DeborahW, Founder
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I don't actually think that the ability or inability to stay calm in emergency situations can be blamed on mast cells. I am incredibly calm in an emergency, and we all know that I am shocker. (And I have had major emergencies to handle. For example, while on vacation visting friends across the country, my daughter's friend accidentally shut a heavy door on my 10 yr old daughter's finger. I returned to the house right after it happened and we found my daughter running to us holding her hand and the top part of her finger had been mostly amputated! Nothing worse then seeing your daughter's finger hanging by a thread! I grabbed a paper towel, wrapped it around her finger, told her it was okay, and we jumped in the car and had our friends drive us to the ER. (So, what happened? They stitched it back on, said the bone was also broken, and that she needed a hand surgeon immediately. We drove 10 hours home the next day, and saw a hand surgeon at 8 am the next morning. Happily, he was able to repair all damage.) It was one of the worst experiences of my life. However, I handled it. Generally in an emergency, my symptoms will flare, but I push them back, pop an extra med, and handle the situation. After the emergency, then my symptoms will break loose, but that is probably the adrenalin factor.
So, I think that everyone is different. For those who don't handle emergencies well, I would suggest researching methods to help with that. You can train yourself to do anything, so just treat it as such. Research and learn ways to calm yourself so that you will be ready if an emergency does arise. I know that there are plenty of people who have no mast cell disorders who cannot handle emergencies. it is so easy to blame everything on mast cells, but that is doing yourself a disservice. Better to identify the problem and work to resolve it by learning techniques that will help you.
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