I want a treat dispensing leash (little treats roll down the hollow tube of the leash to the dog's mouth) because my hands get too cold in the winter to do training walks. Kind of like a doggy Pez dispenser.
I've worked my way through the following videos, in this order: Piercings Acupuncture Vaccinations Transdermal injections (like insulin) Dental injections Blood draws Blood donation (bigger needle, so separate category) Amniocentesis Hip fluoroscopy Spinal tap Thyroid tumor aspiration
I think at this point I have watched nearly 500 injections.
I have a modest needle collection (acupuncture, syringe, dental).
The other day, I got acupuncture and it was fine.
Still on my list: Watching someone get dental injection Reading about, then looking at stills, then watching video of the gnarly retinal surgery Accompanying someone to blood donation Ultimately, donate blood myself
WOW this is truly amazing. Isn't the mind amazing??!! You are conquering something really intense and psychological inside of the mind using the power of the mind itself.
I have made a lot of progress. Remember that when I started, I could hardly watch a video of someone receiving a vaccination. Now this is the kind of thing I am working on (warning: not for the faint of heart!).
Well, final report: I'm graduating myself. Went in for a doctor's appointment the other day, and they did a blood draw and a vaccination, and it was no. fucking. problem. I was just chatting the nurse and watching the blood go out of my arm...when I saw the needle I almost laughed. It was so much smaller than the ones I've been watching for spinal taps and the like!
I'm still aiming to work up to blood donation just because then I'll really feel like I've conquered it. But I told my therapist I was done and she said she was proud of me.
WOW Is this the most epic tale of psychological triumph ever told?? I am actually amazed. What a huge new life phase! Must feel so good to be so truly over a fear that was once so crippling.
Congratulations! Following this saga from start to finish was delightful!
Make sure to write a good Yelp review of that therapist!
Phobias include heights, though I have sometimes exposed myself to that as a challenge. It can lessen temporarily, not permanently, that way. I am wary of fire. Fireplace, bonfire in a damp place, OK; many candles not.
Panic has been travel, where you look down from the plane and realize it is taking you where it is going, and sometimes that has been a dangerous place. Or when you realize you might be/be being kidnapped. Or you are swimming extreme rapids with predators bigger than you when you should be in the boat you fell out of. The panic rises and you have to push it down. Then it rises again.
The first time they have to do surgery to fix something is a realization of mortality. I would have to say guns and snakes are unpleasant. Roadblocks with children with guns. Predator animals at 6 feet. Serious tropical disease in an important meeting. I am not OK with car bombs or land mines.
It's a little weird, but I foolishly inserted myself into a late night conflict by asking someone being attacked if they needed help rather than calling 911 at a distance. One of the protagonists injured me then fled. But for several years, I had a visceral fear of individuals who reminded me of that person, even though it was not PC.
I have some pretty deep stuff over Sierra Leone, being there when some bad things started.
Actually I like to give blood though - did in high school because a friend had a parent who needed a lot of blood. We had a great 24 hour blood bank and the grave shift staff were the best. Doesn't disturb me to watch being poked.
I think the therapist should write a good Yelp review of freddy. She was clearly a great patient. She did her needle homework EVERY NIGHT for god knows — 100 days? — without missing a day.
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I've worked my way through the following videos, in this order:
Piercings
Acupuncture
Vaccinations
Transdermal injections (like insulin)
Dental injections
Blood draws
Blood donation (bigger needle, so separate category)
Amniocentesis
Hip fluoroscopy
Spinal tap
Thyroid tumor aspiration
I think at this point I have watched nearly 500 injections.
I have a modest needle collection (acupuncture, syringe, dental).
The other day, I got acupuncture and it was fine.
Still on my list:
Watching someone get dental injection
Reading about, then looking at stills, then watching video of the gnarly retinal surgery
Accompanying someone to blood donation
Ultimately, donate blood myself
this is truly amazing. Isn't the mind amazing??!! You are conquering something really intense and psychological inside of the mind using the power of the mind itself.
I am loving this journey
Congratulations, dude!! This is so fantastic
I'm still aiming to work up to blood donation just because then I'll really feel like I've conquered it. But I told my therapist I was done and she said she was proud of me.
Is this the most epic tale of psychological triumph ever told?? I am actually amazed. What a huge new life phase! Must feel so good to be so truly over a fear that was once so crippling.
Congratulations! Following this saga from start to finish was delightful!
Make sure to write a good Yelp review of that therapist!
Phobias include heights, though I have sometimes exposed myself to that as a challenge. It can lessen temporarily, not permanently, that way. I am wary of fire. Fireplace, bonfire in a damp place, OK; many candles not.
Panic has been travel, where you look down from the plane and realize it is taking you where it is going, and sometimes that has been a dangerous place. Or when you realize you might be/be being kidnapped. Or you are swimming extreme rapids with predators bigger than you when you should be in the boat you fell out of. The panic rises and you have to push it down. Then it rises again.
The first time they have to do surgery to fix something is a realization of mortality. I would have to say guns and snakes are unpleasant. Roadblocks with children with guns. Predator animals at 6 feet. Serious tropical disease in an important meeting. I am not OK with car bombs or land mines.
It's a little weird, but I foolishly inserted myself into a late night conflict by asking someone being attacked if they needed help rather than calling 911 at a distance. One of the protagonists injured me then fled. But for several years, I had a visceral fear of individuals who reminded me of that person, even though it was not PC.
I have some pretty deep stuff over Sierra Leone, being there when some bad things started.
Actually I like to give blood though - did in high school because a friend had a parent who needed a lot of blood. We had a great 24 hour blood bank and the grave shift staff were the best. Doesn't disturb me to watch being poked.
A++++ patient, would therapize again
GOOD JOB FRED!