Unintended awareness during anesthesia is a disturbing event that can permanently change a patient's life. Several factors contribute to the risk of awareness, including the use of muscle relaxants which prevent patients from signaling distress. Depth of anesthesia monitors like BIS and Entropy indexes can help reduce risk but may not prevent all cases of awareness. Maintaining an adequate level of anesthesia through close clinical monitoring and an end-tidal gas concentration of at least 0.7 MAC is important to prevent patient recall. All reports of potential intraoperative awareness should be taken seriously and followed up with counseling to minimize psychological harm.