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Manuel Correia

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Game designer at @romerogamesltd , @imirt_ie board member and mentor at @TabletopMentor. Designing videogames by day and boardgames by night. He/Him

Galway, Ireland
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    1. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      To me that was the most distressing part. Having no control over how my body was going to react, scaring the doctors/dentists, and leaving without any work done, only to come back and go through it again. And again. This didn't feel rational, so I had no idea where to start. 5/

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    2. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      This last year was tough. Needles have been everywhere in the media, in every feed, in every conversation. I was always on high alert. I couldn't avoid it this time. Taking this vaccine is the right thing to do, not only for myself but for those around me. Time to change. 6/

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    3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      At the start of this year I did some research and decided to try cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is an oversimplification but at its core you have to analyze your mental process to see where and why it goes haywire. Then you have to reprogram your brain. 7/

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    4. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      This next step is hard to swallow. Most of it happens through exposure. By (safely) being put in stressful situations and realizing that it wasn't so bad in the end. With a topic that depends on medical equipment, (during a pandemic!), there aren't many opportunities. 8/

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    5. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      So step one was to demystify needles and injections. My partner (thank you so much!) put together a slideshow of photos from single needles to them being used in hospital environments, to eventually a video of injections. Things that would always make me avert my gaze. 9/

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    6. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      I wrote my prediction of how stressful I thought it would be (1-100), faced each for some time, tried to look at them in detail, then wrote down how it really felt and compared them to the predictions. It was not as much! Even better, with repetition the values went down. 10/

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    7. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      Then, my only reasonable solution for exposure involved facing TWO phobias at once. I had to do all the dental work I had been postponing for years, mostly for the chance to face the anesthesia. 11/

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    8. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      With the help of anti-anxiety medication I still had from a previous procedure, I did the treatments. I've had 13 shots of anesthetics since January. They do them in threes and fours. This was not easy or cheap but helped to build tolerance and prove to me that I could do it. 12/

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    9. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      One thing that absolutely did not help was my close relatives trying to convince me multiple times not to take it. I debunked their claims and links but nothing worked. I didn't tell them about today. They'll find out when they snoop on this thread. Hello! 👋 Trust science. 13/

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    10. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      Today I finally took my vaccine. I talked to the people there until I felt more confident, tried a few things, tried to get my heart rate down. It was very hard for me to tell them I was ready. But when it did happen, it was fairly quick and mostly painless. It's done. 14/

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      Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21

      I'm sharing this in the hope it helps someone in a similar situation. It caused me a lot of distress for decades, that I didn't think I was capable of changing, but I did, and you can too. Good luck! 15/

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        1. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 23

          Bonus joke overheard at the vaccination center: - Will I be able to swim after getting the vaccine? - I don't see why not. - Excellent! Because I can't swim. Irish people are great. ❤

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        2. Ed Collins‏ @EWCollins Jul 21
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          Congrats dude! That sounds like a lot of work but well worth it.

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        3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21
          Replying to @EWCollins

          Thank you! Yeah, it wasn't easy but it's a big relief at the other end. It's incredible how malleable the brain is.

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        2. Dan Thurot‏ @DanThurot Jul 21
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          Well done! As someone who's done CBT for anxiety, it's never easy, but you should be so proud of yourself for successfully rewiring those phobias. And for such an important cause, too. Let's kick this virus out of our lives.

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        3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21
          Replying to @DanThurot

          Thank you! Yeah, I am very proud of this (or will be, it still doesn't seem real) and I want to tackle several other anxieties next. Fortunately they are not as urgent as this one!

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        2. Slothwerks  👑‏ @slothwerks Jul 21
          Replying to @gamesbymanuel

          Congrats, that's awesome! It was really interesting to see your process for overcoming it. It's something that's been hard for me to understand. I always felt the fear was mostly around the pain, but your description helped me appreciate that the reaction is more visceral.

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        3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21
          Replying to @slothwerks

          Thank you! I think it started with the pain but all the experience adds to it, starting from the anxiety to the clinical setting, the smell of ether, the waiting rooms. The thing that made it jump to another level was the anesthesia not working.

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        2. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21
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          Thank you Suzanne! It's been such a problem for me and now that I know that it's possible to fix, I hope I can show others a way. I don't usually share this much about myself, but there's been so much misiformation and propaganda that I saw this as an oportunity to fight back.

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        2. Calvin Wong Tze Loon 黃子倫  🇲🇾‏ @ithayla Jul 21
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          congrats Manuel board game about injections coming soon?! serious question, did your anxiety and fear also come from cartoon needles? like I know a game has some cardboard components with syringes printed on them

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        3. Manuel Correia‏ @gamesbymanuel Jul 21
          Replying to @ithayla

          I think I'll pass on that game. 😀 It can, but I notice some proportions are more bothersome than others. Generally if there is an option to use a needle in a game, I'll take the other option. Hitman, for example. The needles from Pandemic: The Cure are right on the edge.pic.twitter.com/WewE2RKQ8Q

          The tracker wheel from Pandemic: The Cure qith two needle tokens stuck to it. Some black and yellow dice in the distance.
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