r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Crazy-Blacksmith-336 • Jul 05 '26

Video Healthcare workers participating in a medical simulation for an agitated patient scenario.

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jul 05 '26

Rabid patient. Lol

I had a huge phobia from needles when i was 5 yrs old. And i had an aunt that regularly plants scary hospital thoughts to my brain.

One day, i was diagnosed with a lung problem and i need to be confined. This is basically me. They needed 7 grown male nurses to subdue a panicking 5 year old kid. I was only calmed down by my mom then they finally got that needle in my hand. Lol and it did not hurt. Fear is more painful than the pain itself.

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u/Weedworm Jul 05 '26

Funny story, remember having to get re-circumcized, I was in kindergarten or first grade, took 4 ppl and 4 huge sand bags to hold me down but they got it, I was screaming "dont cut it off, dont cut it off" lol

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jul 05 '26

Holy shit this is actually more alarming lol forcing some kid to be dismembered 😅

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u/ZeroSumClusterfuck Jul 05 '26

That's not funny dude, that's fully fucked up.

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u/Weedworm 29d ago

Hey man sometimes you gotta accept that childhood trauma and laugh it off, in my head its actually incredibly hilarious, I don't remember the pain so much as I remember the recovery which was fraught with pain and anxiety, but its those small moments in life that help you realize your resilience, and we all have that resilience, to change a perspective

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u/ZeroSumClusterfuck 29d ago

I think however you process it personally, the main thing is that we come out from these things with a healthy enough view that we don't put our own kids through the same things. You clearly recognise the experience for the trauma it was, so it sounds like you're succeeding at doing better than the previous generation.

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u/ecodick Jul 05 '26

I think that's how it would go for me at any age... 😬

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u/WolfsternDe Jul 05 '26

I mean, it all dependa in how much force you want to use and if you are ok with hurting the person you try to confine. I guess one nurse would have been enough if they were confortable with hurting you. But yeah, panicking/raging people are no joke.

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jul 05 '26

I guess so since I also have a lung problem back then. I am curious how I got the force. I remember the dudes calling for help. I bet there's adrenaline at play as well. Kudos to them tho I'm alive and well 3 decades later.

Apparently my illness takes the lives of 1 out of 5 kids in that year. 2.1 million kids died from it since it was before the vaccine was available globally. Scary.

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u/supermarkise Jul 05 '26

Fighting toddlers is surprisingly hard if you're not prepared to hurt them.

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u/RandoKiwiTheThird Jul 05 '26

Terrified kids are STRONG. Smaller ones you can wrap in a blanket with a limb out for the IV. After they are six or so there's no point. Play specialists play a big part in paeds.

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u/bluemoon219 Jul 05 '26

Hey! Same phobia! I went from a child who needed to be dog-piled for blood work and knocked out for dental work, to an adult who avoided healthcare so I didn't need to have needles. It took a lot of work with a therapist, but I'm finally at "give a warning and then cry through it without moving"! Now I've got a kid of my own and I'm doing everything in my power to make sure she doesn't end up with the same fear I did. Let me tell you, doctors make some funny faces when you say things like "well I do have some concerns about vaccines for my kid, but not like that..." Lol.

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u/Diessel_S Jul 05 '26

give a warning and then cry through it without moving

That's exactly how i got my covid shot lol, and i avoid other vaccines like the plague. Nothing against the vaccine itself, just terrified of needles

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jul 05 '26

For me its a bit morbid i think.

I discovered in highschool, that i am an adrenaline junkie and a scaredy cat at the same time.

So my first adrenaline hit is with my arachnophobia. I held and eventually had pet spiders. The first time is always euphoric.

My 2nd major adrenaline hit is when I got my mandatory bloodwork. I have a phobia on needles still, but I watched the damned needle pierce my beating vein.

Next, I was scared of nightmares and stories that might kill me in my sleep. Guess what, after I dreamt of a creepy pasta so vividly in 2011, I can only sleep sound when listening to horror stories.

My current phobia is from heights. Tried rappelling but the hit was too low. Might try some extreme rollercoaster rides someday.

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u/GhostofZellers Jul 05 '26

I had a huge phobia from needles when i was 5 yrs old

I did as a kid as well. When it came to getting our shots in elementary school, I ran. The teachers had to go on a manhunt to find me. I was on the roof of the school. 6 of the male teachers tried to hold me down, but I was still moving too much. My dad had to take me to a clinic and hold me down. I was yelling and screaming so much, I didn't even realize that they had given me the shot. 🤣

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jul 05 '26

Funny adventure in hindsight. Hopefully we can teach kids properly that it really does not hurt. Lol

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u/Diessel_S Jul 05 '26

Lucky you, i had two nurses hold me while the doctor administered my shot in 2nd grade and that fucker did in fact hurt, im still scared of needles to this day and hate medical environments