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i have to do self-injections anybody have tips to make yourself do it when youre afraid of needles?
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Anonymous 4w

make an event out of it, ime incorporating it into my routine and havinng a process before and after helps put me in the right headspace. make some part of it a game or something fun, like collecting finished vials for arts projects or decorating your sharps container. making positive associations with your shot process makes the whole thing less stressful

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Anonymous 4w

make sure the alcohol on ur skin dries. if u dont then it wont be dangerous itll just sting

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Anonymous 4w

I like to do a no ifs ands or buts “one, two, three” and yoink it in. YMMV, don’t try going too fast until you have done it carefully a couple of times. But point stands. Try to do it quick, don’t give yourself time to contemplate it. Put on music and focus on doing your injection to the beat

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Anonymous 4w

My clinic taught me that eating candy helps with it. Just having it in my mouth gives me some level of dopamine boost and makes me less anxious about it.There’s a few other ones I know of too if you’d wanna know

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Anonymous 4w

my best friend would play himself music while doing his injections

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Anonymous 4w

Music. Make sure it’s calming too

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

yes please!

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