> > One thing that I have noticed is that opinions here are incredibly varied. Plus some of the most unique ideas come from here too. So I'm hoping that maybe you guys can help me.
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> > One of my biggest fears is needles in contact with human skin. Even the thought of it makes me want to cry. How big is this fear? Well, I rather jump out of a 23-story window (Yeah, I know...that'd kill me or leave me very very injured) than get a shot or have that needle come near me. Well, come next year (my senior year of high school), I have the opportunity to spend most of my time at a local college. Since it deals with animals, one of the requirements is to get a set of 3 rabies shots. A lot of my friends have told me to take some of them with me when I go to get them. That'd be great if I could take them. I'll have to get them on the first day since the college is willing to pay for them. So I was wondering if anyone has any ideas to help me out. I know once I get it, I'll be fine after that and will be able to get shots. It's just the first time that is the hardest. I basically have to face this fear alone. I know it's not for several months, but to me, the sooner I figure out how to face it the better.
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> > Any ideas??
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> I know that fear of needles or injections is a very common phobia, so I looked it up on Google. There are a ton of pages about it. Perhaps some of these will give you a starting point -- it may even help just to realise that this is one of the more common phobias around, and you are not alone with it. From what I've read, the place to start when dealing with a phobia is exploring what *exactly* you are afraid of, and where that fear came from. These are just three of the pages I found in a very brief search.
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> http://www.needlephobia.co.uk/
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> http://www.futurescience.com/needles.html
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> http://thestressoflife.com/role_of_disgust_in_phobias.htm

I know exactly what the fear is of and where it came from.

The fear is of needles in contact with human skin. I say human skin because I can watch animals get shots and have no problem. But as soon as it's a person who's getting a shot, blood taken, having an IV put in...anything like that is what I'm afraid of. Plus I know why I have this fear. The last time I had any thing like that done on me, it was a bad experience. I needed blood taken out. The guy who was doing it was terrible at it and was so painful to me because he couldn't find any veins (The reason why I tell little details is because it hurts me to write about it). So I have that image placed into my mind.

Thanks for the websites. They have some things that I never knew or really thought about before. I never thought of looking up about it on the internet. Thanks so much!!

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