Yeah. I mean- good on them for the effort and care to make her comfortable- and the idea. But I certainly wouldn’t classify this as overcoming a fear. “I overcame my fear of needles by taking pills instead!” Not... how that works. Cleverly avoided perhaps
Pretty much ^
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Granted I DO think it's awesome they did it, and that it helped her. It's amazing what human beings are willing to come up with just to offer a little piece of mind
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But I'm on 4 days of sleep-deprivation, and so hyper-focusing on technicalities that serve no purpose is my specialty right now :P
Lol. No worries. It’s appreciated and understood. I hope you can get some sleep soon- but I’m glad to see your critical thinking is still working just fine.
Ella Casano, a 12 y/o girl overcame her fear of IV bags with a simple and cheerful solution: she attached the medicine bag to a teddy bear, which hides the plastic hospital bag and a child can look at the smiling face of a toy instead. (REDDIT r/pics)
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Granted I DO think it's awesome they did it, and that it helped her. It's amazing what human beings are willing to come up with just to offer a little piece of mind
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But I'm on 4 days of sleep-deprivation, and so hyper-focusing on technicalities that serve no purpose is my specialty right now :P