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- OCD! At The Disco
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- 3y ago
What I can tell you is the side effects of a vaccine are WAY better than getting covid. Not everyone gets side effects and if you do, it just means your immune system is doing what it’s supposed to and making antibodies against covid! They’ll watch you for 15 or 30 minutes, you’ll be safe and in good hands!
Yep! It's literally either covid or the vaccine, and I'm going with the vaccine becuase im convinced covid will kill me too 😅
I grew up with parents that aren’t necessarily anti-vaxx (they got the covid vaccine and always wear their masks) but they preferred to do everything as “natural” as possible and didn’t want me to get the vaccines that weren’t 100% necessary, or go to the doctors much. So I can’t even tell you how long it’s been since I’ve been vaccinated, but of course I wanted to get my covid vaccines. So going in, I was terrified I’d go into anaphylaxis because I didn’t know if I was allergic to anything in the shot since I haven’t had many prior vaccines. And after I got my first one I kept thinking “oh no this is it. It’s in now. It can’t be reversed.” And that thought freaked me out so much. However, I had no side effects after my first one other than a sore arm. Just got my second so we’ll see how I feel tomorrow lol I’ve heard it’s not too great. That being said, I completely understand the uneasiness that comes with the vaccine. But, trust science! We need to all do it to keep each other safe and that’s the most important part. This vaccine has been nearly 20 years in the making, it is safe. I hope you this helps ease your anxiety some. ❤️
Omg yes the anaphylaxis is what's scaring me as well! That's exactly what it is for me! But thank you so much for your response. I'm 100% for vaccines, but it's been almost 10 years since I've had to get a needle of any kind, so it's almost like I forget lol.
@Anon Update I got my second one 2 hours ago and feel a little bit light headed and shaky. The nurse that did it told me the second one dehydrates you a little bit so I’m sure this feeling is totally normal. Just make sure to stay hydrated the day before your shot and for a couple days after :)
I’ve had covid and got my first moderna shot two weeks ago. I’m due for my second one. The first one wasn’t as bad as having covid but it activated some of my long haul symptoms. I’m nervous about the second one for that reason. But I’ll do it all over again if it means I never have to have covid again. Having covid has made me have real unexplainable stuff happen to me I had to got to a bunch of specialists to get it sorted it and I was otherwise fine before having it. All I had was ocd If that counts as something
Oh yeah didn’t magnets start sticking to people who took the vaccine? I’m suspicious of the thing, people have died in the chair they took it in without any underlying conditions... personally I’d not, but that’s just me.
...no. Magnets did not start sticking to people. What is your source for this information? There is so much misinformation regarding the vaccine and people are spreading blatant lies. It is safe, and keeping people from spreading this deadly disease.
Nope. No magnets are sticking to people! Also haven’t heard of a single person dying in the chair while getting it. Very concerned about your info source.
@Where’sMySerotonin🦋 That’s why I phrased the question that way, I didn’t actually know or not. Just had heard that from a person
@Anonymous I do understand being worried about the vaccine, honestly. However, I think we need to do it to achieve herd immunity. And the vaccine itself isn’t new. Despite it’s emergency use approval by the FDA and the fact that it’s only been around for a little over a year, it’s been years in the making. Scientists had learned about coronaviruses from the days of SARS and MERS. They just used what they had already developed for the SARS vaccine and tweaked it to prevent against covid. I know it seems scary, but we need to trust science. I hope this gives you a little bit of insight and eases your concern about getting it.
Yeah I saw that too. From quanon side of tik tok. The people that didn’t even believe covid was real a year ago
@jljbchs Just the word QAnon explains it all. Stay far away from anyone that supports QAnon 😂
@Anonymous Oh gosh.. yeah FAR FAR FAR away from Qanon
I'm just curious about this and I will get to why later: 1. Mandatory Covid Vaccination, yay or Nay? Why? 2. Needing to show vaccine card to enter venues, restaurants, etc. yay or nay? Why? 3. Mandatory covid test for the unvaccinated, yay or nay? Why? 4. Mandatory masks for the unvaccinated, yay or nay? Why? 5. Are you an anti-vaccine, yay or nay? Why? 6. Are you afraid of covid? And to the point...: 7. Are you afraid of needles? 8. Has your OCD impacted your ability to get the vaccine? 9. Do you have GAD, Panic attacks, etc., which has impacted whether you get the vaccine? I'm generally someone who is in support of Science. I encourage others to use their judgement in regard to the vaccine. I mask up in public. I'm just afraid. I'm also rather isolated because of my OCD in general. I understand that I could get sick and it scares me,, but I'm not emotionally ready to tackle the vaccine. I have an excruciatingly hard time with feelings of being contaminated with bodily waste, so anything medical is difficult for me. I have obsessive thoughts regarding the vaccine in general, since it is relatively new and people (even on here) have been telling horror stories. I don't think the general public is taking into consideration that people like that exist when they post things. I don't have anyone to help me out, so I'm just afraid my isolation will take me to even darker places if a mask is not good enough (which I try to follow).
Getting vaccinated Saturday or supposed to. Parents kinda did for me and told me I have to do it to keep living with them. I am now starting to feel the anxiety creep in on it. I don't really want it but I know it's the right thing to do.
I am scheduled to have the COVID booster later today. Getting the original vaccine was traumatic. Not because of the vaccine, but because of the anxiety. I am SO tempted to cancel my appointment. But I'm going to treat it like an exposure. I am having a ton of intrusive thoughts and my anxiety is through the roof. But I am going to do it.
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