Injections!

How to cope with them...

We all hate or at least, dislike them but injections are largely unavoidable nowadays. Most of the time, injections are used to vaccinate patients, and without such vaccinations, one may contract many deadly diseases (COVID-19 for example). Many other important medical procedures, like diabetes treatments, blood tests, anesthetics, and dental treatments, also involve injections. This makes overcoming your "trypanophobia" (the fear of needles)very important because all too often there are no alternatives. Around one in ten people suffer from fear of injections or needles, so you are not alone.

How to Prepare yourself for the Injection

Confront your fear. Knowing more about what you're afraid of could help you overcome your fear by making needles and injections seem more ordinary.Do some research about injections: their history, their purpose, even their dangers.

Look up pictures of needles and injections online to desensitize yourself. To take this to the next level you might consider hypnotherapy and face your fears together with overcoming them in a safe relaxed way.

Try handling real (clean, unused) syringes for a few minutes everyday if possible.

This might be difficult to start with, but it could help you overcome your fear. The more exposure you have to needles the more ordinary they will seem.

Consider the source of your fear. With hypnotherapy, we can find this out,whether you are aware if it or not and how ever long ago it happened. Some people develop a fear of injections because they associate them with another traumatizing event. Often those who suffer from needle phobia are those who had a lot of procedures involving needles when they were a child or a young adult.Think back over your childhood and talk to your parents if possible about this. Understanding the roots of your fear can help you to confront it. Don't suffer in silence.

Hypnotherapy can help!