Nerobus

It is a stupid irrational fear, I know, but I just have a full-blown panic attack every single time. When I get my blood taken, I have to have my boyfriend come back with me so I can just hug his arm and cry. I can’t help it!

I’m tearing up right now thinking of a dentist appointment I have in 2 weeks. The dentist I have is completely unforgiving of my phobia too, she just yells at me not to move or cry or scream… I went 3 days ago for an extraction and some fillings and she had to inject a needle straight into a tooth of mine that has been falling apart! That one hurt.

Usually I don’t even feel the pain though because I’m too busy crying and trying to calm myself down. I can’t stand being this scared of anything! I hate it.

The best advice they give for it is “just don’t look” or “try rubbing on some cream that makes the pain stop” I don’t even care about the pain, it’s a phobia.

I don’t even know how it got started, I never had a bad experience with a doctor as a kid, and everyone else I know is just dandy with getting shots and their blood taken. I wish I were more like my dad, he gives blood all the time and it doesn’t bother him one bit. He even told me about when the nurse punctured his vein how he didn’t notice, and here I am with an excellent nurses who have never done that to me and I STILL cry like a baby.

I just read this, and it helped a lot: http://www.futurescience.com/needles.html