I kinda hate the pain even though I do it I kinda dislike it and want it to be over soon. So sometimes i close my eyes and have friends shoot me up.
theres no pain unless youre missing any of the shot. sure theres the intitial piercing of the skin but that is negligible, its painless. maybe if youre piercing through some scar tissue with a dull needle it might hurt, but spiking through with a fresh 31g needle has no pain associated with it.
though i understand what youre saying, my friend has the same phobia and shuts himself off like that when im injecting him. its mostly a good thing because hes not moving around making the whole thing one big complication and me getting pissed off at him because of it.
There should be a 4th option:
Addicted to the needle, and wished I didn't need it.
Seriously, after becoming accustomed to the quick onset and rush, I don't know if I can ever go back to oral administration for pills if I have the opportunity to shoot them - and that scares the shit outta me. My luck I'll end up losing a limb to necrotizing fasciitis, get an abscess, or end up sick with endocarditis or septicemia. All of these things scare me so much that if I think of them I feel like crying; instead I prep a shot and spike up, so I can forget about how, little by little, I am destroying my body.