But that was the biggest shock to me -- waking up in a new body and a new mind, troubled by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Not only had I woken up in a new body, I now had a mind troubled with anxious thoughts, associations and memories.
Never mind the troubles that have kept the well-heeled Western tourists from the Indian subcontinent.
And if Obama blundered into it, if he looks uncertain, weak or waffling, his heart and mind genuinely troubled, so be it.
Millions of moments like this occur every day: a human being coming to another human being with the body or mind's troubles and looking for assistance.
But as I replayed the day over in my mind, what troubled me most was how blindly I had made my decision to have the C-section.
I can (or I think I can) cope with physical frailty but it is the thought of losing one's mind that troubles me most.
Perceived stress was assessed by a reliable and valid item from the QPS Nordic Questionnaire [26]: "Stress means the situation when a person feels tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his or her mind is troubled all the time.
Stress was measured using the following question: "Stress refers to a situation where a person feels tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time.
The stress definition and question reads as follows: "Stress means a situation in which a person feels tense, restless, nervous or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time.
