How can I distract myself? ?

Question

I'm getting the gardasil shot in an hour. How can I distract myself while tey are giving it to me? Do you think that listening to my ipod will help? I'm scared of shots :[

Answer 1

squeeze ur eyes shut and have someone hold ur hand and squeeze theier hand till it falls off and then u will be distracted.

Answer 2

Listening to your ipod can't hurt. My sister got that shot about a month ago. She said it hurt like a mother lol

Answer 3

the drs gunna say look away, then on three i'll give u the shot, take a deep breath. then he give u the shot on 2 :D  

Answer 4

You should look away while they give you the shot and listen to your iPod too that might help. I hate shots too.  

Answer 5

I sing a song in my head .

Answer 6

Victoria, i feel for you.  I've spent most of my life in and around hospitals, and some weeks i felt like a porcupine poster kid.  I swear, if a CPS worker saw me on the street, i would have been labeld as a druggie with all the marks i had.  I had my soothing music, and i always got a treat after something like what you are going through.  It doesn't matter what the treat is, but you HAVE to have one equal the experience (TP's rule >>TP =therapist).  Just be glad it's not the gamma-globulin injection in the butt.  They don't call it the 'peanut butter' shot for nothing.

Answer 7

Well I hate to tell you, but if you didn't already know the gardisil shot is actually 3 shots.  You get 1 now...another in like a month and another like 3 months from that.  It really isn't so bad...just don't look at the needle and sure, bring your ipod...that's what I always do when I go to the dr.'s.

Answer 8

Just say when it's over, you'll... Buy a slurpee.  Think about that, and keep your eyes shut.  Before you know it, it'll be over.  Oh, wait.  You have to get three shots for guardasil.  So no more shots for another... 3 months.

Answer 9

keep telling yourself that it will be over. think of the person that means the most to you. have a guess of what youre gonna have for dinner...

...jeesh! shots dont even last a minute!

Answer 10

Don't be scared...

I think that listening to your i pod will probably help...Like listening to a song you know the lyrics well and focusing on it...Or counting until the shot is over...Talking to the nurse or to your mum if she's with you might also help you.  

Answer 11

I have to get allergy shots every week

I look for something I can count, like the spots in the "granite" tile. Never look up or loose your concentration. I also think that whenever they grab my arm, they need to put more rubbing alcohol on it.

You can ask the nurse not to tell you when she's going to do it.

Answer 12

There is really no need to distract yourself.

I am terrified of needles & shots too, but when I went to get mine,

it took them, literally, 5 seconds, and I left the doctors office.

If you must though, just try to think about something else or look at something on the wall.

But, I am telling you, they will sit you down in a chair, tell you about it, and just do it. Then you leave.

And also, DO NOT LOOK AT THE NEEDLE!

Because you will tense up and when you make your muscles go stiff when you are getting a shot. And you don't want stiff muscles when you get shots, ESPECIALLY the Gardasil. Because it will only cause you more pain later.

Good Luck! And... relax! (: