Post AyltEqiPMcS1SZGoiW by lyda@mastodon.ie
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(DIR) Post #AylhzaDVK7DmS2Kiie by overholt@glammr.us
2025-10-01T14:53:08Z
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I'm going in a couple of hours to get this year's flu vaccination. I neglected a lot of important health stuff for many years because (among other reasons) of intense needle-phobia. I have lately adopted this advice, substituting "anxiety" for "cat".
(DIR) Post #AyljT9wpefeZcaCa2K by 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
2025-10-01T15:09:40Z
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@overholt you can do it! ✊ I’m also quite needlephobic but I’ve gotten a lot better at tanking it in the last few years.
(DIR) Post #Aylji6SOur7P8e5rns by ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social
2025-10-01T15:12:21Z
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@overholt I know it doesn’t actually help with a true phobia, but I am here to tell you that needles are much finer and less bothersome now than they were several years ago. Also, if you need to fight a cat, elbow-length leather gloves are a good idea.
(DIR) Post #AylldevPXOP8V0fh44 by jessamyn@glammr.us
2025-10-01T15:33:59Z
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@overholt Good for you, John!
(DIR) Post #AylpQs7LZnupT1PdnU by cainmark@mstdn.social
2025-10-01T16:16:28Z
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@overholt I also have needle phobia. I have to look away and make up stories in my head as it happens. Also a universal blood donor with my type so if I don't give blood I feel tremendous guilt, so I have to face my phobia every time and get drained a bit.
(DIR) Post #Aylq0XhGydOGYiE3G4 by shezza_t@mastodon.ie
2025-10-01T16:22:54Z
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@overholt I feel seen by this post.My needle phobia was terrible for years. I would still go for all the medical stuff, but spend the week beforehand extremely stressed and not sleeping. During the appointment I would get woozy and nauseous.Best thing I ever did was start telling the medical staff about it. Second best thing I did was take up yoga, because that taught me breathing and focus exercises that I still use to get through stuff.Good luck with your vaccination.
(DIR) Post #Aylq2VUO9lZgI58U76 by overholt@glammr.us
2025-10-01T16:23:20Z
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@cainmark You are a better person than I am. I struggle to get through enough of a blood draw for my A1C testing and I don’t even know what my blood type is.
(DIR) Post #AyltEqiPMcS1SZGoiW by lyda@mastodon.ie
2025-10-01T16:59:07Z
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@overholt Advice that could be taken out of context.
(DIR) Post #Aym4A70KTOVe1kb2K8 by cainmark@mstdn.social
2025-10-01T19:01:30Z
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@overholt I dont know about that. Doing it because it's the right thing to do would be better than trying to avoid my own guilt.