Are You Afraid of Needles?

Question

Answer 1

I don't refuse them if i have to get a shot, but I always cringe when one is about to stick me.
Luckily, I haven't had a shot in years. I don't even remember the last time I had a fever or the flu. I am good for now.

Answer 2

Answer 3

Absolutely.. Horrified..

Answer 4

Not with today's needles! But I grew up in the 50s when needles were thick and reused (after sterilizing) over and over. Even though they checked for burrs, every once and a while one would get through and it was like being stuck with a tree limb!

Answer 5

Especially in someone else's hands.

Answer 6

Answer 7

Yes I am very scared of needles..I start crying till now when doctor comes with an injection.

Answer 8

Answer 9

Yes I have and it only started recently, for some unknown reason. Until about 5 years ago I was o.k. with having blood tests and injections, but since my mother died I have become scared of having a needle put in to me.

Answer 10

I do not harbor irrational fears.

Answer 11

To some extent...Pointy things period creep me out. >.< Which is weird..because I love spikes. They make a great fashion statement!

Answer 12

Answer 13

hate them but unfortunately for me, I will have to ****** them in February!

Answer 14

Answer 15

With the better needles made today and a well experienced person , getting lab test are a snap .

Answer 16

Answer 17

and No..

It depends on the needle.. If it is a long horse type needle, it isn't happening!!!

If it is a small one, ohh hec why not...

I had been diagnosed with cancer about 20 yrs ago.. When it came to the chemotherapy it was a IV drip.. But there was one medication that they had to give through a needle.. This thing look like a horse needle, it was long.. All I could do when the nurse put it in front of me was think, she is not putting that thing in me.. If so, I was going to turn into a wild cat.. Because it wasn't going to happen.. So, I asked her, are you putting that thing in me.. She said no, that it would be put through the IV drip.. Another words, it would go into the tube that was stuck on my arm.. I said thank goodness!

I hate it when the nurse can't find the vain though.. That *****!!!

Answer 18

& that said, the thing is that there are more that can't do it than there is that can!

Answer 19

Answer 20

I am not afraid of needles but some of the people who try to stick me scare me. I spent much of my life giving shots and drawing blood and I am very good at it but it is as much an art as it is a science.

Some people just can't do it like some can't shoot a freethrow or hit a dartboard with a dart. But, I am apparently pretty good since my wife refused to let anyone but me draw her blood or give her shots when she went in to deliver our twins. I even prefer to draw my own blood.

Answer 21

Needles !!!!!!

Answer 22

Army, 3 bad operations, eye operation kind of use to them...

Answer 23

I'm afraid of darts.

Answer 24

Yes and I never look. Even in movies, I won't look.

Answer 25

I'm used to them as my father is a doctor and i spend most of the time with his needles

Answer 26

But I still take it. But as long as it's not on me and it's just a little if any blood, I don't really get scared.

Answer 27

just the idea of getting an injection makes me unease and sick to my stomach. I have needle phobia.

Answer 28

But I have never refused a shot in any case, I just really don't like the needle.

Answer 29

Was until I was about 20, then the fear just faded away.

Answer 30

Can't say that I love them.

Answer 31

Not really. I don't like to watch them actually go into my skin, but part of that is just preventing my mind from thinking "this is about to hurt".

Answer 32

Getting shots, no, but when they draw blood, or are used for an IV, I get a bit tense.

Answer 33

NOT...

Answer 34

Not so much, I have to get them once a year to avoid the winter flu.

Answer 35

Of the feline variety. I'm a big PU_SY!

Answer 36

Most especially the contents.

Answer 37

Shots are not so scary as you get older; but, I still hate them.

Answer 38

Answer 39

Not at all.

Answer 40

yea and I hate em, but I gotta do what I gotta do. It won't last forever.

Answer 41

Can do what?.. Have a Needle stuck in them or do Chemotherapy..