i have never heard of this fear. its not fair that your family makes fun of you for it. its not as easy as just telling yourself not to be afraid. it doesn't exactly work like that. im not a doctor, but i've always understood that the only way to confront anything difficult, is to push through it the best you can. you said that you are afraid of "them" (wont say the "w" word (-: ) breaking and other bad things happening. is there anything you know of that would increase your fear of this? do you have astrong fear dying? Near death experience? loss of a loved one? what im saying is, maybe this is a manifestation of something else that you're not able to deal with or of an underlying problem. try to examine what it is about "them" that causes such distress. again, im not a doctor. im just trying to help. feel free to message me for anything. best of luck.

Hi aimeemarie, I realize you posted this over a month ago, but I just read your entry. I too have a mild fear like yours, and it's related to my general body/injury phobias. Veins specifically make me very anxious. In fact, just as I was starting to type this (I'm at work at the moment) one of my coworkers who knows about my fears walked by and flashed his veiny arms/wrists at me, and I scrunched up my whole face and body and shut my eyes tight. People do this to us (like your family does) to get a reaction out of us, they find it amusing. But I know how rough it is, when you feel like nobody understands, and you start questioning if you're just crazy or some big sissy because of how much it bothers you. I really know how you feel.

For me, the wrist phobia is a ripple effect of the fear of my veins being cut or injured. Ugh, it was even hard to type that sentence. Do you have other fears of injury that it could be related to? Wrists can be perceived as a very vulnerable part of our bodies, and I feel the same way about my temples, or the arches of my feet, or my neck. Have you had an injury in the past, or seen someone else be injured, in a way that you think this phobia might have evolved from?

If you notice the phobia is getting stronger, finding a really good therapist might be the next step in at least halting the progression of whatever ripple effects this fear might have in your life. I'm seeing one too, and she helps me find strength. I really hope you can too. I know it may seem impossible, but phobias can be cured with enough time and the right kind of support.

Hey,I'm Marcus Junius Corax,Canadian Forces, This fear is something to get cured right away,especially if you wish to not live in constant fear or have a job that involves blood. An easy way to do this is to LIE DOWN!!! Put your HEAD on the floor with your FEET stretched and above the height of your head (on a chair) Then,take a look at your wrists. The position you are in basically prevents drop in blood pressure,which is the cause of fainting. It will build up immunity to this fear if you are able to look at them and not faint.If you do feel a bit faint,join your fingers with each hand and pull outwards, it is good stress release and a form of exercise and will raise blood pressure. When you feel you are ready after a few sessions,touch them. Put your finger to your wrist and trace the veins. You should be over the fear in no time.

Hi aimeemarie, I can completely understand how you feel, I also have carpophobia, so can relate to everything that you were saying.
It is such an unusual phobia that it is so hard to find other people who are feeling the same to talk to. I hope knowing that you are not alone makes you feel somewhat better and if you ever want to talk about it feel free to message me :)

I have carpophobia too and i can realate to everything you are saying. I only have a fear for the veins and i also get panic attacks when i see people touching theirs or my wrists. If its getting wors for you you should seek help as fast as you can. Its been getting so bad for me I somtimes cant even eat so yo should try to stop it before its getting exreme. I know how it feels when people only take it as a joke but i try to compere it to the fear of spiders and then they usually stop. I hope you find a way to get over it because you can always treat phobias.

I also have carpophobia and have similar reactions to you, it got to the point where I got wristbands and I'll usually wear them all day so I'll never see my wrists. Just recently I actually got bit by my rabbit on my wrist, I blacked out but my body still moved and I ended up having a panic attack, I would suggest getting several wristbands and always have ong them on if you are confer table with that, for me when they are off I seem more likely to injure myself, but when they are on I never notice my wrists.

I am a college student dealing with this fear, more specifically venephoba, but carpophobia also applies to this. I'm trying to become an anesthesiologist, and it is a struggle to become this, even though I try.*WARNING* Everybody either makes fun of me for it or shows off their wrists and poke them with a pencil, OH BOY WASNT THAT HARD TO TYPE. No matter what, I will become what I desire anyway, and do what I can. Hopefully you will too.

Yes I've been having thoughts randomly about slitting wrists necks and my ankles. It was hard writing that sentence. Its nit only one its all three they come randomly. They freak me out sometimes I would have a break down. I try to cover them much as possible. And when thinking I try to cover every single vein that is exposed and I look like a lunatic while doing it. I don't know what the name is and I want to know Ive been trying to find out. I don't know if it is traumaphobia something like that or this. I don't know but for now its this. I feel completed now to know I'm not the only one.

Even reading about wrists or cutting wrists makes me cringe and feel like I'm going to vomit.

I feel the same way you do. At school, my friends find it funny to shove their wrists in my face and I laugh it off, but it makes me want to cry. I broke my wrist last year and I think that's why I have this fear. My family thinks its ridiculous, but they don't shove their wrists in my face which is nice. If I'm laying on my side watching something on my phone, I have to cover my wrists with a blanket just to avoid looking at them. I especially hate when people that are very skinny have their veins popping out, it makes me want to vomit. Now that I'm talking about wrists, my wrists are tingling and I HATE it.

I also am afrias of touching veins but also my bones. But its only my leg bones or i just hate the thought oh pushing the tips of my fingers together. Very strange.

Omg I thought was the only one. I used to be really bad like I couldn't even stand it if my wrists were exposed in ant way: always long sleeved tops and they would have to be too long for me because the feeling of the end of my sleeve on my wrist freaked me out I couldn't even look at my wrists. Now they still freak me out but I can at least now look at them without feeling extremely nausious

People would always think it was ridiculous when I told them this and my friends used to scratch their wrists right in front of me AAHHHHHHHHH just the thought eeeeeeeeeee

hi everyone was reading all the post and i have the same feeling but it when i touch and see tendons or when other people touch theirs or touch mine. this freaks me out and hard to concentrate if it's in peripherals. i start to scratch my wrists/tendons and freak out. righting this post just makes me feel very uncomfortable righting about and reading all of your made me uneasy its hard to deal with this at young age

I recently saw a picture of my friends top of his hand and he had cut it so the vain and mucile was exposed and I noticed I feak out and almost passed out in school thinking about my wrist it's always my left one and the vain is on top of the little bone thing so when I flex I don't realize it and it looks like my vein is bulging and then I think it hurts but it really doesn't. That's just my story i just tell my self I'm fine and do what one of the previous post said about laying down and touching and looking at them