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I wonder if some people cope better with knowing less. If the procedure for removing the stitches from my eyeball had been explained in advance, I'd still have
by tnjm 5y ago
I wonder if some people cope better with knowing less. If the procedure for removing the stitches from my eyeball had been explained in advance, I'd still have them now.
Going in, I'd imagined the best possible outcome. This, of course, didn't bear much relationship to what followed.
No doubt some people would have steeled themselves first given more information. (And perhaps been more stoic!)
- kenjackson 5y agoWhat happened? I’m intrigued and slightly queasy.
- arp242 5y agoThis is one of those things that probably depends on the person, as well as the exact procedure. For some, "as little details as possible" is probably the right approach, for others "as many details as possible". For most of us? Probably somewhere in-between. One of the advantages of giving details is that it builds a bit of a trust relationship with the doctor.