Anyone else here have a fear of injections?

[hamsterjill]

Most people just scoff at this, but I’ve suffered from it my entire life. I think it goes back to my mother having cancer in the late 60’s and passing when I was a child.

With all of the discussion about the COVID vaccines, I am literally having nightmares. I know it probably sounds trivial and I will definitely get the vaccine when it’s available, but the panic is real. I have fainted before. It’s humiliating and most medical personnel don’t seem to take it seriously.

This is NOT the typical dread of a moment of pain. It goes much deeper than that. It is sheer terror. Anyone else ever dealt with this?