Anxious about going for jab at a vaccine hub

[GetItDone101]

I have my first jab booked for the weekend, it’s in a large vaccine hub at a shopping centre. I walked through this shopping centre the other day and the queue for the hub was so long, it was so busy, and I suddenly felt really anxious about having to go there for my jab. I’m not quite sure why - I’m no more worried about catching covid than the next person and I’m not scared of needles nor am I anxious about vaccine side effects or vaccines in general.

I think it’s an anxiety about having a vaccine in such an open, busy space with loads of other people around and if I were to have an adverse reaction I’m in full view of the public.

My local surgery are so far behind on their jabs that I can’t have it there.

I really want to get my vaccine so I need to push through this weird unexplainable anxiety. Has anyone else felt the same and how did you get through it?

Sounds lovely but some phobic people wont be able to bring themselves to book an appointment, or show up for it. That is half the battle.

Yes and having a phobia myself I feel their pain. However, if they were made aware by doctors, nurses and counsellors that they could book, show up, hang out, bugger off having never seen a needle if they wished, it might slowly work.

We really don't do enough to actually work with MH issues rather than medicating them.

@GetItDone101

Update: had my vaccine today. Felt a bit panicky in the queue but once I was in there and waiting, it was fine. Didn’t even notice it being done as the lovely lady was chatting about possible side effects then it was over!

Will have no qualms about going for my second got a bit of a sore arm tonight though.

Yay, brilliant! (That you went and it was fine, not that you have a sore arm )