One of the Not-So-Fun Elements of Living with Mental Illness

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Living with a severe mental illness makes every day difficult, but it also makes the big things even bigger. Everyone here basically knows I had a month and a half of daily, severe panic attacks leading up to the surgery to have my wisdom teeth out. On top of the normal swelling, pain, and annoyances of recovery - I've had to deal with the mental health aspect of it as well. I'm not sure if it's been the stress or the medication I was given as anesthesia and for pain, but I've been dealing with hallucinations since surgery. Beginning in just the hours after arriving home from surgery, I was plagued by the sound of a constantly ringing telephone. It's just finally died down today, so that was 5 full days of it. At times it was so loud it kept me from being able to fall asleep. It was very annoying! Just another example of how everything has an extra challenge to it when you throw in mental illness.