If you've ever witnessed someone on a heavy dose of painkillers, you know people can do or say all sorts of stuff. Similar things happen after people wake up from anesthesia. A 2015 study showed that 31% of patients show signs of delirium at least 30 minutes after waking up.
There are heaps of real-life stories about people coming out of anesthesia and speaking a different language or accent. Like this Dutch boy who could only speak English. Other folks also have entered a different emotional state, as they've said they couldn't stop crying, laughing, or panicking.
Bored Panda came across a couple of threads online where doctors, nurses, and patients were sharing weird anesthesia stories, and there was no shortage of unhinged, embarrassing, and funny stories. Read on to find such gems as the time one patient started petting their nurse's head and a few others where patients professed their love to anyone who would listen.
