They are just not aware that they have this fear and can’t therefore understand and work on it effectively. Some people just seem to be stuck in emotional toddlerhood.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    12 days ago

    im a needlephobe and I get vaxxed. I hate it but I have had decade to find ways to deal with it. Still can’t stand seeing someone else get one or such. Curiously you would think I would want to get them all at once but like. I have to really get myself together for each one and it is just better for it to happen and be over asap.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      For influenza:

      https://www.flumist.com/

      And COVID mist vaccines are coming. These aerosol vaccines work better than injections for respiratory viruses because they form two kinds of antibodies, and they prime the immune response in the airway, which is the route of natural infection.