Something that's been puzzling me is my one fear, a very irrational one at that. Needles, to my vein to be precise. I don't mind needles, as long as they don't go into my veins. It makes no sense as i had no such fear in my teens but it manifested at around the age of 20 where i almost fainted when i went to a blood test.

I've jumped out of a plane without hesitation (skydiving is such a rush). I have no trouble with diving. I drive REALLY fast at times for the rush. No fear of the dark or "scarey" people.

Hmm... come to think of it. What is the state of fear? I get adrenaline from things like skydiving but no mental component. Needles is the only thing that makes me "squirmy". It's really baffling.

I am Diabetic, so I have to have blood taken every month, I also have to have 4 insulin injections every day.
I f**king hate it.

My God. I would be absolutely terrified, how on earth can't you be scared? :-)

Trypanophobia, a irrational fear of medical procedures, especially injections and needles.
I have a fear of large knives, I cant stand to see them in my kitchen, So I'll shut them in the draw so I dont have to look at them. People think I'm crazy. :-)

Did you ever have a bad experience with needles/injections? Or did it just suddenly start?
I wont post anymore ;)

I'm also diabetic, it's just when someone else is sticking a needle into my vein that bothers me. Maybe it's Trypanophobia, i don't know. I've never had any bad experiences with medical procedures either, so i have no idea where it came from.

EDIT: I haven't had a blood test taken in years because of this. Last time they tried i kicked the nurse.

Are you really diabetic? Or are you messing with me? :-)

I hate it too, If I look it freaks me out as I see the blood sucking up into the needle.
Usually phobias start with a bad experience, as far As I know. Phobia is a funny word, it means "irrational fear"... But people have Nucleomituphobia a fear of nuclear weapons.... How's that irrational?

Why on earth would a lie about being diabetic? Paranoid much? :) It's no so much the blood being sucked out as it is the needle going in. Anyways, i was hoping that someone would have input into it, like where it comes from and how to get rid of it.

According to our NHS the only way to completely eliminate a phobia is to "release the emotions" causing the phobia. There is also decondtioning which is a very succesful technique of eliminating phobias, there are many psychotherapy sites with details on how to decondition yourself to a phobia, I'm not going to waste your time writing the list of steps etc.

toby why dont you just tell him how??? That's what he asked for....

As a child I had an allergic reaction to something in the house that made my whole body break out. I had to keep going to the Dr to have blood drawn. But I have reclusive veins. So that **** nurse kept missing my vein. So my Mom did it as she was a nurse but you can see the scares on my arm where that nurse missed.

But then they made me go back to have more blood drawn...

At the doctors office I started fighting my mother, two nurses and a Dr. I refused to let them come near me with that needle. I fought my preteen butt off but after a few minutes I had no adrenaline or energy left. So I agreed to let them use a butterfly needle on me only if they gave me some water.

Turns out I was allergic to the new laundry detergent.

But for years I didn't want to get a shot or blood drawn. Needles that they pop in your upper arm don't bother me at all. I used to be unnerved by people trying to poke my veins. I guess it's mainly because there are a lot of incompetent nurses out there and I have reclusive veins. I can't stand it when they miss the vein and move the needle around in my arm looking for it.

I'm not afraid. I just don't enjoy unsatisfying pain.