Can I overcome a fight or flight response to needles?!
Question: Can I overcome a fight or flight response to needles!?
I want to be a nurse in the future, but recently when I have been around needles I have gotten dizzy and sick to my stomach!. I don't have a fear of needles and I can look at them with no problem!. But when I try to stand up after getting a shot or seeing someone else get one, I feel like I'm going to pass out!. It seems to me that the cause is the sight of needles!? Is this something I can get over!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I used to feel the same way about needles, but then I just focused on a few facts!.!.!.#1 - that needle is the ONLY way to accomplish what I need accomplished that day - whether it's giving blood to someone who's life may depend on it, or something simple like preventing an allergy that would leave me in bed for the next 5 days!.!.!.!.after thinking of the precautions I began to have less and less fear of the needle!.
Also #2 is the fact that the needles are like a billion times more fine than they used to be!.!.!.back in 1900 it was like sticking a tree branch into your arm!.!.!.think about that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Also #2 is the fact that the needles are like a billion times more fine than they used to be!.!.!.back in 1900 it was like sticking a tree branch into your arm!.!.!.think about that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I do the same thing and m a 6 foot tall 210 pound power lifter!.
I would go in and get a shot, and pretend I wasnt scared, but then as I was walking out of the office I partially fainted, I didnt black out but I lost motor function and my whole rather large frame hit the floor hard!.
Dont physc yourself out so much, you have to convince yourself its no big deal!.
The more shots you get the less you will fear them!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I would go in and get a shot, and pretend I wasnt scared, but then as I was walking out of the office I partially fainted, I didnt black out but I lost motor function and my whole rather large frame hit the floor hard!.
Dont physc yourself out so much, you have to convince yourself its no big deal!.
The more shots you get the less you will fear them!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Well when I have to get a shot I generally turn white as a sheet!. My blood pressure drops I get dizzy and my muscles all tense up!. What I have found that really helps is to listen to music!. It keeps my mind off of it and then I can relax!. Just plug in your ipod and you'll be good soon enough they wont' bother you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com