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I wondered if anyone has experienced similar or can advise.
I am struggling with being really squeamish. I've always been faint at the sight of blood and often cry and panic during blood tests but it's more than just blood. I can't bear anything that involves my body- so injections, feeling my pulse, all and every medical treatment. I've never been able to have my nipples touched as it gives me the same feeling that I just can't bear.
I am hoping to get pregnant and had a transvaginal scan, this had me in tears as I was so uncomfortable with someone probing around inside me. I now have to get a hycosy test and every time I think about it I start crying as I just can't bear the idea of things happening in there, especially if it's painful.
I'm worried I won't cope with all the blood tests, injections and vaginal things that will need to be done as part of fertility treatment. I'm also worried that if I got pregnant I would be squeamish about a baby being inside me.
I get this pressure behind my temples and feel faint and light headed and shaky, this can last all day eg I had it after a finger prick blood test.
I don't know where to begin with getting over this, when I've got hysterical at blood tests in the past I've been told to stop being so dramatic. I feel like no one understands how severe it is. I would pay for a private psychotherapist but I don't even know what type would specialise in this or how it could be treated.
Please can someone help
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How do I get over severe squeamishness that's ruining my life
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squeaming · 04/08/2020 08:59
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