Amanda

I’ve wanted a tattoo for a while now, but there are two major things stopping me.
1) I don’t have the money.
2) INTENSE FEAR OF NEEDLES.
I don’t know how this whole fear started, but now whenever I need to get a shot or have blood drawn, I cry, faint, or throw up over and over again. It’s completely insane! It’s just a stupid needle and I can’t go near a doctor with a syringe without losing my mind.
For a while, I thought getting a tattoo would help me get over my fear. I mean, no way would I let someone start a tattoo on me and not finish. It’d look so ugly! But then last week I went with a friend to get her lip pierced and I started to feel queezy right when we walked into the shop..

Maybe when I have money, I’ll go to one of those psychologists trained to treat phobias. I refuse harbor this fear my entire life.