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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sun May 18, 2014, 04:07 PM May 2014

Injection phobia - any advice? [View all]

I have my blood drawn fairly often - I just turn my head on general principals. But, even the thought of an injection makes me queasy. Any advice on how to break this phobia?

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Injection phobia - any advice? [View all] hedgehog May 2014 OP

I have horrible veins for IV's and blood draws NightWatcher May 2014 #1

Drinking water ahead of a blood draw is a good reminder - my mouth is always dry, so I tend hedgehog May 2014 #2

Oh, just make sure it's in a bright place with plenty of stuff to distract you. Warpy May 2014 #3

Look. I used to be like you and then I started forcing myself to look. cali May 2014 #4

+1 LiberalLoner May 2014 #5

OK, I'll try it - hope it works! hedgehog May 2014 #6

i have to look. mopinko May 2014 #8

I discovered Ineeda May 2014 #7

butterfly needles lululu Jun 2014 #9

and what's even more wierd, getting hooked up to an IV doesn't bother me, hedgehog Jun 2014 #10

what is it about an injection? lululu Jun 2014 #12

As near as I can figure out, I was exposed to strep throat back around 1959 or so, and my Mom took hedgehog Jun 2014 #13

smallpox lululu Jun 2014 #14

Years ago, a friend of my grandmother had to get her small pox renewed before a trip back to Ireland hedgehog Jun 2014 #15

That explains part of it, penicillin injections are the worst Warpy Jun 2014 #17

Try to distract yourself Nite Owl Jun 2014 #11

Not really, true phobias don't respond to logic Warpy Jun 2014 #16

Laugh loudly while the needle is being stuck into you and then celebrate w/ice cream. WilliamTuckness Jun 2014 #18

Sorry, I am really late to this thread blondie58 Oct 2014 #19