Although it is not uncommon for people who are not good at injections, if you feel such a strong fear or anxiety that you do not know why, you may have an injection phobia. Some of the causes of injection phobia are constitutional factors that are prone to excessive reactions to injections. Let’s check if you have any symptoms such as strong anxiety, palpitations, sweating, and nausea before injection.
Are you scared of injections even though you are an adult?
I’m afraid of injection.
If you feel unreasonable and unreasonable fear about an injection, you can have an injection phobia.
Even for adults, it is not uncommon for people who are afraid of injections and those who are not good at injections. I think there are some people who want to get flu shots but pass them because they are not good at getting shots.
- I once felt sick because of an injection.
- I feel dangerous because of the sharp point like a needle.
- It feels like a punishment if you feel sick with an injection.
There may be a situation before you hate injections, but there is also a possibility of mental illness in the background of your growing dislike of injections. This time, I’d like to talk about an injection phobia.
Symptoms of injection phobia… Injection phobia, as its name suggests, is a phobia in which the target of fear is specific to the injection.
Fear is found in about 10% of the population, and women are about twice as many as men, but when it comes to injection fear, the ratio is almost the same for men and women, and in most cases, it starts at the age of 5 to 9. In phobia, not only injection phobia, but also the following strong anxiety symptoms occur when you encounter the object of fear.
- Strong anxiety and fear that can’t be controlled.
- Heart palpitations.
- Sweating.
- Breathing is fast and stuffy.
- Nauseousness.
- My body is numb.
- An unpleasant feeling that makes your chest feel tight.
- It makes me dizzy.
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