Re:I was terrified of an eyeball injection
by randcraw on Thursday November 04, 2021 @04:57PM
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Have you tried watching videos of surgeries to see if you can acclimatize your fear? Starting with something trivial like a skin suture or mole removal might be tolerable. Exposure therapy is an established way to gradually inoculate yourself against a fear that seems inescapably overwhelming.
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Re:I was terrified of an eyeball injection
by ignoramous on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:54PM
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> Have you tried watching videos of surgeries to see if you can acclimatize your fear?
If you're anxious enough already, then: Don't. Ever. Do. This. Videos don't help, at all. And your brain is constantly thinking about ways things might have gone wrong, while simultaneously looking (no pun) for comments from people explaining how exactly things went wrong for them!