terrified of anything clinical

what can you do when you're like this? i'm 48 now, and i've always had a deep fear of anything clinical, clinical environments or buildings, clinical staff- doctors or nurses talking in a cold clinical way, clinical uniforms etc.

and in up and coming times, i have to go to clinical settings to get my diabetes type 2 reviewed...then at some point, i've got to go to a hospital to get a test on my heart, then go to get my eyes screened as that is long overdue.........i'm aware of this, know i have to face these things, and i'm really scared.

my elderly mum and other loved ones live far away, so they cannot take me to these appointments....i've just been assigned a support worker package, where i get support workers, because i also have mental health problems, i've had long term....so hopefully the support workers can take me to these appointments.

but because of my deep fear of anything 'clinical' i'm terrified of these up coming appointments....i mean, i could not go to them, but then i'd be neglecting my health.........so there's no way out of it.

PatientlyWaiting25 · 46-50, F

Bless you. It's often quite nerve wracking even if you don't have a phobia. Before the appointments, write down anything you want to say or ask them so you don't forget when you're there. When my children were small and we had to do something horrible like getting shots, we always went straight to the toy shop afterwards. I think doing something fun afterwards is good when you're an adult too. I like to go and get cake. 😊

durinsBane1983 · 46-50, M

@PatientlyWaiting25 thank you for your understanding, i'm quite anxious to be honest.