Trying to get a Covid vaccine with needle phobia - BBC News

Adam wants to get his Covid vaccine - but an extreme fear of needles is holding him back.

The 23-year-old says it's not the pain he's afraid of, but the thought of the injection itself - and the needle piercing his skin.

"It feels like you have no way out, you can't do anything, your heart rate's pushing 200, you can't focus on anything… it’s about a pathological fear of needles."

A recent Oxford University survey of more than 15,000 adults in the UK suggests needle phobia accounts for about 10% of Covid vaccine hesitancy.

The survey also suggests reluctance to get the Covid jab is generally a bit higher in younger people and some ethnic minority groups.

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[laurencooper]

22 years old and I have a severe fear of needles. I've been to have my vaccine done twice now and had the biggest panic attack before they even got the needle out and couldn't go through with it. It hurts me when people don't take it seriously and people just tell me "it doesn't even hurt" or "just get on with it" that doesn't help me in the slightest. The pressure to get this vaccine has been giving me 24/7 stress and I want it so bad but can't seem to get it done. I'm not selfish for not getting it done, it's just mental stress that I can't physically handle

[pallavisreetambraparni]

let me just say one thing, needle phobia IS a real phobia and it DOES exist. Anyone that says to "suck it up" and "get over it" even if they are in the medical field, number 1. does not belong in the medical field, number 2. should find a job working in another career, number 3. lacks empathy

[samarbakhtiar]

Bro I also have severe needle phobia and its NOTHING TO. BE ASHAMED OF, its actually quite logical

[shadeyxo]

Im in the exact same position, 23 with a deadly fear of needles. My province has made the covid passport mandatory which was basically my worst nightmare

[heidleberg]

I have an extreme fear of Totalitarianism. So I won't be having the Clot Shot.

[bobcarter]

I would be more afraid of what’s in it, than the needle itself...

[tattoodtear]

Don't worry about the small needle. Worry about the crap that's in it.

[Reactivate]

I don’t have a needle phobia but I do have there could be absolutely anything in those jabs phobia 🤷‍♂️

[messedgeinabattle]

*Sanitised comments section, with many comments removed from earlier.*
*Shame on the fascists we have working for YT and our governments.*

[coolcat]

Go to RT and see the mass protests all across Europe

[shutthedoor]

phobia is real, no matter what it is that you're afraid of

[ncs]

What about trying not to get the jab because of democide concerns?

[maxwellnotthecoffee]

We are just really running out of news and context aren’t we

[AbiFrench]

How nice of you, worrying about people’s feelings in context of the vaccines, but happy to increase their anxieties when it comes to covid and its variants.

[liamolsson]

I have severe needlephobia, I fainted when I took the covid vaccine. It felt like my heart was going to explode

[antm]

Another subliminal attempt to make us get the jab “if Adam can do it, why can’t you?”

[b-rock]

Great video to inform people that this exists! Sadly even the nurses and professionals don't understand the problem! I have the same issue and find it difficult to explain to people what it's like. But being in a room full of people getting vaccines, in a hospital setting, needles and the smell of disinfectant does not help at all. He should be in a cubicle where there are not visual stimuli and the nurse should get the job done quickly without talking for 20 minutes. Then he should be allowed to leave the triggering setting to relax and recover outside. Also wearing headphones and listening to a podcast or music is a great way to remain relaxed. This only works if the nurse does not insist on taking the headphones off to tell him something he doesn't care about.

[auro]

during vaccination turn on tv where there is bbc. they will get hypnotised

[Shadiochao]

I was like this when I got mine done. The nurse was very accommodating and tried to take my mind of it by keeping me talking. But it was so quick and painless that I actually started laughing when it was done because of how silly I felt. It wasn't even a sharp scratch like I've heard some people describe, but more like a dull poke that lasted less than a second.

[Deamonas]

its the crap in the needle that bothers me