As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I’d really like hearing people’s experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what’s it like coming back.
Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.
Honestly, I’ve wished that experience was possible for other times. I know it’s dangerous and that’s why it’s not. But general anesthesia is just such a better experience than local. Eg, I had a dental filling the other day. That uses local anesthesia and it’s quite stressful (especially as my first time undergoing that). I found myself wishing it was as convenient as how general anesthesia is just blink and it’s done.
I also wish it were so easy to fall asleep. It sucks tossing and turning at night (especially when there’s something big going on the next day, which only makes it harder to fall asleep), knowing how anesthesia can knock you out in seconds. My understanding is that anesthesia isn’t sleep and won’t give you the benefits of sleep, but the experience of drifting off so fast is still what I want from sleep.