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Old Apr 07, 2016, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul View Post
hopefully it will get better, phobias are weird :/

i have a few of them myself
just have to try to remind ourselves to not let these things define who we are, because who we are is not these things ???
Yeah, that's true. It's so hard to get past some of them though. Like, I have a phobia of medical needles. I'm ok with piercings and tattoos, but I can't stand getting shots or having blood drawn. Well, I have to give myself an injection every week. It took at least 2 months before I could do it without having a panic attack first. And I go in for check ups about every 3 months, and the doc always sends me to the lab for blood tests after. Usually it's not too bad, especially when they can take it from the back of my hand. But last time they messed something up and I had to go back to have more taken. The lab tech I got then was just terrible and dug around in my arm to find a vein. It was traumatizing. I cried the whole time, and cried again when I got out to the car. Even remembering it now is upsetting.
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