When something appears that I do not understand, but I am responsible for it, I am covered with anxiety and I fall into a stupor. Should I see a psychotherapist?

When performing professional tasks, something fundamentally new may arise. For example, in the two-volume "Emergency Diagnostics" Henry Mondor wrote about perforation of the uterus during abortion, and gave an example that a gynecologist can, pulling a loop of intestine through the cervix, go into a trance, and pull it out meter by meter ... - I remember flying into the first year of work in an emergency (for myself then) situation on scraping, I clearly thought: "The main thing is not to fall into a trance! .."))

In stress, a normal person becomes dull. While learning to drive, now at times I confuse right and left, gas and brake. And if there is something non-standard on the road, you just need to copy your question. And this is normal!

There are two things that complement each other.

1) You should be able to seek advice (consultation) and help in such situations. This is what, for example, any doctor has. Responsibility for the patient is his, and only him. But there may be a lot of incomprehensible things, and exactly then his duty is to turn to colleagues. - When I worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist in the area, I could call on the phone, I could call a more experienced colleague in the sanitary aviation. - At the same time, the responsibility was still on me: I am the attending physician.

2) You may have prepared at least roughly some directions of behavior in possible emergency situations in your area of ​​responsibility. Yes, sudden - it is sudden, but if there is at least some suitable preparation: an element of behavior that you can start doing, you can already rely on it. - For example, if something goes wrong at the training, I can - as an option, tell the participants that I am now in confusion and ask them what is happening in our group now. - This is one of the blanks, it is universal.

And a psychotherapist ... A psychotherapist is also possible, but your question does not describe any pathology.

A normal person is responsible only for what he took responsibility for.

If you take responsibility for what you do not understand - ask yourself why you are doing this and stop it do.

If someone else takes responsibility for what you do not understand, you are being manipulated.

Awareness of these rather obvious facts is the way out of the stupor.