The Emotional Crash After the Crisis

One week after surgery, the emergency is over—but emotionally, I’m realizing the experience isn’t over yet.After unexpected breathing complications, postoperative hypoxia, oxygen, atelectasis, and a hospital admission, I’m finally home. But now that the adrenaline is wearing off, my mind is beginning to process everything my body just went through.In this deeply personal episode, I talk about survival mode, fear after the fact, needing help, losing independence, the pressure to bounce back, and why sometimes we don’t realize how scared we were until we’re finally safe enough to feel it.I’m still waiting until my post-op appointment before discussing the surgical findings.For now, this chapter is about something different:The emotional crash after the crisis. Get full access to Radiant Rise | Michelle Baldwin at radiantrisemystory.substack.com/subscribe