#Pathological fear of needles skin#
#Pathological fear of needles full#

For us, needles can represent a primal violation. As a result, most all shots are quite painful. The fear puts our nervous system on high alert, making us incredibly sensitive to stimuli.

You did amazing and I am super proud of you! I’ve spent years doing exposure therapy and I still have to have them stick me in the butt so I don’t trigger a vasovagal reaction and end up on the floor! Despite this, I am chomping at the bit for my turn to get vaccinated.įor those of you who do not have trypanophobia - it’s important to note that it doesn’t matter how small the needle is. Its my horrid veins that disqualified me from donating platelets in Vancouver, as no one there wanted to deal with me every 2 weeks.Ĭongratulations! I also have a needle phobia due to trauma.

#Pathological fear of needles skin#

The top spot went to someone who a skin disorder that made donations more trick than me. Oh and the problem with my veins made me the unofficial second worse person to draw blood from at the Surrey Blood donation clinic. Sadly I had to stop after my 51st donation due to blood iron issues, but I got rid of my fear and helped some people along the way. I hated those donations, but over time I got it so that I can now tolerate donating and giving blood samples. I went to my local blood clinic about maybe a half-dozen time before I could complete a donation as the failed attempts were the staff calling it off as I looked like I was dying. Like you it was from childhood issues with needles as I have difficult veins in my arms making it hard to find a place to draw blood. I had this issue as well with needles where I would become a wreck and look like I'm going to faint (which I did once). Because if someone like me can get the shot, then anyone can.

#Pathological fear of needles full#

Some people will be so full of anxiety over this that they won't do it. There are people out there who are wrestling with the idea now of whether they will get the shot or not. I just turned my face away, breathed deeply and it was over in one second. I mean, I literally did not feel it at all. It is better than being on a ventilator right? Anyway, I am here today to tell the other people like me that the shot is NOTHING. And I got the shot because while I may be trypanophobic, I still have a functioning brain.

Today my building was getting vaccinated. So is the fainting at the sight of a hypodermic coming towards me. It seems a minor thing to most people, but the feeling and the fear is real. Anyone with a pathological fear of needles knows the feeling. Can you imagine what it has been like for me lately trying to watch TV? Seems like we are constantly being bombarded with images of people getting vaccinated. Suffice to say that I have been scarred and traumatised enough that I have actually avoided important medical procedures because I just can't face a needle. Later in life I had the misfortune to need blood work done while working offshore in Nigeria. This was likely because I had so many of them for dental reconstruction when I was a cub scout. I have been terrified of needles since I was young.