True Life: I Have Trypanophobia

the horrors of trypanophobia (fear of needles) caught on tape!

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Entertainment

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• True
• Life
• Trypanophobia
• Sam
• DePree

[dizzysmilex]

Wow. Anyone who would seriously act like the people behind the camera did need to be kicked in the face.

[Scraby999]

i also have a fear of needles,and really that nurse should of calmed her down and make her feel a bit safe and not just say oh its gonna hurt,and the girl behind the camera,that is just not nice.I remember when i had to take a test and a old hag nurse forced me to watch as she was giving me the shot,it made me feel even worse,so when we had another shot next year i had an even bigger phobia....And to all people who laugh at this,its not funny.Imagine somebody laughting at your phobias.

[callmeclemonsbrahh]

If anyone acted like that when they were recording me theyd get a kick in the jaw chuck norris style.

[crazycat8ify]

i have a fear of needles and it really helps to look away. if you look away youwont know when your getting it so you wont as scared. that nurse should of let her calm down first and relax. the people behind the camera were so rude.

[Marines405]

@Scraby999 i used to have a fear of needles but then i had to get my blood drawn every three months because i got a kidney transplant and its for life,so i got used to it.

[DistortedCookie]

@DistortedCookie By that I mean: when we were still subject to natural selection and proper evolution, injury or something sharp jabbing you meant possible infection and subsequent death. Especially if there was blood (as in blood-phobics). Just like a fear of heights/falling is logical, so is the fear of needles or feinting (as in trypanophobia), because our instincts don't consider the fact that we live in a developed society with proper medical procedures.

[DistortedCookie]

@AtNiite Haha so true! Clowns don't normally touch you or come near you, yet people accept that "phobia" (I know some people exaggerate the fear or call it a phobia when they really only find clowns a little creepy), whereas a trypanophobics fear something that actually hurts (even if only a little) and/or causes feinting in some people, and others insult trypanophobics? At least injection/injury/blood phobias and trypanophobia are evolved responses to risks to one's life...

[Gabes348]

1harrisa

I totally agree with uuu I'm like a freak when it comes to shots lol! ( btw I'm not the girl in the vid )

[AlyssiaStrasbourg]

Kay that girl thats filming I'd like to just kick her bitchy ass

[1harrisa]

@dontfeedthemilkshake let me answer that question with is question, what is NORMAL? there are several different ways to look at this 1.) she had a bad experience as a child (improper technique, tunnel vision [lead on by stress], perhaps the antagonistic approach by her friend [real mature], 2.)has an over-heightened central nervous system. 3.)perceptual issues[also a result of stress], 4.)etc maybe i am looking at this wrong Constructive Criticism is Welcome Flaming is not

[DistortedCookie]

@DistortedCookie If it was just her friends that were calling her a baby and stuff, I'd just think they were meanish friends and not the most mature people, not necessarily bad people though; but the nurse is a PROFESSIONAL. She has a job, and that doesn't include insulting/teasing emotionally distressed patients.

[DistortedCookie]

@dontfeedthemilkshake It's called a phobia. Phobias are not meant to be logical. Do you think being like 18 and being deathly afraid of spiders or snakes or heights is any more normal or whatever?

I never said it was normal, I just said that the nurse is not there to make her feel shamed for her phobia, she's there to HELP patients. There are all sorts of phobias out there, many are not logical, but that doesn't mean phobics deserve less respect than any other human being.