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I am taking an Anatomy and Physiology class (Final exam next week) and yesterday the class went to the cadaver lab. I opted out of going because the "long-dead" give me panic attacks. This stems from a traumatic experience I had as a little girl. I can handle things like evisceration, gaping bloody wounds, protruding bones, etc. I can even handle being around the nearly dead and the newly dead. Its just those folks that have been dead for a long time that really creep me out.
When cadaver labs were discussed early in the semester, the teacher seemed fine with my not going (as it is not a requirement of the class), but yesterday, she kept trying to push me into going. I finally just had to tell her that "me + cadaver = Panic attack."
I was talking it over with my mom last night. We talked about how I didn't go into Nursing because I didn't want to have to deal with cadavers and dissection. I think my main issue with cadavers is that I *know* that it was a person at one point, and now its just something to be poked and prodded. :wacko:
I realize that if I want to continue my education and become a Paramedic, I will have to overcome this fear. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to do that.
I am taking an Anatomy and Physiology class (Final exam next week) and yesterday the class went to the cadaver lab. I opted out of going because the "long-dead" give me panic attacks. This stems from a traumatic experience I had as a little girl. I can handle things like evisceration, gaping bloody wounds, protruding bones, etc. I can even handle being around the nearly dead and the newly dead. Its just those folks that have been dead for a long time that really creep me out.
When cadaver labs were discussed early in the semester, the teacher seemed fine with my not going (as it is not a requirement of the class), but yesterday, she kept trying to push me into going. I finally just had to tell her that "me + cadaver = Panic attack."
I was talking it over with my mom last night. We talked about how I didn't go into Nursing because I didn't want to have to deal with cadavers and dissection. I think my main issue with cadavers is that I *know* that it was a person at one point, and now its just something to be poked and prodded. :wacko:
I realize that if I want to continue my education and become a Paramedic, I will have to overcome this fear. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to do that.