You shouldn't over simplify needles phobias. All I have to do is see the doctor in the white coat and I'm gone. Phobias sometimes intensify as you get older as well. I've taken valium before a blood test once and I was still so anxious I wouldn't let them. No one likes to be afraid - I wish more medical professionals would understand that.

Trying to figure this out myself. Broke out in a cold sweat just watching this.

I will literally burst into tears just thinking about getting an injection.

My phobia is so strong, and it gets in the way of SO much SO often that sometimes I wish I was dead so I wouldn’t have to live like this. It’s the needle, the buildup, the fact that I don’t feel safe in the room or the entire building, and so much more that makes it absolute hell for me. I’m one of the people terrified of the needle and getting COVID, and I couldn’t care less what’s in the shot. I’d drink the fucking liquid if I could. I tried to talk, to listen to music, to watch a video, all of it! But for my first COVID immunization, I still had to be held down on the floor while they did it. This fear is so much more than just a bit of nervousness like some people think it is. I don’t like living this way. I’m miserable. I’d give anything for them to just knock me out, do it, and wake me up. No matter how much I try, I can’t make myself get it done.

For me, it’s not that it hurts or that it goes in, it the actual needle itself. I get the vaccine today, and I’m very scared of needles. I feel nauseous when I see a needle, and I am trying to get over my fear. As I’m 12, I’m grateful to be allowed to get the needle, but I’m also terrified. Wish me luck!

It's really relieving to know there are so many people like me that share this fear. I really want to seek medical help when I'm sick but this fear is so strong. It's being in the same room with a stranger and a sharp object. If anyone has tips or tricks let me know.

my mom already told me im gonna take covid 19 vaccine and i seriously want to, but my stupid fear of needles doesnt help at all like i swear sometimes i just wish i could take it without fainting or feeling stressed. like just the environment that the room where you take the vaccine gives its already scary, it makes me remember of death for some reason and watching the nurse preparing the vaccine it makes me stress out that sometimes i dont even know if i fainted yet. swear i just wish i could throw this fear away uhhhh

I was terrified of needles but it's a near unnoticeable slight numb poke... What you're imaging the pain as is 10x more painful like when people say its like if you pinch yourself but no... Pinching hurts more actually and the pain lingers while the needles pain is numb and over instantly. I watched a bunch of these last night to hype myself up for my vaccination. I had a huge phobia of needles since I was tiny due to traumatic experiences but I got my first vaccination 30 minutes ago and it was laughably painless lol.

Me when I'm watching this before getting my covid vaccine : oh hell nah I'm out of here

When i was kid, in my school i used to go first to take vaccine among students but now as adult I'm feared to needles

i try telling my mom about it but she just doesn’t understand it. i have to get shots tomorrow and i’m fucking scared asl. i know im overreacting but i can’t help but cry over it. i’ve seen people use numbing cream and all that stuff but my mom would just say that i can handle it and don’t need that stuff. edit: i got them😭 it’s been weeks after but i forgot to edit my comment LOL. they had to draw blood and since i was freaking out they didn’t get it the first time. so they 2nd time i made sure to stay calm and i put my headphones on. just know that after u get them u won’t have to worry abt shots until years after (not counting flu shots, covid vaccines, etc optional vaccines) once u get them done and over with you’ll feel 10000x more relieved. they don’t hurt as much as u think they will. just try to stay calm and focus on something else like music, holding a conversation with an s.o, etc. what i did was i went on spotify on my phone, plugged my headphones up to it and listened to that while hugging my mom. to whoever is reading this, i know u can do it!

I have a fear of needles from trauma when I was ill and needed a lot of blood tests and needles and it’s so embarrassing in school

It’s horrible. It can’t be explained, unless someone who has it really explains it. I’ve gone to therapy for it, and it helped for a bit, but then with my last COVID shot, I freaked. It is such an awful thing to feel, it’s different when you’re having a panic or anxiety attack when nobody’s looking, but having a really bad one while multiple people aren’t trying to help, but get it all over with is not good. Every time I think about shots or blood tests my stomach sinks. I do honestly wish they could just punch my head to knock me out, or have me inhale some of that sleeping stuff then bring me back when it’s over. I don’t know how many people relate, but I do feel for all of you, as I know how it feels.

Just got my first Pfizer. Just look away and play music. Yes I freaked out at first but distraction is key to overcoming fear.

Personally I never fainted or got dizzy. But a month ago I was getting my school vacations and I had “numbing cream” (I don’t know how to spell the proper word) and I still panicked. After they removed it I started freaking out but eventually I gave in but I was panicking for so long that the creams effects were gone and I felt it and immediately I shot up and refused. What’s worse is that nothing really calmed me. I tried looking at my phone looking away but I still felt stresses and panicked. Long story short I only got 1 of 2 shots and in a few months I am going back as if I never got the vaccination and am getting another one.

My main needle phobia is the blood draw procedure. I can go get a flu shot and be fine usually because the needle is in the upper arm. I cannot fathom the idea of a needle going into the vein in my top elbow and blood coming out. It's so bad I can't even watch other ppl get blood drawn. I have to completely leave the room. Also even seeing ppl with that wrap around their arm after blood draw makes me weak and feel like fainting. Anyone ever heard of this type of needle phobia? If they drew blood from a vein like lower down near the forearm instead of the elbow I could probably do it fine. I think for me it's not the needle itself but the location it's going. Help???

damm. This is some high quality content for so few views...

I've a weird syringe phobia, I mean I've no problem if I'm injected in my arms or any places except the forearm joint, when they inject in their to extract blood it gets a mess I feel dizzy and that further develops fear/phobia of hospitals and needles

Sometimes you can go into getting an immunization and feel just fine, being willing to get it, the the second you've gotten it. Your body may just make you feel very unwell and dizzy. I went into the pharmacy to get a flu mist, I wanted it over a vaccine, had no issue getting it. The second I finished getting it. I got really dizzy. took about 2 minutes to collect myself. And within a 1 minute walk from the pharmacy to the parking lot, I lost nearly all my vision, and had to lie down in the parking lot for a moment to get myself together. I was still dizzy once I get in the car. I've found running the AC on extremely code and just laying back in the seat and closing my eyes for a bit helped me out a lot. I recommend taking an ice pack to place on your head and chest/ back to cool yourself down. You will feel that little bit better if you push yourself to get your own vaccine. At least you'll last longer compared to not wanting to get it. Not easy, not a great solution, but it helps me at least make it into the pharmacy to fill out the paperwork and make it to chair in a waiting room before a lot of my issues kick in. Try to let them know you need your immunization as quick as possible to reduce the amount of anxiety you'd get before receiving it. I was that kid in the family that hates shots, but would get to go before anyone else in my family so I could get it over with and not build up more stress from having to wait.

Watching this before getting vaccinated 😭 18yo still afraid of needle 💉

Some months ago i had to draw blood and i was very nervous because i have needle phobia. Something i usually do when i'm REALLY nervous/panicking is scratch myself. As the needle was in my arm i started scratching myself in the leg so hard it even made blood, i was so focused on my arm that i didn't even felt the pain of scratching. It really angers me when people unvalidate needle phobia, or ANY OTHER PHOBIA.

100% relate to all the comments here. I had been a needle phobic ever since I had my first baby vaccine but I’ve somehow miraculously gotten over it and it was right before the pandemic hit. I thought I’d share how I overcame it here. 1. Exposure. The hardest part is the first step but repeated and frequent exposure really cured it for me. 2. Therapy. Before I had to get my teeth fixed I knew I couldn’t run away from the anesthetic that I had to face so I tried therapy. The therapist did CBT which I can’t really tell how it helped my recovery but what I got from the sessions was a safe place to vent out my fear. 3. Repeated painless exposure. I was lucky to have nurses who were absolutely amazing at giving shots and blood tests so I think that asking for a person who is known for making the procedure painless is a big help.

my mom always gets mad at me when i try to not get shots i always tell her I'm scared of shots like a big fear of it like she gets mad at me and it makes me feel bad

I had my bloods taken last night and a cannula put in for the first time and I went straight into shock, went super dizzy, dripping with sweat and my blood pressure dropped really low. I was mentally okay with them doing it but my body didn't agree 🤔🤔

I need to get an intramuscular injection for a pretty severe disease I've developed. I paid for it, the pharmacist was great, but I chickened out anyway. She got the needle halfway in, and when it reached the muscle I jumped and the needle got out. Lost a dose and went home. I really need this. I don't know what to do. I need help.

I dont need to get through a single injection though, i need to get over my phobia. i need to get a needle into my chest cavity and also be prepared for future needles and IV, i dont faint, i have panic attacks. This uncontrollable response isnt as easy as putting up my feet and watching a video

In 5 days i have a needle and i try to stop being scred of them i remember then i was 8 i was running away to not get that needle in my hand

I need to get a frenectomy so I can properly close a gap I have with braces. I’m not nervous about them actually doing the procedure or nothing I’m just terrified of the fact that I have to get injections for it. I don’t even have a date set for it and I feel lightheaded just thinking about it. And I don’t want to be this terrified, but I am and I feel like nobody understands it and they just think I’m being dramatic or overreacting. Like I build up all this fear and then I get it done, faint, and then I realize how little of a deal it is. But no matter how many shots I get, every time I hear that I need another one I wanna hide in the forest forever and never have to see a needle for the rest of my life. And the worst part is Idek why I have this fear. When I was younger I was constantly in the hospital and I had to get tied down to a chair just to get an IV, but I have no recollection of that at all. Just pictures. And I’ve tried everything but it’s of no use and I really don’t wanna go on with the rest of my life with this dumb fear. It’s really frustrating like I wish that when I faint then they would just inject me so that I don’t have to experience it. Also I’m really just hoping that I magically don’t need the frenectomy anymore cause its FREAKING ME OUT. Like I just want them to put a mask on my face to knock me out, inject me and then I’ll be good. But yeah I’m really reaallly reaaaalllllly REAALLLLLLY scared and for what. 🤦‍♀️ ok ima stop now I’m giving myself a headache 😅

im scared of needles :(

I’m a diabetic, and I do finger pokes every day. But when it comes to getting my blood drawn I don’t think I’ll ever be okay with it. Tomorrow when I go to the doctor I’m going to tell her that I’m not getting it done just because I just did it.

So as someone who has developed a vasovagal syncope to needles and have gotten passed some of the issues present, here are my thoughts. The issue is entirely due to your own panic response and anxiety. Which in tern creates a feedback loop in which you are unlikely to improve at getting needles. When I was younger I loved needles (moms a blood tech and would taek my blood, I loved watching it go through the tube), except one year I went to get a vaccine and the pain was overexaggerated to me by my mother. When I got the shot, I was so anxious because I thought it was gonna hurt I had my first bad experience with needles. Ever since then I had issues getting needles. Over covid, I had to get so many vaccines my anxiety for injections is entirely gone and I don't have a vasovagal response. However, when I get my blood drawn because I consider it different in my head, I have vasovagal response to it. For whatever reason, I can't seem to get over the blood draw fear yet.

i feel anxious when i see a needle but ive been practicing to overcome it i found out its not the pinch or the needle is how sharp the needle is that made me scared

I dont mind a needle going inside of me but for some reason i almost faint when seeing someone else get injected

I am terrified of needles because when I see a needle to check my blood sugar or get a flu shot, I scream and cry and break down and the doctor I go to, dose not try to calm me down and she just forces me to stay still while I scream and almost pass out.I am scared because I need to get the 11 year old vacation in a couple of months and I might pass out😞

My phobia is like i will shake really badly and i will refuse anything and my throat would close up and it will be hard for me to breathe

I do have a needle phobia so i know how some people feel...The type of fear is getting my blood drawn it makes me dizzy or faint.

I'm more afraid of blacking out than of the needle itself. Is that normal?

The bedside manner of the doctor and the nurse makes a difference. If you ever had a basal cell carcinoma scooped out without being deadened due to drug supply chain problems you will never look at a shot the same way. I had a spot that was suspect and it had to get scooped out. When they scooped I actually saw stars. It wasn't pain because it never throbbed and ached it was just a hurt. But I never knew a hurt could be so bad you see stars. It lasted less than a second but what a second that was.

I have a debilitating fear of needles but to protect myself I went and got the vaccine. Out of all the blood tests, donations and drips I've done, my 3 covid shots were the least painful. To the point where I took my booster so calmly that I believed I had gotten over my fear of needles. After having a blood test since, unfortunately I haven't. But I have to say the COVID vaccines were so manageable so please do not let it deter you. Just a tip: tell the doctor/nurse you done want to see the needle and look away when they inject you.

Healthcare pro here, my fear is when patients faint on me when doing blood tests, because they have bad veins and sometimes you have to move the needle a bit (I’M GENUINELY SORRY!) So, don’t let us poke you! If you have bad veins and you know where you generally get your blood drawn, let us know, it helps a lot.

I have to take a needle tomorrow at school... I've been worrying about it for a week now and I'm so scared

I’m having to fast since I get blood drawn in a few hours, last time I almost fainted, which I don’t want to happen again.

idk why my heart is beating so fast watching this

It's not the needle that hurts for me... ITS THE BANDAGE

I have a fear of needles, but will and have gotten a lot of shots. To me my fear comes from the pain. They say it's just a little pinch, but nope, it's either a large pinch, or sometimes it's even a stinging pain. I'm all caught up on my shots, but OW

I get really severe panic attacks before getting my blood drawn/ vaccinated etc. I'll start shaking, crying, and laughing uncontrollably. Even just thinking about it makes me want to crumble myself into a ball. I'm also about to get a minor surgery that requires anesthesia and that requires an IV and that thought TERRIFIES me. So I've been scouring the Internet for anything to help me🙏 if anyone has any tips please please tell me🙏🙏🙏 but on the bright side of all of that I'll never be tempted to do heroin😅

This is so stupid and over simplifying the issue... It's a phobia. All I need to do is look at a photo of a needle or hear about it and I break out is a cold sweat and feel super nauseous and like I am going to pass out. It's a fight or flight response. The only thing I have found to help is drugs beforehand and really talking myself up like "ok you just have to be strong for 5 seconds, 5 SECONDS". But I cry every time , shake, and hyperventilate.

The problem is I’m 23….

I used to not be afraid of needle but just the wait and the last time I got one I was sick for a day

For me its not that it hurts its when I see and feel it in my skin. From when I was younger people thought that am scared of the doctors but no I don't have a problem with the doctors its just that from when I was younger doctors wouldn't ask me where I want to be "shot" by the needle they just did it. They say that I have good veins on my right hand. From that hand they would never get blood and try at the same spot or at another until they made me cry. And now because of that me or some other people that have that phobia won't go to the hospital because of the doctors or because the needle makes them anxious :)

thank you for makeing me not being afaid of neddles / trypanophobia

i have been dreading the day i get my vaccine im getting it 2 days from now the closer i am to getting the vaccine the more scared i am of it usually im not scared but for some reason i am scared NOW i dont know why can somone help?

Im soo scared of needles and doctors in general and i have to get a root canal for my tooth im literally shitting bricks im soo scared of the needle and im overthinking it soo much i just can nott get over this phobia i really hate it

Every time I get a vaccine, I just go to the hospital normally, but when I'm in the waiting room I just start getting massive anxiety and sometimes even start to tear up from fear, I try to be brave trust me, I don't like to look like a crybaby with a fear of needles, but then when I'm done I try to tell myself "It's okay we are done, no need to be scared now" But then I just start to get nausea, feeling dizzy and seeing things way too bright or blurred, my face feels cold or hot and I just want to lay down, but I don't understand why it happens beacuse before I was taking vaccines normally with no issue, but now it has alredy happened 4 times, lying down does help me though, I luckily never fainted but always felt like I was going to, I'm trying to get over my fear but when I try to calm myself down it almost never happens

I have to start giving myself injections and I have a needle phobia so I was looking for help to get past my fear of needles, I wasn't looking for an opinionated video on how important vaccines are. The search continues

Getting my blood extracted tomorrow and I’m binge watching this, yet I’m pretty sure I’m going to faint,

In 1 hour ima have to get 2 needles I'm shivering and stressed and holding back tears Rn I want to be protected but it's so hard

Genuine hatred of needles, i almost pass out and pour sweat when giving blood. Just got put on TRT thinking it would be like a diabetic needle, naaah, its just over an inch long, and you have to go all the way in to the muscle. I am really struggling getting over the mental hurdle, the image of the shot pops up in my head randomly all day long. Told my wife she's going to have to knock me unconscious. I wish I was exaggerating.

Once I fainted when I first got my blood taken as an adult last time I got my blood taken I diddint faint becouse I was laying down but they accidentally hit a nerve and my arm was In paien for about three or four weeks

im so scared im needles. i have to get a bloodtest tomorrow, and im terrified. :((( my eyes are so puffy because i’ve been freaking out about it

My mom need to see the comments because she thinks I overreact. Ps: I’m here because i have one blood test, 2 vaccines, and one ppd test in less than a week And I’m terrified. Update: i have two more vaccines, that’s six in total. Just pray for me guys

I feel like throwing up just reading the word what do I do I need to get -s but I can't breathe even thinking about it but if I don't I'll have to worry about it for the rest of my life. Everything I get one I get extremely sick. I can feel where I got almost every one still 😥

Love how his surname is Corona

Having a huge fear of needles but still wanting to become a phlebotomist

For me the fear doesn't even have to do with the pain, i just have to look/imagine getting an injection and i panic. I'm going to get the 2nd dose of the covid vaccine in 2 days so, wish me luck... 😣🤞

im getting the covid vaccine tom im scared af 😭😭

I have to get 5 shots for my 12 year old shots and I'm really scared😢

im about to get the covid shot in 5 hours, i don’t have to since i’,m a healthy teen but i still want to be responsible i know it doesnt hurt but the nervousness is the wordt

I’m not scared of no damn needles NEEDLES AINT GOT NOTHING ON ME IM A BIG MAN

Hyperventilating just watching this🥰 Edit ya no full anxiety attack and I’ve got my injection tomorrow❤️

Someone gonna drawn my blood in sometimes. I know I m gonna faint as always😢

Im getting vaccine for 12+ wish me luck friends ❤

I have a phobia of needles because of a traumatic experience when a was little, I have to get a fucking needle soon if I don't have it ill probably get kidney failure and die.

Getting the vaccine doesn’t make you a good citizen but here in the UK I’m at risk in the near future of losing my job if I don’t have it but my phobia of needles is really stressing me out. I have turned down medical treatment in the past because of this phobia

Yes

Getting over needle phobia, was easy getting over mass hysteria phobia was a little more difficult.

Inhale and exhale, it's a great way to calm on this. The thoughs are the problem, but the actual physical process does not do anything bad... it's just a shitty big mosquito bite

When I was a kid I asked a nurse for advice on overcoming my needle phobia and she told me to "Grow up".

i still have the phobia

Im getting my shot today. so scared.

Getting my vacation tomorrow 🤞 14

I don’t like needles, but I allow myself to give blood 🩸.

This is great for middle of the road needle phobes, but for severely phobic patients this is not at all helpful. You are not only underestimating the severity of the problem and the number of people who suffer, you suggest that fainting is the only functional neurological or functional neurocardiovascular event associated with needle puncture. There are those who suffer seizures, paralysis, left ventricle dysfunction, neurocardiovascular shock, severe paroxysmal pulmonary hypertension, angina, afib, and even the big old cardiomyopathy itself. These people are not even going to enter your clinic because they know, even though you may be a very kind and skilled physician, you are probably completely unaware these conditions even exist. Think lyme disease and POTS thirty years ago. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ten years ago (this, by the way, is NOT a benign condition).

Needle = me ; is like fire = ice ;

im getting a root canal today gang wish me luck

I am in the third group 😢i am really sacred as i am 14 and have to take covid-19 vaccine 😭

bruh im fking scared as fk right now

Valium!

you put a lot of effort into these animations with incoherent art styles, but there is barely any information here for the 3 min I just invested. Why the hell didn’t you interview a therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy? You have all of NYU at your fingertips and just gave us fainting prevention tips instead of how to deal with a fear of needles.

you put a lot of effort into these animations with incoherent art styles, but there is barely any information here for the 3 min I just invested. Why the hell didn’t you interview a therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy like she suggested? You have all of NYU at your fingertips and just gave us fainting prevention tips instead of how to deal with a fear of needles. I can’t believe NYU hires someone to make content like this 😂 As an alumnus, I am jealous and want your silly job.

I love how this turned into a damn covid Vax push. I literally came here for serious information, and got an earful of political propaganda. ffs...

Guys stop worrying I used to have needle phobia and I got the experience of a needle and it was laughable the fact people are scared of a pinch. If you stay calm the less you feel. I got too vaccines and the first one I was a little nervous but I found out it's literally feels like someone flicking you and nothing so the 2nd one I was calm enough to feel nothing so stop worrying guys it's sooooo thin omg😂

Besides the misinformation about the jabs giving covid immunity, this was a decent vid

Last year I got my covid vaccinations, shot 1, 2 and booster 6 months later. I’m so fucking proud of myself for doing it, I suffer with such an intense phobia of needles it makes ,e feel like the walls are closing in, the worlds ending, I feel like throwing up and embrace the idea of becoming unconscious. Watching anything related to this phobia made tears well up in my eyes. I hate this fear so much, even when nothings happening I think about it, and whenever someone even brings it up and conversation I need to leave the room. As I’ve gotten older (I’ll be 15 soon) it’s only gotten worse and I want to beat this retarded irrational fear out of me. I view it as uncontrollable and I don’t even recognize myself when I’m panicking about it so badly. I hate that feeling in my chest and that light headed feeling I get whenever the topic is brought up

No.