Frankly, I think that’s it. When I got shots, my parents would constantly remind me of how much it would hurt and laugh at me over my fear. I’m still scared of needles nowadays, even if by all objective measures they really don’t hurt at all
Psychology is weird and the brain holds on to a lot of baggage. The brain is a very irrational and illogical meat computer, after all. It doesn’t care about objective reality, only our perception of it.
Frankly, I think that’s it. When I got shots, my parents would constantly remind me of how much it would hurt and laugh at me over my fear. I’m still scared of needles nowadays, even if by all objective measures they really don’t hurt at all
Psychology is weird and the brain holds on to a lot of baggage. The brain is a very irrational and illogical meat computer, after all. It doesn’t care about objective reality, only our perception of it.