Who in here is afraid of needles?

I used not to be afraid of needles, but I became super scared when I literally cried in the emergency room because the nurse and the doctor pricked me 3x! They just punctured me when actually, they are not able to look for a decent vein to puncture! Man! it hurts so bad, I want to inject both of the doctor nurse to make them feel what I am feeling!!

well im in the medical field and i say that i have an experience with kids and the term its just like the bite on an ant or a bee. i think this is the worst term to say to kids/patients. i find it amusing that it is still being taught by some professors on how to handle this kind of situations. i think the a better phrase is "its just gonna hurt a little bit" so the person would know what to expect and brace for it. when i was still a student, we where taught to p rick ourselves or even get our own blood ourselves to test if we are already used to it.

i have never really been afraid of needles. i used to be alittle afraid of needles when i was really young, but then i got really used to needles cuz i have had allergies my entire life and i ended up havn to take medicine through needles for my allergies and also took blood tests and stuff alot and it doesnt really bother me anymore

I am! I hate needles ___

Well, I'm not "afraid", but I do detest the thought of thin, sharp metals poking or cutting through veins and fleshy stuff. I don't know why, I simply don't. I can look at the needle in my arm, but I usually prefer not to. I don't get nauseous, but it feels uncomfortable, both before the injection and during it. I also hated it when I was little, but I was always quiet during everything - consults, tests, injections etc. About two years ago, the government offered free general consults, and I had to draw blood. The nurse must have pierced a nerve or something like that, because I felt a sudden sharp pain, like a sting, but incredibly powerful. It hurt so much a tear came to my eye, as a physical reaction, not an emotional one. Still, I'm not "afraid", but that episode just made me despise needless even more.

I'm quite scare of needles, when it comes to injections. IT's the thought of it, entering my skin slowly, while i have to look at it! Even if it's not painful, i still feel the pain in me. It's just psychological to me. I'm quite tamed even i'm scared of it. I won't be screaming and shouting before the needle enters my skin. I will only be grabbing my bf's hand tight and scratch it a few times!

I’m one of those people who are afraid of injection. Though it’s not really painful for me, I just don’t want to see the needles being injected to me and see the blood extracting from me. But I am not among the baby cry ones during injections. I just close my eyes and wait for it to be finish. One worst experience I have with the needles was when I did my blood test for my prenatal. It was not the nurse who performed the injection it was a lady doctor. Would you believe that it took her 6 times of needle insertion before she extracted blood from me? I was not actually nervous, my nervousness occurs after her severaI unsuccessful insertion. I was really dread up during her fourth insertion and I have to grab my arms away from her and told her to stop and better do it next time, but she insisted to continue and finally after 6 insertions she succeeded. I did not come back again to her clinic.

Although actually it is not so painful to have a shot. But I am scared of the needles. I don't really know why. Whenever I have a shot, I will look around and try to avoid to see the needle. I love China

I'm not really afraid of needles. I don't really like them, but I'm okay with them. If I need to get a vaccine, I'll just do it and I'll be fine.

I am not afraid of needles. As a child I was afraid of needles. But when I had an injection for measles immunization, I fight my fear. I finally succeeded and I am not afraid.

I'm 26 now but I'm still afraid with it. The last time I was injected was last year and it made me feel so weak. I could feel the weaknesses all over my skin for 3 days. I think if you concentrate on what scares you, you will really really feel the pain, and thats what happened to me lol

I'm not afraid of being pierced with a needle. In fact the last time I was having a physical exam and a nurse stuck a needle on my arm to get some blood, I almost didn't feel anything. What is weird with me is that I am not afraid of my skin being pierced by a needle but when I saw someone being injected with a needle, I can't help but feel weak in the knees and I have to look away.

i have not did pearcing yet but i would really like to know how it feels when some one do this on your body. i want to have done on my eyebrows.

Personally, I am not afraid of needles. But I have this office mate, a big male guy (about 5'9" and 200lbs) who is quite afraid of needles. Every year, in our company, as part of our medical check-up, we are to give blood samples and the way nurses get samples is by piercing a finger with a needle. You can really tell that he is afraid because he paces a lot and sweat.

I am afraid of needles. I can feel my heart beat fast once I go to the laboratory for some blood extraction for some tests. I think I have needlephobia. Lol

Hi, When I was a small kid, I was afraid of needles and till now, I am still fear scared when I really need an injection when I fall sick. Only come to the worst case, then I will choose go for an injection,at least I will have speedy recovery. My son also afraid of injection and last two weeks ,he has 2 injections due to high fever and lucky after that 2 injections,he slowly get well. My mother always say " don't afraid",poking by a needle is just like an ant's bite, and it is true....the doctor can poke super fast and within few second, the injection is done. However, I wish I won't need to go for an injection in future...

I am afraid of needles because I know that I have small veins and if the phlebotomist can't find the vein they jam the needle in to try and draw blood. I always bruise and it is so tender I sometimes cry. I have to get IVs a lot because I have a stomach condition that I have to get endoscopies for. I found it helps if I breathe deep while they are trying to put the needle in.

The doctor or nurse would often say having a needle stick in your arm is like feeling the sensation of a mosquito bite. It stings like a bee. But since I was a child I was not squeamish about injections. I believe that it is necessary to make me feel better when I am so sick. Dentist also use them so that I won't feel the pain of having a tooth pulled. It depends on the one administering the injection whether I fear the needle. Some have light touches(One that cause little pain) some are have "heavy holds" where one can feel the sting. I prefer the former.

I am afraid of needles that's why I didn't pursue my medical studies. When I was first admitted in the hospital which was last year, I was really afraid to have dextrose with me. Unfortunately I needed to be injected with dextrose because I was admitted for one week. In the third day of my admission in the hospital, aside from the fact that I am afraid of needles, I also had a traumatic experience due to a careless nurse.When it was time to transfer the IV infusion from my left hand to my right hand, the nurse failed to infuse it successfully which caused my blood to squirt. I really cried and my mom got mad with the nurse. The medical technologist did the infusion and he was really an expert of it than the nurse.

I am quite scared of needles. Usually, whenever I see one, I feel like I might get hurt. If I see a needle up close, that's when I start to feel pain inside.