blood fear- please help!!?
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the REPETITIVE performance of an act to the point that it interferes with regular activities.\n\nBased on your data, you were cautious, not obsessive-compulsive.\n\nAs long as your skin is intact, you will be fine.
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Stay away from pastors & well meaning friends who tell you to get over it. They are true phobias, each with it own name. A good psychistrist can diagnoise & medicate these problems - it may need help from phychologist. Good luck. My spiders, people esp. crowds, & water are managable. Go Wolfpack- I'm back at games & sailed all weekend.
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Hey Kid do your own home work. You need to stop putting it off.\nI clue look up blood flow. And hemoglobin
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Ask the bloodtaker to draw your blood while you are lying down on an examination table. That's what we do with nervous or needle-phobic patients, so that if they do feel faint, they're already lying down. That's what we do at the hospital test center.\n\nSo always let them know about your tendency to feel faint when blood is drawn and they can take precautions.
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Oh my gosh! I don't feel so alone now! Everyone of my friends thinks that it's so weird but it is terrifying to me. I don't understand why i have this fear but man, i'm scared to get pregnant because of this fear. I get shaky, hot-cold flashes, dizziness, sweaty, just plain horror. I don't wish this on anyone but i hope we both can get over it! Do you remember anything that could have triggered your phobia? I remember going on vacation when i was younger and my sister would always get sick in the back of the car; i think i felt trapped or something but i really want to end this terrible fear! I hope you don't feel alone, i'm here for you now! :)
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Well in my case I felt the standard stabbing pain in my chest and a numbness in my left arm, it felt like someone was standing on my chest,couldn't breathe, couldn't hardly move. Broke out in a cold sweat and a feeling that is hard to explain, helplessness came over me. Fear, I knew what was going on, I wasn't afraid honestly ,I thought it was time to check out, my family met with me at the hospital, my brothers, and we talked and even laughed about all the things we had done as kids, I could see fear in thier eyes, I tried to make it easy on them. This was a "Minor" heart attack, it did however do some muscle damage to my heart, and I have suffered 2 more in the last 8 years, all required hospital time. My problems however are not blocked arteries mine is caused by a-fib, an extreme electrical short in the heart. I have been told a pacemaker would be the next step, I am just not sure about having "The Energizer Bunny" regulating my heart beat. You only fear death my friend if you are not sure what awaits you there, I know....and there is nothing to be of afraid of there.\n\nBlessings
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This is all about fear,  why are you so worried about your heart,  have you had someone in your family die of a heart attack.  write out the reasons why you are fearful, becuase their is a reason why you are afraid, fears are irraational and most of what we fear does not come true, talk to someone about this the smaritans.  By joyce meyers book the confidant woman, she talks alot about fear and overcomine it.  www.joycemeyer.org  take care, remember to pray and God is looking after you.
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Be bold, be clear in your concepts,and plunge.My son was alsohaving similar fears.He is also a doctor like you.Hence shed your reluctance.Good luck.
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I am strangly terrified of worms. It gets so bad that after it rains I won't go outside for a long time and I can almost swear I smell them (like a dirty musky smell).\n\nI've even gone as far as to tell my husband that when I die I do not want to be burried underground for the fear of worms and being underground with them. ><\n\nI don't know of any good cures for fears like this (If I knew, I wouldn't have the fears) But people have always told me to "face your fears" Or maybe in your case, get a HUGE container of salt.
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PANIC!!!!!AND  ANXIETY!!!!
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Marge aphobia...Try soaking your hands in Palmolive..and pretending you are on Fear Factor.   Then reward yourself when you are done
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Feeling anxious about blood test results...particularly std's...is so difficult.  But, just know that it is normal to feel nervous.\n\nHoney, whenever, something is out of your control (i.e. it's in the hands of the lab work people now), always know that "worry" is a wasted emotion, because it will not bring the results any faster.\n\nAlways keep an "internal locus of control."  This means that anything "outside" of your control is not worth stressing yourself out!  An "external locus of control" will perpetuate your anxiety.  \n\nYour doc is right, since you don't know for sure about std, your best bet is "positive thinking".  Excellent articles (and free course) on anxiety will help you through this very difficult time.  You've got the power to control your own anxiety, and soon enough you'll get the results, my friend.  See below for link.\n\nI hope this helps!
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Get to the doctor immediately!\nSame thing happened to me...after 3 weeks I was getting so dizzy and feeling like I was going to faint...doctor said if I would have waited 24 hours I would be dead...I was hemmoraging & had to have 2 blood tranfusions
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Try donating blood.  That's how I got over my fear of needles.
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Face your fear. Ask someone to put some bugs in a plastic container where you can see them moving around. \n\nIt be hard, but just face them and see why you dislike them so much. \n\nThe only way to overcome fears is face them. I hated spiders, but my friend did the container thing. I don't know what happened but I didn't find them that scary anymore. My mind was just saying these are harmless creatures, obviously it took alot of time.
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When my son was delivered, I had lost a lot of blood and my blood pressure was very low, and kept dropping. I could hardly breathe and felt as if I were going to pass out. The doctor ordered blood for me. This was back in '89 when aids was often not found in blood until after it was given. I was terrified of receiving someone else's blood that may be tainted with disease. So, I begged the doctor not to give it to me. He smiled and said, "I tell you what, if your blood pressure rises by the time they get here with the blood, I won't give it to you." He looked at me as if he were just trying to humor me, but I said "ok," and began to pray. I was so terrified and was shaking in fear and from being cold. I was crying and so upset. But, after I finished praying, I felt better. The blood arrived, and the doctor instructed the nurse to check my blood pressure. It was fine, that quick. The doctor said, "Well, I don't know how you managed to do that, but your blood pressure is fine now." I told him I prayed, and he just looked at me funny. The nurse asked him what she should do, and he told her nothing that I was fine. \n\nAnother time, I came down with pain from head to toe and could hardly move for a couple of months. The doctor told me that it was a form of arthritis from a virus, and that when it left, I would be left with arthritis somewhere in my body. A neighbor asked if she could pray for me. I agreed, and felt something strange, immediately. I was not healed that day, but a couple of days later, I was 100% better and felt better than I had in a long time. I was not left with arthritis anywhere. That was back in 1990.\n\nI would like to add that God does not always give us what we want. He is not a genie in a bottle that grants wishes. He acts on what is best for Him and us. He knows what works will help us and others, so sometimes our prayers SEEM unanswered, but you must remember that God is always in control, and wants only the BEST for us.
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I have been having fear of that lately also. Im 25 and i have 2 kids, Im in perfect health, but I have alot of anxiety and I know its all in my head. Im making myself "worried sick." Try to think positive, okay. Its hard for me to do that as well, but I try. best of luck to you. Im not sure if its normal, i think that people to go thru fears of different things though. Maybe youre just going thru alot right now. Dont let your mind get to carried away with things that most likely wont happen. 'Cause then you begin to play tricks on yourself and began to feel physically ill. Best of luck and hope I helped.