling your funny little secrets about how anesthesia unlocks all kinds of personal things about a person is enough to make me never want to have any surgery ever again whether elective or required. I used to have such faith in anesthesiologists until you all started sqwaking about what you see in a patient during a very vulnerable time. Maybe that’s just me? Have a great day.

[jacquelineveazey]

Think I am a combination of 1 and 2. I get very nervous beforehand and apologise for shaking, I always have questions to ask (usually before I get to pre-op) then accept the answers given. I woke up after my last surgery so calm it was unreal. Listening to your videos has helped me prepare for the next one, although I am still awfully nervous. But thank you for arming me with information.