I'm also petrified of needles. I had to have a jab last month (can't even remember what it was), and I ended up screaming and being held by my mum - so embarrassingViktorValentine said:I nearly wimped out on having a filling done. I have trypanophobia, which is the irrational fear of medical procedures that include needles. Things like Injections, blood tests and things like that. I freak out and sometimes have panic attacks. I was so close to not having a filling but then I remembered my injection I had for Polio and I remember being shit scared but barely feeling it. So I just stuck that thought in my mind and I had the filling no problem...although I did have my ipod on as well lol. That helped alot.
It's basically since when I was about 10 I had a needle jabbed into an open wound on my face. It was the most painful experience in my whole life probably, even though now it's only a teeny scar.