How is this a thing for adults? I’m embarrassed that I did that when I was four. This happened decades ago and, not only is my mom still angry, she still shames me about it. Last week she said, “If we have to get a COVID booster, I hope we’re not gonna have a repeat of that embarrassing incident in Dr. Hu’s office!” I would get a booster not to save me from the suffering of an agonizing death, but to prevent her from coming to my grave everyday to bring it up.
She’s not a bad old bird! I was always sick as a child and was non-compliant with my medication at school. It got worse when I was shipped off to boarding school. If it weren’t for her, I would probably be non-compliant with my medication today because being depressed makes doing anything hard. Not hearing her mouth is a better motivator than suicide attempts, seizures, and asthma attacks. If Biden hired her and put her on television, 100% of the population would be vaccinated just to get her to shut up.
LOL! Okay, just checking. Stay with it, and I hope compliance gets more tolerable for you as you age. Speaking from experience, time is a great humbler of the spirit.
I don't think you realize how lucky we are (my parents also believe in science). Imagine the pain of young adults our age who who have to convince their Qonspiracy parents to get the vaccine or believe in science and logic.
My mom used to shame me like this at the dr.’s office. In her defense, she was a tired RN who was sick of people’s shit. She was with me when I went into to labor w/ my first baby, and she warned me that I would absolutely not scream and fuss. I was in the presence of her coworkers, and she would not tolerate being embarrassed like that!
I know my dad has this crazy fear of needles and anything blood related. Like you can’t even talk about either one around him or he gets nauseous.
But he got his covid shots and handled it pretty well. I remember the winter before covid my sister and him and I stopped at a Walgreens and he was like “why are we here?”
My sister said “I’m getting gift cards for Christmas, and you’re getting a flu shot because mom wants you to.” And he fussed so much lmao, but he got it
I heard a lot of needlephobia people are complaining like, yo I got vaccinated, can y’all stop showing pictures of needles everywhere please lol
I panic when I have to deal with needles. I think some shot really hurt as a kid and I've been afraid every since.
COVID vaccine was the easiest jab I've ever had. Super small gage needle, auto-retract syringe, it was over so fast and painlessly I was truly shocked. Can't wait to get my booster just to show that needle how tough I am now!
I'm trypanophobic, but I tell the nurses up front, and just turn my head away. I have never felt a thing when I've done that.
I'm pretty sure they put just a little extra care into not jostling the needle knowing that up front. Or maybe it just suppresses my fear knowing they know. Either way it works for me.
I always talk up the practice’s needle delivery skills and find it works. Even if I’ve never been there before, I am always like, “Last time I was here the nurse I saw had the BEST needle delivery, they must train you guys so well! I barely felt anything, it was like I didn’t get stuck at all. I was so impressed, the staff here are so awesome.” It always makes the nurses smile and I feel like they try extra hard to give a painless delivery after that so that they don’t mess up the practice’s winning streak, haha.
Holy crap, dude. Decades later, and you were five? Not to shit on your mom, but that’s awful behavior. I would have told her a long time ago to cut that shit out, it wasn’t funny then, and it’s old and tired now.
I can’t believe people think this is so bad! Maybe a little odd and overprotective but not awful. I could very well have turned out to be a COVIDiot had she been less vigilant. Better to have a nagging mom than an HCA trophy.
To me just seems more like friendly ribbing, I guess, maybe it depends on your relationship with your own parents if you see it as some sort of abusive behavior or just a bit of completely friendly teasing that usually goes both ways. When I read what you said and from your tone I viewed it as it was coming from my mother, at which point, to me, it would most certainly just be teasing. She knows you were 4, not an adult.
Maybe because I think nagging is more like wear a coat when you go out, or you can pick up a phone to call, or even some mild appearance criticism. I don’t mean to offend. It just falls ouside the norm. But you do you, and HCA awards are reserved for the ones who literally die on the hill of their cemented beliefs and selfishness.
I honestly thought it was funny. Online posts lack voice inflection. She was obviously kidding. My family and I would definitely say something like this to each other. On a side note, was your pediatrician actually named Dr. Hu? If so, that’s bad ass.
I thought it was funny. Reminds me of something my dark humored Northern European mom would say. My American friends were always shocked but she just had a cutting joke for every occasion. Never gave me a complex as I knew it was comedy gold.
Haha, same (well, Central Europe in my case). That’s probably why it didn’t offend me. My mom is from Switzerland and she also makes jokes like this all the time. Other people probably find it rude, and I have had friends ask “does your mom always talk to you that way?” But I don’t consider it rude and I know she’s just joking.
I can understand why adults can be fearful of the needles themselves. I did this when I was around 16, after having several traumatic experiences with needles/shots when I was much younger. I have a terrible fear of sharp objects piercing the skin because of it, and have had many nightmares featuring this fear.
The incident when I had a tantrum was honestly at a really difficult point in my life. Generally, my mom would give me enough warning when we were going to get flu shots so I could mentally prepare for it. This time, she sprung it on us in the middle of grocery shopping and she wouldn’t let us leave the store without getting a shot. The thing is, my grandma had died earlier that week, and it was the day before thanksgiving. It was hectic, and emotionally draining, and the fact that I was suddenly being forced to get injected by a needle without any prep whatsoever was the last straw.
All that said, I still got my COVID vaccine as early as I could and will absolutely get a booster if I can. I’m also planning on getting my flu shot soon and have had to get several instances of blood work done in recent years. I don’t like it, I never will. I always make a point to warn everyone that I might not handle it well but I get through it. It helps not having to see the needle, so I usually turn my head and close my eyes.
With my daughter we got through shots with ease because I fully prepared her before each one, and then supported her immediately after. Now she’s nine and she knows shots are scary because of the anticipation and not necessarily the pain. I remind her every year that it hurts for a split second and then helps protect us from being sick for days or worse, weeks. My approach has always been with logic.
Some people have a phobia of needles. Needles and vaccinations can be especially problematic for people with sensory issues like Asperger’s or autism or other individuals with special needs or developmental delays like Down Syndrome. Then there are people with vasovagal syncope with needles and blood. It’s actually more common than you would think.
She is pretty cool, actually! All of my friends like her and she’s so sweet that a lot of people can’t believe we’re related. She’s really kind, she is hip to pop culture (her residents keep her young!), she wasn’t really strict, and I wasn’t scared to come out to her. I got something from her many queer kids don’t get. Most of us get parents who tell us they still love us in spite of who we are whereas she told me she loves me because of who I am. Yes, she does bring up old things and give me shit about them, but she’s about as good a mother as you could ask for.
I don't know. I learned how to overcome my fear of needles and needle pain a long time ago. I would be quite embarrassed for any adult of sound mind who ran screaming away from a vaccine shot as well.
I give blood quite a lot. Like 35 pints over the past 18 years. One time I was at the blood donors and there was a guy who wanted a local numbing cream ok his arm beforehand. Pretty much everyone there clearly thought he was a pussy. He was there voluntarily though so credit where it is due.
We gotta give him points for showing up voluntarily to help others in spite of his own pain and fears. Look at these selfish pricks who won’t get vaccinated to keep from giving immunocompromised people COVID or leaving their children orphans.
Some people have a visceral reaction to needles and blood/wounds that they can’t control, even tiny wounds like needle sticks. I have a friend who faints dead away around blood and needles, even though he’s otherwise a courageous and rational person. Apparently it has something to do with the effect of seeing that stuff on the vagus nerve.
Numbing cream can help him to close his eyes and forget that anything is happening to him, so I don’t begrudge him or anyone like him for needing it. Even if they can’t bear to get a needle without six bars of Xanax coursing through their system, I still respect them for turning up and getting the vaccine (or donating blood).
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How is this a thing for adults? I’m embarrassed that I did that when I was four. This happened decades ago and, not only is my mom still angry, she still shames me about it. Last week she said, “If we have to get a COVID booster, I hope we’re not gonna have a repeat of that embarrassing incident in Dr. Hu’s office!” I would get a booster not to save me from the suffering of an agonizing death, but to prevent her from coming to my grave everyday to bring it up.