r/trypanophobia

Realmente queria saber como funciona isso, tipo como a pessoa fica excitada se tem medo/nojo de buracos com aspecto orgânico saca ? Porque cu e buceta é literalmente isso, um buraco orgânico

This has happened to me twice now. Once was for local anesthetic and they said "I'm going to put on the drops now" and I assumed that meant something topical. Nope, needle. The second time was my recent surgery when I was about to get knocked out. They said they need to "give me a whiff" so I assumed they would start with gas sedation. Nope, needle.

Mind you I'm already in full restraint with no ability to see them or move around during any of this, so they're just blindsiding me with it. Is it crazy that I would feel much more comfortable if they just said "the needle is going to go in now" instead of using (pardon my language) BS words?

The goal of the exposure therapy is to do this without restraint since I recently got a major diagnosis and will need treatments for a while, and having me fight hard the whole time is just not fair for anyone. But because I'm already pretty much in the treatment already, all the exposures have to be in vivo and flooding, which sucks.

I have to go to the doctors on Thursday at 1:00pm (eastern time) to get my sports physical done, and I’m due for 2 shots. I need to avoid this, I just can’t do it. I’ve avoided shots for like 3 years now and im shaking now as I type it at just the idea of having to get this shot. My initial plan was to make myself throw up at the doctors, but I would have to make myself gag a few times and my mom would yell at me. Maybe I pretend to faint? But that might result in the medical staff keeping me there for longer and drawing blood. Please help me. Don’t give me tips of overcoming my fear. I came here because I need people who understand.

I'm currently working through exposure therapy and making some progress. I'm much better at dealing with the icky thoughts, I can watch triggering videos, I know it's working (slowly). But physically, I still just CANNOT. Does anyone else just HATE being touched (specifically in areas where blood would be drawn, vulnerable areas)? Anyone successfully get through this?

I’ve had this phobia since I was a kid, can’t remember having a bad experience as to where it started either. I had a blood draw yesterday and I broke down so badly that I was howling and hyperventilating through the whole thing like an animal. I’m 22 mind you, I’ve never met anyone with the same phobia this intense before. THEY DIDN’T EVEN GET ANY BLOOD EITHER AMD I HAVE TO COME BACK IM SO PISSED. The nurse was super nice and very understanding, they said they wouldn’t do anything I didn’t consent to, so they wouldn’t just jab me with the damn thing when I wasn’t ready.

Anyways, how do I work on this???? I’m already in therapy for different things, and I’d prefer not to go back and forth between the needles and the other stuff.
I’m autistic as well, and I’ve boiled it down to a sensory overload/sensory issues.

I’ve tried breathing, distractions such as temperatures, talking, pinpointing on a certain subject, counting, things like that. I’m scared to use music incase I correlate that song to the anxiety of needles lol.

Thanks to anyone who can respond!!

I'm 15 and I never used to be scared of needles until I was around 10. I had a bad experience when I was younger but really it was small. The person giving me a vaccine had left it in my arm for a long time. Besides that I have no idea where my phobia could have come from but it's gotten worse as I've aged. For instance, my mom booked me an appointment with our new family doctor. I was a little nervous to meet her, but other then that everything went well until she said I should get blood work done. I started crying in her office and when I got into my moms car I started hyperventilating and almost passed out. Normally I just would have said no to the blood work but I've been having some health problems and my doctor said this was a must. Now the health problems are not life or death, just hurting my quality of life slightly. My mom has never seen me freak out like that be-four so she just told me to stop crying and that I'm fine. She stopped to get gas and when I was in the car (attempting) to calm down I remembered my step-mom said I should ask for a prescription for something to soothe my anxiety. My mom is very agents that kind of thing which is funny because shes on anxiety medication. I want to ask her if I could get a prescription but I think she'll get upset with me or call me dramatic. Ive tried the numbing patches and it has never helped. Even talking about the blood work with my dad I was holding back tears. I really don't want this to affect my health but I don't think i'll ever be able to get over this fear. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I could say to my mom? Or just in general, thank you.

anyone else really scared of needles and doesn’t see the doctor because the first thing they say is you need to give bloods? funnily enough i’m okay with injections.

so many people are scared of needles surely there should be another way to take blood. and don’t get me started on infusions, the thought of it has me passing out

Hi everyone.
I’m a 25-year-old woman, and I’ve had severe trypanophobia for about 16 years. This isn’t just “being afraid of needles.” My fear starts days before a blood test.
For about 2 weeks beforehand I usually:
can’t sleep,
cry constantly,
vomit everything, even water,
have panic attacks,
and by the day of the appointment I often faint or completely lose control.
In the past I’ve run out of medical offices, fainted, vomited and even become aggressive during panic because my brain goes into pure survival mode.
The biggest problem is that almost every doctor I’ve spoken to has either dismissed me or refused to help. I wasn’t asking to avoid blood tests forever—I was asking for a gradual approach and help managing the anxiety (for example, preparing over multiple appointments or discussing medication for the procedure). Instead, I was often told they couldn’t help me, and two doctors even said they could physically restrain me if necessary. That completely destroyed my trust in healthcare.
There was only one doctor who ever helped me successfully. She never forced me. If I said “stop,” she stopped. If I wasn’t ready, she would simply say, “We’ll try another day.” She always respected my boundaries, explained everything in advance, and kept looking for ways to make it easier. Unfortunately, she retired.
Because of this phobia I have avoided blood tests for 10 years. I recently lost a job and opportunity because I couldn’t complete the required (pre-)employment blood work, and I honestly feel hopeless.
Has anyone here had a phobia this severe and actually improved? What helped you? Therapy? Medication? Exposure therapy? A specific approach from a doctor?
I’d really appreciate hearing from people who have been through something similar.
Thank you:) (Slovakia)

I’m also scared that some doctor will ruin my life over this post- that’s why new account xd

hey everyone!! 28f, been slowly trying to get over my fear of needles this year and it’s a process. the main thing i’ve been putting off for so long is a blood draw—last time i had one was 2017. ive always had a fear of needles but i went through a period when i was in high school/college where i wasn’t really super afraid of them anymore. in 2017 i had some stomach issues happening and the dr. ordered a blood test which coincidentally i had never had before. i wasn’t super excited, but i went through with it. during the actual procedure i was a little nervous but nothing too crazy. as soon as the nurse went over to her computer to start typing i started getting tunnel vision, my ears were ringing, nauseous etc. she fanned me until i was feeling better and i was like “does this happen often?” and she said “no not really”. i didn’t think too much of it, i just kind of assumed it was because i was sick or something.

later that same year, i needed to get another blood draw done before a medical procedure i was having. i was a bit nervous to do it because i had almost fainted last time. i told the nurse my concerns and he was kind of condescending, saying what the last nurse said, that “that doesn’t really happen”. i tried to explain to him that yes i was afraid of needles, and have had some pretty gnarly anxiety episodes over them, but ive never fainted before during an injection, or any other time in my life, just the blood draw. he kept telling me i just needed to stay calm and it would be fine, he was using a needle that babies used. he does it, takes the needle out and boom, i start feeling nauseous, tunnel vision, ears ringing, etc. i had a full blown anxiety attack this time, they had to lay me down and i was crying and it was just not a fun time.

anyway, fast forward to today!!! my doctor really wants me to get labs done, and i know i need to do it, but i’ve been way too scared. i mostly get annoyed that providers don’t seem to listen when i tell them that the reaction is something i cannot control and it really doesn’t have anything to do with me being anxious or not. i wish it did!!! both times i got my bloodwork i was sitting up and ive heard it helps to lay down, but im wondering if anyone has done this and still had presyncope??? both times i didn’t actually fully faint, i just started to, but the feeling of fainting was just so scary to me and im afraid to feel that way again, even if it isn’t dangerous.

tldr: history of presyncope during blood draws while sitting up—if i lay down during a blood draw, will i likely still get presyncope???

thanks for your insight!!