How To Deal With Post-Surgery Depression And Emotional Impact

Dealing with anxiety and other emotional instabilities before surgery and post-surgery are two different and major tasks. Coping with emotional trauma is as tiring as going through the surgery is. Different people take or deal with their stress in different ways.

While some people go easy and cope with emotional impact easily, some may take a long time to get back to normal. With the right moral support of family and friends, one can cope quickly. Read the BehavioralHealth Journal. 

First and foremost way to deal is to talk to your doctor about how and what you feel and seek their help. However, there are a few list things one can do by themselves to try and cope if they are not willing to share with another person. Exercise, which already might be a routine part of healing, is a good way to deal with stress.

Exercising helps to let stress out, boosts the mental as well as physical health, improves self-esteem, mood, and confidence. Exercising plays a vital role in helping the person cope and deal with their post-surgery trauma.

Never stay alone. Always try and keep someone’s company, be it a family member or a close friend. Try and take someone along with you while you exercise or perform other activities and tasks.

Additionally, there are healthcare support centers that offer emotional support and help the patient requires to cope. Another great way is to stay active as much as possible. In case you are physically tired, try and do creative work or put on your thinking cap and work on something that does not require any physical activity or movement. Include healthy food in your diets such as fruits and nuts. As much tempting turning to comfort foods may be, try not to eat junk or unhealthy food that only hampers with the recovery process. Add healthy foods that are full of protein, nutrients, and other supplements that accelerate the recovery process.

Maintain a healthy sleep routine. It is difficult to maintain the regular sleep routine after surgeries, especially if in a hospital. However, at the same time, doing so helps to heal better and quicker. A right amount of sleep boosts one’s mental and physical health. Refer to OrthopedicsJournal to learn more about post-surgery conditions and effects.

Avoid blaming the injury or the accident on self, as it is common to do so. Try and stop replaying the incident over and over again in your head blaming yourself for it. Ask yourself the intention behind such a thought and try to turn it into positive thoughts.

Disappointment, frustration, anger, loss or grief, shame, helplessness, resentment, lack of control, and vulnerability are some of the other major effects post-surgery. It is more helpful to think how and what can be done in the present to heal quickly rather than whiling away time and energy on thinking about the accident or injury.

Loss can be in any form. A person may lose their appearance, or ability to function the way they used to before the accident, losing social connections, or financial stability. It is okay to allow yourself to grieve once in a while to let all the bottled up feelings as it helps you feel better and have more positive thoughts. It is important to remind yourself that you are still in control of how and what you think and help yourself accordingly.

No matter how hard the incident might have been, remember that you are not alone and there is always your family and friends to help you.