Were you scared of flu shots when you were little? Tell us your story.

[Metallic Strings 185]

Were you afraid of flu shots? When I was little, I used to dread going to the doctor because of them. One time when I was about to get one, I tried to run out of the building but my mom caught me at the front door. Tell me your story below.

Edited March 16, 2015 by Metallic Strings

[Overdrive 5,366]

Nah, I got used to it pretty quick.

[Shady23 175]

Only reason I ever avoided flu shots was because I would get the flu when I got the shot. I dont really mind shots as long as im not looking at the needle, I have to turn my head and think of something random.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,307]

Nope, I've never been afraid of needles.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

Yes I was when I was younger. My heart used to race a lot during the day of my flu shot.

Edited March 17, 2015 by CC_Maud_Pie

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,260]

I was afraid of needles in general when I was younger. Not just flu shots. 

Edited March 16, 2015 by RainbowDash72

[iDashingRainbow 95]

Nah since I only got shots when I was really young /: Like 3 I got like 1 or 2 in my entire life then poof free.

[Glaive9Gko 82]

Flu shot weren't really a thing when I was little, though I certainly didn't like shots. I remember a booster shot giving me a limp for a few hours once. I was probably exaggerating it, but I certainly remember that one sticking with me for a while.

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

No, since i never took any Flu shots when i was little.

 

Today, i go and donate Plasma every week. I need to keep a needle in my vains and get my blood sucked for 45 minutes.

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I apologize, and may warn you that I've been known to yell at anyone who makes grammar mistakes, but isn't that the wrong "We're" in your title? It should be "Were"

 

Oh, and no. I wasn't.

No, since i never took any Flu shots when i was little.

 

Today, i go and donate Plasma every week. I need to keep a needle in my vains and get my blood sucked for 45 minutes.

This is by far the most insane and creepy thing I've ever heard from someone on this forum.

[Shikilicious 69]

I am still scared of needles, not just when I was little - also can't look straight there when my kids get one.

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

This is by far the most insane and creepy thing I've ever heard from someone on this forum.

 

It's actually not as bad as it sounds. They only extract the blood to get the Plasma part. The rest goes back in your body. Sorry for scaring you.

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It's actually not as bad as it sounds. They only extract the blood to get the Plasma part. The rest goes back in your body. Sorry for scaring you.

I knew that, but still. Anemia doesn't scare me. The fact that you don't mind having a needle stabbed into you siphoning your blood off (whether it goes back or not) is just odd.

[yeet 2,027]

Don't remember them when i was little, but we had some at high school. they were fun.

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

I knew that, but still. Anemia doesn't scare me. The fact that you don't mind having a needle stabbed into you siphoning your blood off (whether it goes back or not) is just odd.

 

I do a good thing for humanity. Many people with heart diseases need plasma based medication. I really don't mind much and i don't feel really bad after it.

[Thuja 3,659]

Oh, I was so terrified of needles.  I guess in a way I still am but from donating blood and having to get a shot once a month at one point, I sort of mellowed out.

[ChoroChii 284]

I have never found myself afraid of shots or needles at all.

[1Bit 1,531]

Needles used to be a big problem, I'm pretty sure I attacked the nurse trying to give me a jab once  I was like 4 though...

[BayoUni2847 528]

How I feel when I know I have to get a shot.

 

It's not what was inside of the shot I was afraid of, but the needle that seemed giant on the end.

 

I hate needles even to this very day. Whenever I got any types of shots in my arms when I was a kid, I felt like I was going to pass out. Now I sweat and get really nervous.

[Cosmik Vek 764]

Back when I was younger I was a bit afraid of them but this little fear progressively got away from my mind and now needles are no problem for me!

[RarityFan01 2,444]

I never got the flu shot. I never even gotten the flu even when I was around my family while they had it... Though it's not like I'm anti-vaccine or anything. I don't have any fear of needles when done by someone who knows what they are doing. (I won't let a random person put needles in me.)

 

I am actually wanting to give myself a shot every week or two weeks very soon. (Hormonal reasons) 

[Starlight Fan 538]

The only flu shot I remember getting was when I was really young and it had me being sick with a swollen arm for a month. After then I never got a single one and I'm still alive.

[Splendormane 203]

Hell, i'm still afraid of shots.

I still cry!

Glad to know im not the only one XD

[Pinkie-Guy 563]

I used to hate needles and I would avoid it, but having gotten older and remembering how much having the flu sucks, I get my flu shot every year as soon as they're available.  I still don't like needles, but I'm used to them now.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

I am a full on trypanophobe, I am terrified of epidermic needles. I was then and I am now. I'm fine when I go to the doctor's office but the imminent threat of injection can send me into jitters and hysterics. Not that I try to hurt the doctor or run away, but I start talking faster, shaking, breathing faster, and otherwise have a fight or flight reaction.

 

I once had a nightmare as a kid that I was being chased by an enormous cat. One made of needles. Again, not just pointy things but actual epidermic needles. It's claws, it's teeth, every line of fur, even the slits of it's eyes had needles in them!

 

I have a loose auto-psychoanalysis theory that it's a deep phobia of helplessness. I've studied the martial arts for a good long while of my life, even when I was young. I've always loved superheroes. So I theorize that even in the face of danger, even in the face of fear, I could face it as long as I was able to physically resist it, to fight back. You can't fight the doctor when he or she is giving you a shot, that's how you get better, and I'm more or less willing to submit to this. That has to be it then, it's making myself vulnerable, choosing not to fight back is my fear.

 

For some credibility, this does handily explain my distaste for the entire horror genre. The protagonists aren't heroes, they're victims.

Edited March 17, 2015 by Steel Accord