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Phobias/Fears

Written by Zara from the blog freedom writer on 19 Feb 2008
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I've heard a fear of needles and hospitals for as long as I can remember. The last time I went to hospital for treatment unvoluntarily 1989, I was 7 then and that was the last time I went. I was terrified out of my socks. From then on, if I was sick I would just not tell my mom about it to avoid the doctor visit and the prospects of being injected. The other time I had sever tonsilites and could not eat so I was forced to go to hospital I was 11 - Iiterally told the doctor that I am allergic to the injection he was going to give me and I got away with it.

Since then I've managed to stay away from doctors and hospitals in general. It's gotten worse up to a point where I can't even visit someone in hospital...and have lost some friends in the process cause they don't understand why I won't visit them in hospital.

But now the issue at hand is, I had an skating accident last year and I'm sure something is seriously wrong. I can't bring myself to see a doctor guys I'm terrified. Can anyone help me...please????

Has anyone had a fear of needles and hospitals and overcomed it - can you help a sister out.

37 Comments

Zara
19 Feb 2008 05:01

Anyone can suggest anything

Zee Babes!
19 Feb 2008 05:08

Argh babes, I think your case is severe...why dont you see a spychiatrist or a person (umuntu) um kidding. Maybe you must be hypnotised - saw it las year on Bhut` Zola. It really has to stop babes - goodluck.

Um not sure if i have any phobias (not sure).

Zara
19 Feb 2008 05:14

Zee Babes, thanks - but don't have the moola.

azHOT
19 Feb 2008 05:20

seek proffesional affordable help or risk running around with a serious injury. i must say, i never could understand people with phobias to hospitals, blood, needles etc. it seems so pointless because you can'y ever really be rid of such things

Pooky
19 Feb 2008 05:48

....mna i cant stand that hospital smell, it always makes me wanna gag thats why i dont like visiting people in hospital.
Maara my phobia is inyoka, nokuba ndiyibona kwi mag, i just freak out and rip out the page..

Zee Babes!
19 Feb 2008 06:08

@ Zara - Zee Babes, thanks - but don't have the moola...Hawu if you dont have moola then how else do you think your phobia is going to be cured...maybe you should seek a prayer ke lala.

@AzHot - True AzHot.... but i guess abo Zara and Pooky will cross the bridge when they get to it.... mine is not a phobia but i hate hospitals..period

@Pooky - Maybe you should also go thru de same route kaBhut Zola...um not canvassing for his supporters, saw it and thot it works!

myname
19 Feb 2008 06:19

same as me pooky i hate snakes really i hate it. Whenever i c it eish even talking about it yerrrr man its freaking the hell out of mi........... nxxx now im shaking

myname
19 Feb 2008 06:33

I remember this other time I think last year I went to movies. So when I took a look I was like I know every movies here except this one (and it was Snakes on a plane) so I decided to watch it. Hee imagine screaming at the movies you know I wasnt sitting properly the way I normally sits. My feet were not hanging because i feel like something was touching me under the chair. I never in my life intimidated like that. Come night I had these imaginations ingathi these snakes were inside my blanket. Eish man I was shaking u know. Just bad dreams until I decided to just wake up, make some coffee & watch TV & I told myself I will never ever watch anything that have snakes.

Golden Star
19 Feb 2008 06:37

@Zara I know what it's like to be imprisoned by fear and yet nobody understands you. I do think you should brave it though & see a doctor especially since you are "sure something is seriously wrong" call Lifeline if you have to and have them counsel you over the phone, they do it free of charge and the cost is only for the phone call. There’s also the depression and anxiety support group (http://www.sadag.co.za) I'm not sure how they work but I think they do offer free counseling as well. I hope you'll get help because you don't want a minor injury turning into a lifelong nightmare.

Zara
19 Feb 2008 06:46

@GG...thank you so much. I will look into the sadag thing.
Some of you guys don't understand but that's understandable cause if you've never been scared of anything they you can't understand someone going thru it. Funny enough though, I don't find snakes scarry at all...I can watch it on a movie without being shaken....But show someone being injected, I freak out. And trust me its quite embarassing cause I'm ussually the only one.

myname
19 Feb 2008 06:51

And another one my cousin knew that I hate snakes. So she put a toy snake under my pillow (Remember im unaware). So it was time to go to bed & I usually put my phone under my pillow so as usual as I was trying to put my phone I could feel there is something here so I took my pillow just to see. Heeee dont know what happened & lets just say I fainted & she realized that I really dont like snakes. She apologized shame & and told me that she was just testing me didnt know it will turn out bad like that...............

Bra Bizza
19 Feb 2008 06:57

maybe you need to audition for the next season of The Fear Factor :-0)

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:00

bra bizza____LMAO

azHOT
19 Feb 2008 07:02

Bra Bizza has a valid point...face your fears

myname
19 Feb 2008 07:02

Now we like joking about it end she said i jumped like ndibona impundu ze-witch (ingathi sendikhe ndalibona) he he he

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:07

myname: tsk tsk tsk, no man that is funny

Honeypot
19 Feb 2008 07:13

I have always had a fear of heights for as long as I can remember, but I think now with growing up you get to realise that these sort of things are everywhere and you cant run away from them. Like when I am in those glass lifts I never look down and crossing bridges is mission impossible, but with age I have learnt to calm down a little, I can use escalators, stairs and the roof parties I do attend but I never go to edge. I also have to agree with ZBabes, hypnotherapy can help because I think my phobia started when I was kid, I would have these nightmares where some1 would be pushing from a cliff or a deep dark hole,so with me I think it's more of a pschological thing more than anything!!!!

sponono
19 Feb 2008 07:19

Ok here's my solution.....its self-meditation-hyponosis first you go to the hospital .find a quite place there...preferably ICU if they can let you in or you can sneak in...and just sit by the corner and say this with me.......Needles you are my best friend ...i loove you for what you can do for me...I love your home and I trust and belive in you..hummmmmm hummmmm repeat the mantra...and hummmm humm and then count backwards to ten....(if you see a nurse coming with a needle ask if you can assist her with another patient...then your fears would be gone...)...this actually works....I've seen it with peopl scared of lifts..and other stuff...GOOD LUCK

Teej
19 Feb 2008 07:26

I beg to differ.
I just think you being a baby about all of this,surely you have much bigger things (then a small needle) poke you and neitherless to say you have enjoyed them.So if you are serious about seeking help...FOR GOD'S SAKE,JUST GO TO A DOCTOR.He probably wont even give you an injection.

Alternatively go and see a person(umuntu) like Zee Babes,I bet you its your neighbours.....they are loyaring you(bayakuloya).

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:27

Sponono: that has a potential of being funny. Except for the fact that I might be institutionalised by the nurse__she finds a girl in ICU talking about needles ebing her frnz, she might just wanna take me to a mental institution.

Honeypot: I so wish I can grow out of this__I actually hoped so. But look at me 25 and shait scared still.

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:29

Teej, you don't know me so you can't make such an assumption. If you have nothing constructive to say__then don't say anything at all please!!!

azHOT
19 Feb 2008 07:31

i used to worry..no actually fret about getting stuck in a lift. it wasn't a phobia for me cause it had nothing to do with clausterphobia i just couldn't bear being out of control stuck inside a lift.

then i got a job and worked on the 12th floor with the canteen on the first floor. now, no matter what exercise freak you may be up and down 12 floors everyday isn't any fun so i got over it-even got stuck in the lift a few times. now working in a 5 storey building, i never volunteer to take the stairs. my point is YOU are bigger than this just get over it!~~

andi01
19 Feb 2008 07:32

Hey zara mna i always suffered from claustrophobia for more dan 18 yrs, now when i started working here there was no other way. every time i was to attend a conference i would sweat and struggle to breathe before even getting inside the lift. I once decided/ noticed that my fear is all in the mind. Coz i dont get claustrophibic only when i am in the lift, just knowing that i will be using the lift, thats when the fear comes out. I once told myself that my brain is fooling me, its playing games on me, so i have this game I always do before entering the lift, "i tell myself I am not in the lift, this is a dream and i will wake up and realise I was no-where near the lift", before i even finish, the lift popps open, so distract ur mind at times sisi.to stop focus on what u fear but on rather u dont fear that even if u did, u nowhere near it manje.If ur mind can trick u into believing that a needle will kill you, trust me it will be easier to make you belive that what you seeing is not a needle.

Nah Nah
19 Feb 2008 07:39

Zara when you finally overcome ur fear, I would kindly ask u to help me with mine... SNAKES !!!!

Oooh lord i freak out everytime i see them on telly.. Well mine has an explanation though.. I grew up emakhaya mos, so this one time i was from school & the bloody thing chased me, I swear the way i was running i could feel my self flying.. really guys no jokes!!! apparently the thing was the one that likes to play, so it was playing with me... Geeeeez i dont wanna play with no snakes! i was soo traumatised & still am..

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:41

Thank you guys, I'll let you know when I finally take the courage to do it. Coz God knows my knee is killing me and I've run out of all my at home remedies.

sponono
19 Feb 2008 07:41

Zara..all I'm tryin to say is hyposis and meditation actually works, even if you dont go to the hospital..but do it in another place..and THEn go to hospital...to see if you fears are gone..but this might be afta couple of tries.

as for Teej..I think she's offering you the tough approach/..like Dr Phil...which might come up as being insensitive..but actualy sometimes we need a slap to get over our fears...maybe your case doesnt apply...i donno

Teej
19 Feb 2008 07:41

@Zara-Teej you don't know me so you can't make such an assumption. If you have nothing constructive to say__then don't say anything at all please!!!
This is very constructive dudett (or dude) coz you see izifo zabelungu lezi.

Please somebody explain to me what being claustrophobic in Zulu/Xhosa,thina asiyazi leyonto,its the same with STRESS.Im sorry if you think Im being nasty here but I just think this "fear of needles and hospitals" is just in your mind.Just adjust your mindset and uzoba right.

Tynt!
19 Feb 2008 07:48

@ Nah nah : this one time i was from school & the bloody thing chased me, I swear the way i was running i could feel my self flying..

Lol! u VERI FUNI hi hi hi

Zara
19 Feb 2008 07:52

@Teej....I will give you a task my love (BTW I'm a girl) use the net and find out about all the possible fears that are there__start with claustrophobic and belonephobic. This is what I don't like, again you are making an assumption - yisifo sabelungu...that's where you are wrong. Everyone can be scared it chooses no colour, others just choose not to talk about it cause they know if they do they will be ridiculled by people like you.
Hayi bantu, jus because someone is not like you does not make them a woes.

myname
19 Feb 2008 07:59

oh now i c nishiyeke nindihleka ... well its fine guys nami one day i will participate kwi Fear Factor as for BraB (maybe this year) LOL & face my fears but not NOW

Teej
19 Feb 2008 08:18

Everyone can be scared it chooses no colour, - I AGREE chickita but its one thing being scared its a totally different story it you are being scared of something that may save your life.

What if your condition is serious.....Is it DEATH or a NEEDLE??????

and again,Im not ridiculling you but just GET OVER you fear and seek help.

belz
19 Feb 2008 08:36

Oh Zara, i have that phobia and its terrible,mine is only for needles not for hospitals, i always get away with lying and saying im allergic to the needles but this other doctor said to me there is nothing like that and wayifaka sana, i screamed for dear life, u nurse came running ngoba she thot i was giving birth or something, i swear im allergic to needles coz i limped for like 8 days after i got that injection!! i cant stand needles, even if im watching a movie and there is a scene like that i cover my eyes, its terrible. i even told my sister the other day that the only thing that will prevent me from having a baby is the fact that i will have to watch the nurses inject her, oh Gaad!!! it scares me even thinking about it, im gonna read y'alls comments and see what you prescribed.

Kodwa ke Zara wena you must go and close your eyes bayifake straight, like you said you had ana ccident there is something wrong.

belz
19 Feb 2008 08:55

Needles you are my best friend ...i loove you for what you can do for me...I love your home and I trust and belive in you..hummmmmm hummmmm repeat the mantra...and hummmm humm and then count backwards to ten....(if you see a nurse coming with a needle ask if you can assist her with another patient...then your fears would be gone...)...this actually works....I've seen it with peopl scared of lifts..and other stuff...GOOD LUCK ROTFLMAO and wetting myself in the process!!!!!!! angeke isebenze kimi le, hahahahahaha, sponono you are one funny human being!!!!

belz
20 Feb 2008 05:58

Zara, manje usucabangeni?

Pooky
20 Feb 2008 06:26

myname...my boyfriend and i also decided to hire that movie, also thought about watching kwi cinema maar always chickend out coz i always used to have these silly little thoughts that what if a sicko decides to really bring snakes while we're all watching........................ neway nditsho ke, we watched it at my place, well at least i tried to watch it coz half of the time i had my hands covering my eyes even my ears....that psssssss sound just gives me the chilzzzzz

heavenly
20 Feb 2008 14:34

whuu guyz i missed this, i dont even look @ the direction of a needle. i last had an injection @10yrs. after i ran from the doctors room and couldn't find the exit door until they caught me. in high school we had to have those prevention injections(ukugoma), i dont even know what was it 4 anyway i told myself i could do this. so i rolled up my sleeve and the line moved when i was second in the line i rolled the sleeve down. the nurse was lyk y is it going down now, i told her i'm not doing it. u know onurse nokweyisa kwabo wangcheeka ke ecabanga ukuthi ngiyamsaba. she tried to come to me ngathi i said i'm not doing it wabiza abanye bathi bangbamba (3 of them) yho angkaze ngilwe kanje i was lyk a horse, screaming my lungs out at the same tym. the principal came and tried to help he got a hot nqindi right on his face and he told them to leave me. the nurse shouted" hamba nezifo zakho", and in my i heart i said kodwa ungizwile. untill now i have managed to stay away from them. had my first visit to the hospital @ 20 to visit my uncle.

heavenly
20 Feb 2008 14:42

Well mine has an explanation though.. I grew up emakhaya mos, so this one time i was from school & the bloody thing chased me, I swear the way i was running i could feel my self flying.. really guys no jokes!!! apparently the thing was the one that likes to play.....LOL@ nah nah i once heard about those, gud thing u ran coz they kiribha u uze uwe phansi and they run come back and do it again uze ufike la uya khona especially if the place is stoney(4give the word).

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