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Terrified of getting shots, but I need to get them... can you help me?
i am 12 and i am terriffied of shots! i feel like i am going to die!!! will you help me get so i am not so terriffied of getting my tdap/tetnus, whooping cough shot? my appointment is soon!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ask your friend to poke you now get a needle... would you rather have a piece of medal in your skin that feels like a poke or actually die? im a boss the ask me to look away when giving a needle i dont listen and look at the needle picture this a GIANT NEEDLE COMING DOWN ON YOUR SKIN and it lands on your skin its a mosqitoe basicly is what it feels like
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oh , don't worry everything will be fine, look away and think of something you love and everything will be okay, they only last seconds!!! its fine! just look away and dont give contact to it and your fine
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The biggest fear about getting a shot is the fear itself. If the person giving the shot is skillful you will barely feel it. Take it from someone who has to undergo a therapy that requires huge needles, needles larger than the ones used to give inoculation, inserted in my back three times a year to deliver pain medication to an injured spine. Those needles only hurt a little bit.
You cannot refuse to get the inoculations. Failure to get the proper immunizations will mean you will not be allowed to attend school.
The best thing to do is to tell the nurse that you hate shots. Your not alone in hating shots a lot of people have the same fear. Some people find it easier to watch so they know what is coming. Others prefer to turn their head away.
I think you might find turning your head away and finding something in the office to focus on. Focus on that item. Concentrate on it as hard as you can. Breath in through your nose and out through your mouth in a steady rhythm. The nurse will realize what you are doing and when she sees you are properly focused she will give you the shot. I'm fairly certain it will work for you. It has worked for me with the needles I get in my back.
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Phobias are irrational things, and no amount of logic is going to make it go away. I suspect you are smart enough to know that the needles will not really hurt that much or do you any harm that can't be fixed by a small band-aid, but they make you feel panicked anyway. There are lots of people out there with much less rational fears than that, so the first piece of advice I have is to try not to stress about the fear itself.
You DO need to get these shots. I'm afraid the previous responders who said that you can refuse don't actually know what they're talking about; at the age of 12, you cannot refuse medical treatment if your parents insist that you get it (and you should get these shots - they are important vaccinations against diseases which are far worse than any needle, and some of them will require a lot more shots to treat the diseases if you actually catch it). But there are a few things you can do which will make the experience easier.
First, you can speak with the nurse ahead of time and explain that you have a phobia of needles and that this will be difficult for you. That way, at least they know what to expect. They can also refrain from saying things like, "OK, ready?" or "Here it comes!" which will probably make it worse. Tell them you just want them to do it quickly, quietly, and get it over with as fast as possible. I guarantee you will NOT be their first patient with a dread of needles; it happens all the time.
When the time comes to actually get the shot, focus your mind as intensely as you can on anything besides what's happening. For instance, think about a song you like and imagine that it's playing at an overwhelmingly loud volume, drowning out everything else in the world. Alternately, focus on someone you have a major crush on and... well, I think you know what to do with that one.
Over time, this problem will get better for two reasons. One, you will gain the life-experience to help you deal with these kinds of emotions better than you can now. And two, adults don't have to get as many shots as kids.
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Well, what's so scary about them?
They really don't hurt much, even donating blood doesn't hurt much and that thing is more like a, a, I don't even know what, rather than a needle. Anyway.
All I can suggest is just breathe. You will not die 'cause of a shot. You're more likely to die if you don't get your shot and contract one of those illnesses. It ain't the end of the world. You're making it into more than it is. It's just a little needle pricking you, surely you've experienced pain worse than that, right? :) And it goes by so, so quickly usually! Sometimes they may not get the needle in the right spot, but even then it won't take long. It's such a tiny, tiny speck of time in your life. You'll be okay, really you will.
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If you don't want to take these shots nobody including a school or any organization can to make you conform to policies.
All you need to do is go to local city hall and get a form that exempts you from this on religious grounds of which you don't have to even list. Vacines from what recen research seems to be showing can and are in some cases causing more problems than not. Nobody can say for sure but they've been trying to establish a link between them and autism for a long time.
Back to my point it's up to you and your parents to make a decision about the vaccines, get exempted etc. and not worry over it. It's your body and choice not a school's or anywhere else's.
If you do get them focus on something else, choose a spot on the wall and feel a pinch. It's done with faster tan you can think about it but I do feel it's not worth it but if you go for it that's all that happens. It's done in seconds.
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