Critical illness, admission to an intensive care unit, and prolonged hospitalization all impact on the psychosocial functioning of an individual. This article highlights my own experience of a critical illness in an autoethnographic study thereby attempting to add knowledge to the scarcity of research from the patient's point of view. By writing this article, I was able to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct my emotions, behavior, and the sequence of events in order to understand the impact of my critical illness. With this article I hope to invite healthcare professionals into my world of critical illness for better understanding of the patient's experience.
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