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All consuming fear of needles.

KaloJaro

Hi,

Long story short, was told the doctors wanted to take a blood sample, I literally froze up shrieking 'No no no hell no' despite my mum being there to try and calm me down. I felt like I was going to throw up, began shaking really badly and I genuinely felt as though I was about to die despite being in a completely safe environment.I'm still shaking and seizing up at the thought of it now one hour since I was told.

I've never had blood taken from me before, I've lashed out at people who've attempted to give me injections before but I've never felt this scared before. Anyone got any advice on how to cope/calm down because my mums essentially said I'm having the blood test done if she has to rope in half the family to drag me there.

Advice DESPERATELY needed.

Katie.

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  • It is something that would be advantageous to resolve because certainly in later life you get needled a lot - I've spend a lot of my fifties in and out of hospital on one thing or another. And then there's the dentist.

    One thing you need to do is find a way of stopping yourself turning the issue over and over in your head. It uses up a lot of mental energy and thinking time, but it also magifies the fear and puts it too far into the front of your thoughts.  Try to develop some phrases that with practice will come to mind every time you start worrying. I've got a few like "I've had enough of this I want to go somewhere else now" and it is just enough to interrupt my thoughts and comes into my head when the anxiety is rising. It takes time to develop this and your blood test is soon, but it might be worth at least starting to do this. You can use a strong rubber band around the wrist and snap it to break the worry loop.

    Another thing is to ask if you can go to the place where the sample is being taken some time beforehand just to adapt to the unfamiliar environment.

    Try to think up a strong pleasing thought or image to try to hold in you mind when you go for the blood sample. Practice it in advance so you have something really strong and sustainable in your mind on the day.

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  • It is something that would be advantageous to resolve because certainly in later life you get needled a lot - I've spend a lot of my fifties in and out of hospital on one thing or another. And then there's the dentist.

    One thing you need to do is find a way of stopping yourself turning the issue over and over in your head. It uses up a lot of mental energy and thinking time, but it also magifies the fear and puts it too far into the front of your thoughts.  Try to develop some phrases that with practice will come to mind every time you start worrying. I've got a few like "I've had enough of this I want to go somewhere else now" and it is just enough to interrupt my thoughts and comes into my head when the anxiety is rising. It takes time to develop this and your blood test is soon, but it might be worth at least starting to do this. You can use a strong rubber band around the wrist and snap it to break the worry loop.

    Another thing is to ask if you can go to the place where the sample is being taken some time beforehand just to adapt to the unfamiliar environment.

    Try to think up a strong pleasing thought or image to try to hold in you mind when you go for the blood sample. Practice it in advance so you have something really strong and sustainable in your mind on the day.

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