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Why post-surgical emotions don't match expectations

I'm recovering from surgery and everyone keeps telling me to be grateful it went well but I feel angry and sad and I don't know why.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Trauma to the body creates emotional responses that exist independent of rational assessment of outcomes.

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