PhobiasWhat gives you the heebie-jeebies?
It's a bit strong to call this a phobia, but for me it's the thought of biting into a dry flannel. I've no idea why I'd ever want to or even get the opportunity to do so, seeing as I don't own one, but it makes my teeth hurt to think about it. *ewww*
Tell us what innocent things make you go pale, wobbly and send shivers down your spine.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 13:34)
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Right, this is a weird one.Immunisation injections.
I hate the fact that people are injecting me with a trace of whatever I'm being immunised against, and just automatically assuming that my immune system will fight it, and create antibodies.
What if it doesn't, eh? I'm fucked!
Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with needles, have had various peircings, (lip, tongue etc.) and was at the dentist just yesterday to have root canal, and was fine with the anesthetic injection, but I fucking hate immunisations!
(, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 15:07, 2 replies)
They don't actually inject you with live bacteria or virus.It's a deactivated/dead version, which is why you don't get ill. If they injected you with the full blown version there'd be no point because you would catch the disease straight away.
As a side note, the word vaccination comes from the latin 'vacca' which means cow. The first vaccination was against small pox- a man noticed that people who had had cow pox didn't seem to catch small pox. He injected people with some of the pus from a cow pox sufferer's sores so that they caught the disease. As it is non fatal they recovered and then had the necessary antibodies to fight off small pox.
The only way to do this beforehand was to send your child out to sick people so that they could catch things young when they had a more robust immune system to give them better protection should they survive into adulthood.
(, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 15:35, closed)
Ah, I see.Thank you for that. It has eased my worrying slightly.
(, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 15:43, closed)
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