stop being so scared of needles.
i have a m,assive phobia and it affects me so bad i always faint with them and sometime i fit. please can you suggest a way that i can get over this fear.
2006-10-30 23:56:11 · 6 answers · asked by mummy to 3 miracles 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I am exactly the same as you. I think about it non-stop for about a week leading up to it, then the night before I barely sleep at all. I always burst into tears the minute I walk into the surgery and I always pass out when I have the injection or blood test, and then I pass out again later when I remove the plaster/cotton wool!!
I have tried cognitive therapy which didn't work - they basically tole me to watch hospital dramas and documentaries, then look at pictures of needles, then hold a syringe, then inject an orange and eventually lead up to asking nurse to sit in on injections. I gave up on that very quickly because I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.
Also tried hypnotherapy CDs that are made especially for you, with your phobia in mind and using things that are personal to you. This didn't help either.
I am hoping that some miracle will happen one day and I suddenly won't be scared anymore because nothing I try seems to help and I'm at a bit of a dead end myself.
Good luck though.
2006-10-31 00:02:42 · answer #1 · answered by Wafflebox 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate needles too, but it's not a phobia. A phobia is an irrational fear of something. I hate needles because they hurt, and the pain lasts for ages. Recently I have been in hospital and one of the nurses went out of her way to find her friend (another nurse) to give me an injection, claiming she was the gentlest person. She came and gave the injection, and it not only didn't hurt at all, but there was no pain or bruising after either. IF thats what needles and injections had always been like I wouldn't mind them!
2006-10-31 08:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by PhoenixRights 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hypnotherapy, i think, by what u say, that the phobia is more than that... u have a general fear, i always thought i was but after having to have various blood tests through pregnancy, it cured me if u like...
2006-10-31 08:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by storm.minx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easier said than done i know but you could always try facing the fear. it took something to learn it so u need to unlearn it.
2006-10-31 07:58:59 · answer #4 · answered by Scatty 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try hypnosis apparantly it is very effective.
2006-10-31 07:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by weizy_26 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAVE YOU TRIED HYPNOSIS, IT MAY HELP YOU.
2006-11-02 04:04:52 · answer #6 · answered by aunty m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋