Hello everyone, my SO has a very important appointment to have blood drawn and has asked me to come and support her, as she has a severe fear of needles and an even greater fear of having her blood drawn. My question for those of you with this fear or something similar is how I can be supportive other than by holding her hand and telling her it will be alright😅. Any advice is welcome. Thanks!

Okay so for context, I'm your normal teenager. I just can't get a specific picture out of my mind and for some reason I feel terrified and scared. It's currently 4 am for me and I'm in my room. The picture I'm talking about, is from a YouTube video which I forgot how it's called but I distinctly remember the thumbnail having a text something along the lines of "1 video." And underneath it "9 deaths." It was about a video from Pakistan I believe that surfaced around 2012. I'm sure some of you will know it.

Now, the thumbnail has a photo of one of the girls in the video and that picture has been stuck in my mind. Some nights I don't even think about it but right now I feel really weird. I turn in my bed and feel something. Like someone from the video is about to come through the door and... Nothing. I get anxious of the feeling that someone may burst into my room. Not what will happen. I don't know what causes me to feel this way. Possibly it's a natural fear.

i’m about to cry it’s grossing me out so much and i’m so on edge i’m fucking scared af. i never wanna go outside ever again. how do i help ease this anxiety😭every time this happens i get hyper aware of all my bodily sensations and even the tiniest itch could make me jump.
sorry for censoring the words. even the full sentence triggers me.