Can I still be a Neurologist if I'm scared of needles?

[keyboard3]

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I really want to be a neurologist - albeit I'm a little squeamish. It's not the gore that bothers me, but needles. I'm not sure why, but they've always freaked me out.

That being said, is there anyway I can be a neurologist (or even survive med school) with this fear? I don't like watching people get needles, and I certainly can't stick a needle in someone else. I know my limits and I'll embrace them.

 

[Medix450]

if you can't deal with needles, do you think you'll be able to deal with dissecting bodies?

 

[keyboard3]

Yes. Gore, dissecting, knives, and guts don't bother me. It's just these gosh darned needles that upset me. Sounds crazy, I know.

 

[TUGM]

systematically desensitize yourself...

 

[afugazzi]

I was a fainter early in med school. Now I have a sympathetic nervous system of steel. If you do something so many times that it becomes boring, then it won't be scary any more.

 

[soulofmpatel]

systematically desensitize yourself...

I agree with this

You'll be fine. You would be amazed what you achieve.