08.22.2017 - By Steve Borgman: Blogger, Connector, Curator
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
–Nelson Mandela
There are those among us who avoid doctors because we hate clinics. Or those of us who would rather get sick than deal with getting injections. Or maybe you have an upcoming surgery you’ve put off for a year, or two because you’re afraid of the hospital or the procedure.
In my last blog post, I shared why you and I need to know about medical phobia.
Now I want to help you go from fearing to starting to face your medical phobia.
Read the following tips to start conquering your fear.
These tips come from the book, Overcoming Medical Phobias: How To Overcome Fear of Blood, Needles, Doctors, and Dentists, by Martin M. Anthony, PhD, and Mark A. Waitling, MD.
Here’s a link to a free pdf version.
Tip #1 – Read the book
Here’s a link to a free pdf version of the book. If you’d rather read a hard copy, you can order it here.
Take an evening, or a few evenings, to quickly read through the table of contents and to skim the different chapters.
(Reading a more technical book before bed is one of my best techniques for getting to sleep