How to control your fear of general anesthesia? In this article: Is it Normal to fear of general anesthesia? What is General anesthesia? Why do you fear general anesthesia? Refuting fear of general anesthesia. References. Your doctor scheduled you for general anesthesia? Are you scared?? The second answer is most probably YES if the first was yes. Is it Normal to fear of general anesthesia? That’s normal, Fear of general anesthesia was in some trials up to 89 % of patients in the pre-anesthesia stage. And that fear was mainly toward general anesthesia 62 %, rather than the surgery itself 15 %. So The first step to control your fear of general anesthesia is knowing that it's normal and humanistic. The second step is knowing what is exactly general anesthesia. The third step in controlling your fear from general anesthesia is refuting this fear and assessing if it makes sense or not. What is General anesthesia? General anesthesia is putting your body in a state of s...