very afraid. dont know what to do anymore

[sanphan]

hey,
sorry for bothering anyone here but i have a problem. i was always afraid to get hiv by needles. and today my worst nightmare happened. i was walking through the city close to the main train station when suddenly someone was walking very close behind me who came out of a coppice. then he passed my with a distance of maximum 1meter(3 feet) and walked towards a trashcan where i some him dispose two drug injection needles. i knew this is a place where a lot of these people are hanging around. now I'm very afraid that when he passed me the needles somehow touched my or injected me. i didn't feel anything but still i think there is the chance that i was somehow injected. whether he did this on purpose or not i dont now. or maybe one of the needles just injected me when he passed me. this is possible because he was having the syringes in his hand the whole time and i dont know whether they were capped. i know needles are usually not a risk when laying around but these needles were right after he injected himself. can anyone assess what the risk might be and if i have to test? thanks

[LIZZIE LOU]

take it to the HIV ANXIETY COMMUNITY.

[sanphan]

but i dont know if this happened...

[LIZZIE LOU]

FOR STARTERS...this person, who walked past you, would have to have had enough time to "stick you AND inject you".

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN ! ! !

[Viky818]

Enough information has been provided to you through this thread. No further posts will be answered.

[sanphan]

but what if the needles touched me and i didnt recognize if i was injected. what is the risk for that?

[nursegirl6572]

Seek professional help, your thought processes are not rational at all.

[LIZZIE LOU]

how can you say you're not usually afraid about such things when you started with your post with:

" i was always afraid to get hiv by needles. and today my worst nightmare happened. "

[smilieh]

your not the only one who thinks like this but if i were you I would move on

[sanphan]

please someone help me. i'm going crazy here

[sanphan]

why phobia? i'm usually not afraid about such things but here i think the risk was simply not ZERO. can somebody else assess my risk and tell me what i should do?

[Teak]

Seek professional mental help for your phobias.

[sanphan]

i dont know what to do anymore. i hate this and really need your advise what to do now to calm down or to know when and where i can test

[sanphan]

i think the needle might have fallen out of his hand and went through my jeans into my leg and then fell on the ground. he then picked it up and i didnt see that. thats why i'm so worried

[Teak]

You would have known had it happened. Move on.

[sanphan]

but i dont know if i got injected. i dont even consider that i was injected on purpose but it might have happened that the needle came in contact with me while he walked close to me. i mean you dont feel when you get injected when you get blod drawn by a doctor. so why should i feel the injection in this case. this is whats worryig me so much

[Teak]

You never got injected and you don't need testing.

[sanphan]

but can anyone assess what the risk might be and if i have to test? thanks

[Teak]

Irrational thoughts.