I used to have mild needle anxiety, but it is now greatly reduced (I don’t really feel nervous at all until I am about to receive an injection, rather than feeling nervous for roughly the entire day). I think two things have helped:
Just as I am about to receive an injection, I start to focus intensely on something else. Specifically, I recite the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, … (doing the multiplication if I don’t know the answer by heart) in my head. (I say something to the person giving the injection so they know I won’t respond to them.)
I once had to receive several injections over a short period (something like 5 over a few weeks, with 3 on one day) for a trip abroad.
I used to have mild needle anxiety, but it is now greatly reduced (I don’t really feel nervous at all until I am about to receive an injection, rather than feeling nervous for roughly the entire day). I think two things have helped:
Just as I am about to receive an injection, I start to focus intensely on something else. Specifically, I recite the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, … (doing the multiplication if I don’t know the answer by heart) in my head. (I say something to the person giving the injection so they know I won’t respond to them.)
I once had to receive several injections over a short period (something like 5 over a few weeks, with 3 on one day) for a trip abroad.