Only when my Grandmother was in the hospital, and we all knew it was a matter of days until she passed away.

Do you panic about anything specific in the hospital? I get anxious when I see a lot of unfamiliar equipment, especially if it's sharp or pointy! For the most part though, I actually feel less anxious in hospitals.

I went to the psychiatric unit in 2005 for a few days for being suicidal. I've gotten soooo much better since then but last year, I had to go for a sleep study and the place that the doctor referred me to reminded me of the psychiatric unit experience. I had a lot of anxiety and was having trouble sleeping (the irony) and went to the window to look at my car to remind myself that i could leave whenever I wanted. I made it through the night and eventruelly fell asleep. Found out I had RLS so I was glad I did it and am being treated for it now. So I totally know how you can feel. Maybe you had a bad hospital experience feeling trapped like I did and that triggers it. Hospitals can be difficult to handle if you are proned to anxiety to begin with.

Now I work at a rehab hospital and love it. Things can change. I hope you are able figure out how to deal with it.

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I panic thinking about going into a hospital. Not for someone else, but if I was the one who had to go to the hospital. I did panic a little when my mom was in the hospital because she was on the 9th floor (top) of the hospital for her physical rehabilitation after she broke her hip. My panic is usually only when I think I am the one who has to go to the hospital (as in I am sick/hurt ect.). If I can leave the hospital when ever I want to, I don't have so much panic.