anyone else afraid of needles?

[kb1290]

I can't do shots or tattoos. It freaks me out just to think about a needle.

[reptile65]

I'm very afraid of needles. The weird thing is, I work at an animal hospital and work with needles all the time. With animals it doesn't bother me at all, but when it comes to myself or other people, needles freak me out.

[Trolle]

i am scared to death of needles

[mommanessy247]

[raises hand slowly]
i.i.i..h-h-hate needles too!
especially at the dentist...background story-
back when i was 16 getting all 4 wisdom teeth pulled, the dentist...may he burn in hell...gave me several shots in my gums around all 4 of the teeth but wasnt paying attention to what he was doing and the needle, being like 6 inches long was actually going all the way through and into my tongue a couple times and then he didnt wait for the medicine to take effect before beginning. at one point he was using something like a crowbar to force the teeth out! i could HEAR the nerves ripping! i was screaming & crying hysterically but couldnt say anything cuz my mouth was being kept open by that opener thingy. the dentist didnt stop either and was telling me to relax. i think i actually passed out a few times from the trauma of the whole ordeal. that is the reason for my extreme fear of dentists to this very day, 14 yrs later. i bawled like a baby the last time i had to have fillings.
just to have 2 absessed teeth extracted last year they had to gas me then give me an I.V general anesthetic to put me completely under...& that wasnt even done until it got to the point i couldnt eat anymore & was completely bedridden with the pain & got put on antibiotics for the infection and darvacet for the pain...

i have to get my blood drawn 1-2 x's p/ yr to check my thyroid levels and i have rolly veins.
when i was having my youngest daughter in april it took 2 nurses & then finally a lab tech to get my I.V in properly after 2 attempts in different locations...i ended up with a huge, dark purple bruise that didnt go away until weeks later!

oh & then the epidurals i had when having my children...thank god i wont ever have to go through that again cuz i done got me fixed! no more babies, lol.

[mommanessy247]

just saw this....

Come at me with those things & it's on like Donkey Kong! Well, at the very least you'll learn some very interesting & colorful new phrases.

that is me all the way!

[Trolle]

just saw this....



that is me all the way!

im the same
when i see a doctor heading in my direction with a needle i turn into a monster.
but once its done i turn back "normal" :p

[J.Coils]

lol alright im not alone.
the first IV i ever had was for my hernia surgery..up until they pulled the needle and stuff out and hadn't even thought about the iv..when i saw i saw it i asked"what the hell is that for"?..the iv he replied..i wanted to cancel the whole thing lol

[Melody]

Honestly, i love needles. i gave myself bars in my wrist once because i love the feeling of the needles... however when i have to get a shot i completely flip. Its not that the needles themselves hurt or scare me, its just i HATE the feeling of the fluid being injected into my skin. It just freaks me out!

[ballpythonluvr]

I absolutely hate needles! Whenever I go for a blood test my hands start to sweat like crazy and I have to turn my head while they stick the needle in my arm. However, I did get my tongue pierced a few years ago and that was a nice sized needle but the thing is that I did not even see the needle so it didn't really bother me at all.