I was physically healthy, so I did not think that the dark period would come from disease. and I did not think that with the help of a friend who had undergone a similar dark period, I would achieve a psychological maturity and change of life.
In the summer of my senior year in high school, I suffered from a disease called pneumothorax(PSP)’ which has a very rare probability to occur in my lung. According to the doctor, “if the symptoms occur, you must go to the hospital promptly and you must be treated promptly.”, “If the symptoms are severe, you will die.” because there was no precise cause or preventive measure, the doctor had a negative opinion about surgery. Although the probability of a recurrence of pneumothorax was over 80%, I had …show more content…
The recurrence made me feel the fear of death. Since then, the anxiety about ‘pneumothorax’ has become extremely worse at night. I repeated to think “What should I do if pneumothorax recurs while I am sleeping?” and “Would pneumothorax lead to death at night?” in the end, I could not sleep well, and the pneumothorax did not even take a little time to break down my routine and my studies. Psychological anxiety affected every action and made me negative. Even though the pneumothorax did not recur, the pain seemed to be felt in my chest, and the pneumothorax seemed to happen …show more content…
I thought him a good friend who is bright and joyful. However, by hearing about the dark period and process of overcoming his heart disease from him, I could feel that he is inner mature man rather than a superficial look. He said that the thing which bother you is not a pneumothorax, but the fear about pneumothorax. in other words, it is the disease of mind. when I first heard his stories I could not understand what he said, but his continuous stories were enough to make me understand. Through talking with him, I discovered that it was not a disease called ‘pneumothorax’ but rather ‘myself’ that cause psychological distress and fear of
In the summer of my senior year in high school, I suffered from a disease called pneumothorax(PSP)’ which has a very rare probability to occur in my lung. According to the doctor, “if the symptoms occur, you must go to the hospital promptly and you must be treated promptly.”, “If the symptoms are severe, you will die.” because there was no precise cause or preventive measure, the doctor had a negative opinion about surgery. Although the probability of a recurrence of pneumothorax was over 80%, I had …show more content…
The recurrence made me feel the fear of death. Since then, the anxiety about ‘pneumothorax’ has become extremely worse at night. I repeated to think “What should I do if pneumothorax recurs while I am sleeping?” and “Would pneumothorax lead to death at night?” in the end, I could not sleep well, and the pneumothorax did not even take a little time to break down my routine and my studies. Psychological anxiety affected every action and made me negative. Even though the pneumothorax did not recur, the pain seemed to be felt in my chest, and the pneumothorax seemed to happen …show more content…
I thought him a good friend who is bright and joyful. However, by hearing about the dark period and process of overcoming his heart disease from him, I could feel that he is inner mature man rather than a superficial look. He said that the thing which bother you is not a pneumothorax, but the fear about pneumothorax. in other words, it is the disease of mind. when I first heard his stories I could not understand what he said, but his continuous stories were enough to make me understand. Through talking with him, I discovered that it was not a disease called ‘pneumothorax’ but rather ‘myself’ that cause psychological distress and fear of