We don’t get paid for it in Australia but it’ll go to helping someone who needs it.

  • TisI@reddthat.com
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    10 days ago

    Have you tried not looking at it? For me, as long as I don’t see the actual blood I’m fine. If I see someone donating or giving samples I feel the same way. So I always make sure to look elsewhere.

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      10 days ago

      Yeah, I look away and ask the person performing the draw to keep me talking (ask me dumb stuff like what am I doing later) to keep me from thinking about it. I’m a lot better now because I once took a medication that required a lot of blood checks of my liver or kidneys, but I’m still not able to do the extended draw required for this.