What if? These are the before thoughts, the dread that preys on the minds of many as the surgery or other medical procedure approaches. Will it hurt? How much pain will there be? How long will recovery take? Will I have a scar? And more ominous notions often abound: What if something goes wrong? What if it doesn't work? What if I die on the operating table? Add to this the phobic's
machinations of improbable terrors and you have the ultimate fear of the unknown.
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Clearly an exaggeration
But It's really just a building where people work
If I think that I'll panic, I will
Most of this is of my own making
Waves of fear: thinking myself into a worse state
Fear of the unknown (what I think I know)
Do you think these might be bloodthirsty people?
Medical professionals are just people
"...My colleagues and I are but human."
But what are these pictures really about? Why are the doctors and nurses depicted as wolves? I have prepared an essay on what these images mean to me.
