@totalanimefan:
Oh! Thats good! Do you know if theres a reason behind the needle phobia? Or has it always been?
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@totalanimefan:
Oh! Thats good! Do you know if theres a reason behind the needle phobia? Or has it always been?
@Jolly: Yes. I've worked with a therapist on this for a while. When I was younger I had a bad experience with a nurse and when I told adults in my life they invalided my feelings in the issue.
It's a pretty bad phobia.
@totalanimefan:
That seems to be what adults do, man. People stink haha
I'm glad you're finding yourself improving with it though <3 I think a really big thing (for me) is to not rush or put pressure on things like this.
I do wish I could afford therapy right now for my anxiety, but I've got to graduate first and get a better paying job ^^
@Jolly: Thank you for the advice. it's hard because you can't really do exposure therapy with needles. It's a medical thing.
@totalanimefan:
I see, I can only imagine! Well I wish the best of luck to you in getting through the fears.
Its a bit crazy, my driving phobia was so intense (still is sometimes) but I never thought I could ever overcome it, even a little bit. But I've achieved my impossible so it makes me feel like anyone can do it too--but I have to be careful with that perspective cause it can be taken insensitive too xD
@Jolly: I overcame a bad throw up phobia and I have made good progress on needles. I can touch one (like a blank one my therapist got me), I can put it to my skin. When I was at the drs I gave my arm up for them to see which arm they would use (a huge step for me), I even said ok to a shot, but in the end I was too freaked out and couldn’t stand still, so I didn’t get it.
@totalanimefan:
Still, there's progress to be proud of! And at least you're trying even if its terrifying to go through. <3
@Jolly: thank you <e sometimes it’s easy to just think that you failed instead of the progress you made.
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Since you mentioned dnd, i thought you may appreciate this anecdote.
My friend's dnd character is really dumb and relies on scripture for thoughts/comments. One of her favorites is "the death of fear is in doing what you fear", which incidentally I think os pretty similar to 2nd post.
My friend's dnd character is really dumb and relies on scripture for thoughts/comments. One of her favorites is "the death of fear is in doing what you fear", which incidentally I think os pretty similar to 2nd post.
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Having you as a Voltie would be awesome.