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Can you be injected without knowing?

Is it possible for someone to inject you without you knowing, like someone will come talk and distract you while someone else inject you? Of course I know you will feel something but will the pain be so insignificant that you just brush it off or will it startle you like when someone unexpectedly pinch you?
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1699033 tn?1514113133
I just spent nine days in the hospital and believe me I know every single time they stuck me with a needle.  You need to know how HIV is transmitted.  The CDC has a good website.  HIV needs to get deep into the tissue in order to even have a hope in hell of living and even in that scenario, it is still not a given.  People that are in the healthcare profession that poke themselves with an HIV tainted needle by mistake have a less than 1% chance of becoming HIV positive.   Is there a chance you can see a psychologist for help with these thoughts?  
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Thank you for the reassurance. I've been having these on and off concerns for the past month since I talked to some people. While I was talking to one of them I felt a strange pinchy feeling near my elbow, like a bit below it. Ever since I haven't been able to let go of the paranoia even though I know it's insanely irrational. I definitely do believe that my issues are more psychological than physical so I will make sure to talk to an expert about this. Thank you.
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I don't think so but here's the thing -- I have this worry too.  In fact had it today when some paper poked me and I had a worry thought.  There's nothing to do but try to ride out the anxiety.
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May I ask how you managed to get over the anxiety? Because as for me I've been making up the worst kinds of scenarios. All I felt was a slight pinchy feeling near my elbow and when I scratched it it went away. Yet somehow for the past month I've been thinking of the worst things that could happen, like HIV. I keep getting this paranoia that someone must've taken used needles from drug users and snuck it into me. What do you normally do when/if you have these thoughts?
It is tough.  I struggle off and on with this.  Anytime I see someone that looks like they could be a drug user I get uneasy.  Or if something looks like it could be a needle, I automatically think it is one.  it is very irrational.  I never used to be like this.  So I remind myself that even though I feel anxious in the moment, and it feels real, it is just that my brain has a problem with anxiety and it tends to react and almost be trained to think these thoughts.  I think you have to untrain it.   I am on medication, and in the past had seen a therapist for many years who specialized in OCD.  One of the big messages is learning to live with the uncertainty about something.  You and I can never be 100% sure about certain things.  Maybe someone did poke us with an HIV needle. How likely is that?  Not very likely.  Even if someone did, how likely are you to contract HIV.  Very slim.  Is it worth a lifetime of worry and anxiety over really remote events?  Even if your absolute worst fears came true and you did somehow get HIV through no fault of your own, there is medication.  Sometimes those kinds of thoughts help me.  Sometimes the passage of time helps sooth my anxious mind, and hours or sometimes days !!) later I feel kind of silly for having the thoughts.  Other times I say to myself -- it is just a THOUGHT, that's all.  Just because I think it, doesn't make it true.  I am constantly getting "poked" by something.  Go grocerty shopping and something pokes you-- the edge of a chip bag, a box, etc.  And my over active brain is like -- what was that!!  The non OCD person doesn't think that way.  Another thing I do is to try to think like I don't have OCD.  For example, would someone else think that?  I hope this helps.  It is not easy I know and almost daily I struggle.
Thank you for taking the time to write that. Lately my concern has increased because I've been experiencing light periods and that apparently is one of the early symtomps of HIV in women. Right now I'm just a total anxious mess and even though the light periods could just be the result of the stress itself, they're only causing me more stress. I'm thinking about getting tested to put my mind at ease but even the thought of getting result scares me to death. What do you think?
I would not test.  You will start thinking after every "scare" that you need to test again.  Being anxious can affect your period.  Try to let it go.  I know how hard that is to do, believe me.  You are not alone.
I will try to. Thanks for the advice.
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