Extreme Phobias

I have a terible phobia of needles and injections. People simply dont know what its like and dont understand

Lots of people simply say " its not painfull " but thats nothing to do with it. Its simply the thought of the needle penetrating the skin.

My phobia stems from childhood when at the age of 5 I had to have a kidney x-ray. I was left in a room on my own for 4 hours with a needle in my arm. The needle was not clean and my whole arm swelled up to twice its normal size. I was only 5 and I am 30 now but I can remember it like it happened last week.

I realy feel for and understand people that have phobia's as it can cause problems, I for example will never be able to travel to a country that needs inoculations.

Perhaps people should try and be more tolerent and understading instead of taking the mickey out of people with these unfortunate aflictions !

What are your phobia's ??

[Roy MM]

Empty bank account no seriously i had a fear of hospitals (ie operations) till last year, i was rushed into hospital and ended up having six operations in three months, no fear of them now tho.

[Russ]

I have a phobia of being held by my neck

[Angua]

I do sympathise. Hubby could never take the children for their innoculations and even though I am very calm about these things my daugter takes after her dad whilst my son didn't even flinch for the last ones.....

I used to have a phobia about spiders but now it is only May Bugs (nice word nasty creature) due to one landing on my bed (about 3 inches from my face ) when I was eight. Scary.

[Tuftus]

Eating out gives me panic attacks...

[bmxbandit]

i'm scared of snakes. they look at me funny. i want to kill them before they kill me...

(even weeny, non-venomous-even-to-an-earwig ones )

[allieyoung666]

Accidents, involving a certain person!!!! who will not listen to you, even though I had a bad feeling the night before. Cancer my brother and my mother in law are both fighting it and having a serious asthma attack, the last one nearly killed me needless to say I carry all my drugs all the time

I used to work with a girl who had a phobia about veins, which is a similar thing, apparently she had to be forcibly held down if she needed a blood test, etc. At first, like you say, Stu, we were inclined to take the mickey, but as we came to understand it was a real phobia, we laid off, luckily before she was too upset.

I have a fear of heights, but not really a phobia, as I can quite happily climb trees, ladders, etc, so long as I am holding on. I actually get butterflies in my tummy, when watching film of other people climbing, though, or where someone walks near the edge of a tall building ...

[Ramrod]

I have no phobias that I know of..........

[Caspar]

I have a strange enjoyment of needles tbh ...I was in and out of hospital after a car crash when I was 18.....had >12 ops since ...so blood tests and alike are no problem...another strange like is the sensation you have when you get knocked out by a general anesthetic!

Anyway onto phobia, I enjoy my own company but I fear being left..you know when you have an arguement with the wife and she just leaves the room etc... (Probably my mother's fault but that's a different story! ) ...I also have a phobia of crowds, such as shopping malls, supermarkets, cinemas, resturants etc... and usually have panic attacks/head rushes/hot flushes etc..

So my worst fear is being abandoned in a supermarket!

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Caspar

<snip>So my worst fear is being abandoned in a supermarket!

I haven't got any phobias, but my worst fear is defintiely being abandoned in a supermarket with no beer aisle

[allieyoung666]

Death, even though I work with it all the time, it gives me the woolies!!!! Especially when you lay them out and they do that finial gasp, last time that happened I left the room tout suite!!!!

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I have no phobias that I know of..........

............. not even the zinglebot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Nugget

I haven't got any phobias, but my worst fear is defintiely being abandoned in a supermarket with no beer aisle

... and the maybug looking for you... :o

Don't like needles... it's just the thought of someone sticking sharp pointy thing into the skin. plus it aches afterwards

I did try hypnotherpy and it did not help.

I have to keep clear of the needles as even the sight of them makes me pass out, If anyone aprouches me with a needle I see red and become extremely voilent I just cant help it.