Hate Getting Shots? Try This Humming Hack

How do you do with getting shots at the doctor? If you struggle, this technique works wonders! 

Hum a song!

It diverts your attention from what’s happening.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, check it out. How do you do with
getting shots? I think, Mikaela, you were telling me that
you're not good at shots.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
No, I keep putting off a doctor's appointment because I
don't want to go.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
And how about with giving blood or taking you know,
when you get your lab that's worse.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I can't even say the word because I like pass out.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
I'm good. I'm not good with needles. Myself actually get
I get weak, like weird week whatever it is what
happens week in the knees. But there are fifteen million
Americans that say they get sweaty and weak when it's
time for a shot at the doctor's office. Anxiety, all
the stuff. So if you struggle with it, try this.

(00:38):
This is your medical tip for the day. Hum a
song while you get the shot, hum a song. I mean,
some nurses are so good at the art of distraction.
They'll like, ask you about your birthday, and while you're answering, boom,
the shot goes in. Yeah, that's the best. So I
think the distraction is the key. Today's quote never love

(01:01):
your opinion more than your partner. In other words, don't
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I speak to you directly, I know you're speaking to me.
She has to win. If I am right, then I
have to express this. You're the only one that thinks
you're right if two people are arguing on air. On

(01:24):
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