How to convince her?

I am one of those who have phobia in injections. I would rather take a dozen pills in place of injection. I think I have no more than 10 injects since I was small.

I'm not scared of injection. To cope with kid who scared of injection, try this. Before telling about your plan, ask him what he want to have. He might say everything related to toys, ice cream, new books, etc. Say yes, and tell him that he will got that if he wish to be injected. It might be hard. But, surely it will work well. He will agree in this negotiation.

I don't like getting shots or getting my blood taken. Something must of happened to your friend to cause this reaction to injections. When I was a kid, my mom would stick needles in old soap so she wouldn't loose them. Next thing I knew, I put my hand down and the needle went through my hand. It wasn't the sharp end either. My mom had to slowly pull it out of my hand, since it went all the way through. So I will agree with your friend injections hurt, they don't leave a scar unless she had the small pox vaccine. Which is probably where she gets the having a scar part from. My husband had to get it, when he was preparing to go to Iraq. It wasn't a fun experience for none of the units getting it. Maybe you can go with her, and get the flu shot. That way you can show her that it doesn't hurt or leave a scar.

Hello my friend.. I have helped many people who have a fear of injections in this way and the first thing to realize is that the "phobic" needs to want to resolve their fear and there is no way to talk them around if they are adamant that they are too scared to have a shot. When somebody come to be it is a clear sign that they are ready and willing to do something about this phobia (or any phobia). However, if they are brought to me by another person they have not come to me of their own volition but because the other person wants them to change. In this case, there is always resistance and it is highly unlikely they would respond to any form of counselling. Children tend to be like this. They don't want injections and are in no state of mind to listen to a therapist who is going to try to persuade them otherwise. As a kid I was afraid, but really had no choice. In those days, my parents would drag me along to have my injections. It even got so bad that I would always faint. But in my teens, I decided myself that injections were a fact of life, so I might as well face my fear and conquer it. And I did so, using the techniques I learned as part of my training. These days it seems that nobody is forced to do anything they don't want to do, unless ther is legislation in the case of a serious disease. This has its good points, but also its bad points. _Derek

hi professor, when i was younger, about the age of 8, doctors do come to the classroom and administer vaccine shots. i tell you, the whole class was always shocked to see doctors and nurses and especially when the children being given shots start to cry out so loud shouting "ouch!" i could see a lot of boys jumping out the windows just not to be able to get injected. that made me think that injections are painful and seeing them absent the next few days because of fever. as i grew up i lost the fear. education have taught me how injections are helping sick people the fastest way and that it is just an ant bite like pain and would not stay long. what makes me think twice is what is that being injected and what is it for. i always ask, what it is and how it could relieve the person. i guess, it is still educating myself, right? ann

I think that there are some people that just can't be convinced of this. I myself don't mind having injections, but I wouldn't really want to make it a habit in my life either. That said, I think that for those people that have a phobia of having injections, there is really nothing that you are able to do to convince them otherwise. I wish that this wasn't the case, but it isn't at all possible to convince people otherwise.

If she wants to live, she should take the injections. I have been vaccinated for just about everything, and I have had to have shots for just about everything, and if it were not for those shots and vaccinations, I would not be here today.

DOnt like th and dont take what I on thined. Youngest son hates needles wehn little he didnt want shot in buttocks wanted in his leg so they did. He had to have 2 eye operation for he had week muscles and had to have them cut and placed where they were surpose to be. Now I am not sure if he dreads them but sure he does like I do.

Even my daughter is afraid of injections. I feel it is phobia. You should phoo phoo the thought of taking injections in front of her and she should feel that it is nothing to take injections, then she will be fine after some time.

hi professor a few years ago I had to be hospital for bleeding diverticulitis and as I was already anemic and had lost a lot' of blood I had four blood transfusions and also had to have blood sampletaken during the night every four hours. tell your friend if I could stand that at the age of 80 without any fear she should be able to stand one little pinprick of an injection.[

If the injection is necessary to health, you need to find a way to make that person see the light. sometimes not looking at what is coming is the best course of action. It can make it seem less painful.

I read in an article that never say that the said injection will not hurt that much nor its just like a mosquito bite. The best thing to do is to ask her if what is the real cause of her fear of injections. Share your experiences around her about having such injection. Have a favorite grandson/ granddaughter or relatives of her around to talk about their experiences with needles although prep the said person first because your goal is to convince her to let herself be injected. It would be helpful if a light touching doctor would do the injecting since it would allay her fears.

Well there is no easy way to change a perception that has been long existing in a person's mind. You can always start to make them feel that what they believe is not totally wrong but partly correct. Injections may hurt but only when done in a wrong way, there actually is a technique that reduces the pain when they are done. What always work for me is to divert the person's attention and stimulate (touch lightly in a continuous manner) an area not very far from the injection site as the feeling that you give by touching her will compete with the pain nerve fibers that the injection is stimulating. I hope it helps =)