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Anyone else find getting a needle excruciatingly painful? Nurses keep telling me it doesn't hurt much, even my Dad says it doesn't hurt too much for him, but for me it's agony.

Also, when a researcher tried to test my muscle strength using mild electric shocks, I couldn't tolerate a strong enough shock to get a measurable muscle jerk. Is it possible that I'm hypersensitive to pain? I hear about hyposensitivity to pain, but I haven't heard about hypersensitivity to it.

im sensitive to pain but needles dont really hurt much if I dont watch unless its a really big needle like when i got a shot of penicillin but I was already in morphine land so it was not that bad

I enjoy pain, I l like to make myself feel vulnerable. Even the dentist is an enjoyable place for visit to me, I love the sensation of needles stuck in your gums, feeling teeth snap, tools vibrating your skull. I allays get anxiety though where ever I receive a needle, I feel my teeth clenching and my toes curling, but I enjoy it.

Not really, I've had a lot of blood tests done and such so yeah either I became desensitized to it or to me it just doesn't hurt. Its funny they always say not to look but I think its interesting so I do, but I guess it freaks some people out more if they actually see it.

you could have a low pain tolerance. my problem with needles isn't so much the pain, but the idea of being invaded.

Agony might be too strong a word in my case, but I certainly find needles very unpleasant and have no idea how some people claim they hardly hurt at all.

Mind you, the last time I needed an injection, part of the fun was the doctor trying to find a vein they could actually get the needle into, so there were several unsuccessful pokings before they finally got it done .

Yes, it is possible to be hypersensitive to pain. I am and it's most apparent when I have to get shots or I have blood drawn because those things are really painful yet they don't seem to bother anyone else. Hypersensitivity to pain fits in with my hypersensitivies in my other senses like vision and hearing. A lot of people with autism have some sort of hypersensitivity.

I am not good with needles however am hyposensitive to most other types of pain, maybe its partly psychological, its scary seeing a sharp needle being stuck into your blood stream. I am also aware of what happens if you get air into your blood stream, not nice stuff.

love having needles done-dont feel them but have had them done so much since a toddler that they have to faff about for a long time because its like having the arms of a heroin junkie [collapsed veins everywhere].

have had close up photos taken of IV canulas in place,find it very interesting to look at but at the same time relaxing for some reason.
also love going for needles with staff who pretend they are really hard around needles and am being overcomforted by them;only for it to be the other way around when the needle comes out,am always PMSL when that happens,seriously theres nothing wrong with admitting a needle phobia.

I used to be really bad with needles. But, when I had Cancer I had to have so many needles that I don't even think about them.

Excruciating? No. A bit annoying and itchy, definitely.

I think needles hurt. Definitely not "it doesn't hurt". The pain is just for a few seconds so... I'll take it like a man. Had blood drawn for blood tests last week, and they had problems finding a vein in me. Was probably a big needle also.

Now my skin is yellow around where they had the needle. That bugs me too.

I don't find needles too painful, but I do get a little nervous when one is near me. I would often look away when I would get flu shots or have blood drawn so I won't be as nervous when it happens.

Yes, I am a tad squeamish about it. But when I get shots, I just say "BRING IT ON!"

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I have type 1 diabetes so have a minimum of 5 injections per day. Faced with the choice: Needles or death? I chose the needles every time. It doesn't matter how much it does or doesn't hurt, they mean the difference between life and death for me. Pain comes with life for me so so be it. I don't have the luxury of being able to make a fuss about it and complain about the discomfort - The only alternative is far more unpleasant.

Maybe try changing your perspective. If you view the needles as horrible and painful then you're going to notice the pain more because you're anticipating it and already view it as negative so when you feel the unpleasant sensation it's reinforcing your thoughts and creating a vicious cycle. If you instead try to focus on thinking about the good that will come of the needle, the helpful test results if it's a blood test, or the improved health if it is medicine, then the pain might seem like less of a problem and more of a means to achieving a solution. Yes, it's uncomfortable but it's only for a moment and it's supposed to be helping you.

When people say it doesn't hurt much, they're telling the truth but not expressing it well. What they mean is that it's not severe pain like childbirth or passing a kidney stone or having major surgery, it's just a little needle and the pain goes away quickly compared to much more major invasive medical interventions. They don't mean it doesn't hurt compared to your everyday comfort level when you're well. It's just a commonly accepted short form way of saying it's not that bad if you think of the 'big picture'. It's like a lot of socially accepted common phrases, imprecise and NTs assume everyone knows what they mean anyway - We often don't, you're just taking them at their word rather than realising they're not saying quite what they really mean.

I think perspective is important. Yes the needle with the anaesthetic for my C-section hurt but not even close to as much as the c-section! Yes, the needles I take every day generally hurt, but not as much as going into diabetic ketoacidosis and dying.

I used to freak out about needles when I was young, I disliked the pain terribly and get really upset about the whole process but I got over it the day a Dr told me my pancreas had stopped producing insulin and I needed multiple injections every day to live. It's interesting how a change of reference changes an experience so much!