Scoobs wrote:It's annoying me that I'm not sure if I should classify my fear of blood and my fear of needles as phobias.
I feel sick when blood is mentioned, and can't bear to look at it. If I have a little cut it's okay, but anything more or if it's on someone else, I can't stand it.
With the needles, just thinking of them makes me nervous. I don't get flu shots because I freak out too much. Last time I got a shot (I was 11), I ran from my doctor and tried to hide. My mom had to end up restraining me. I'm fine with sewing needles, but just the sight of a medical needle makes me shiver.
I hate medical needles, they make me feel really unsafe and when I see them I go in high-defense mode and get really jumpy. It's not so much that I fear the pain, but the idea of something being injected into my blood creeps me out.
It just seems... unatural. I mean, the idea of someone putting something into your bloodstream? Eck, I feel creeped out just thinking about it.
Like when I go to the dentist to get cavities filled, they put something in my blood that makes me lose feeling. That sounds creepy, to me, at least.
I don't mind being around blood, though.
I tripped on Wednesday and got cut up pretty badly, my hands were covered in blood... Eh, sorry, I won't go into the details.
But I get hurt so often that when I see blod, I'm just like, "Oh, hey, I'm bleeding."
