Hello I live in the Philippines. About 8 days ago I had a bat encounter, I was out buying beer for my dad around dusk and when I got back my sister screamed that there was a bat on my back and climbing up to my neck(I was wearing a shirt at the time). Of course, I didn't felt it was on my back but it got me scared so I carefully went outside and my sister got a broom and whacked it. It fell to the ground whimpering and I swept it out to the dirt road where it laid there and then a motorcycle came so I don't know if it got crushed or not but the next day I saw it was being eaten by ants.
I want to get shots but my parents and sister told me not to because they saw no bite marks and I poured alcohol on my back and on myself to see if there were any wounds but there weren't any burning sensations only warmness from what you would feel when alcohol is poured on your skin. I also did some close examination with mirrors and flashlights but saw no marks and only small backne but I still get scared because people say that bats can bite you without feeling it.
I tried to get shots but I couldn't as the hospital was far away (I live in one of the rural provinces) and expenses are high due to Covid and my parents building the family home. My Anxiety has gotten so bad that I start touching my neck and feeling for scabs same with my back everyday, I keep checking my back in the mirror as well as my neck, my left arm starts feeling weird because of the anxiety and I'm starting to look pale like a Ghost, I'm starting to miss out on my weekly exercises and guitar practice because of the fear, I start checking other parts of my body and whenever I feel something in my body I start quivering and hyperventilating.
I tried going to quora but people keep giving different advice and in Reddit I can't get reliable info and I keep getting scared from all the what if stories the users there send. Please someone help me with this I don't want to die. I still have a dream to fulfill and a promise to keep to my parents and my sister.
I want to get shots but my parents and sister told me not to because they saw no bite marks and I poured alcohol on my back and on myself to see if there were any wounds but there weren't any burning sensations only warmness from what you would feel when alcohol is poured on your skin. I also did some close examination with mirrors and flashlights but saw no marks and only small backne but I still get scared because people say that bats can bite you without feeling it.
I tried to get shots but I couldn't as the hospital was far away (I live in one of the rural provinces) and expenses are high due to Covid and my parents building the family home. My Anxiety has gotten so bad that I start touching my neck and feeling for scabs same with my back everyday, I keep checking my back in the mirror as well as my neck, my left arm starts feeling weird because of the anxiety and I'm starting to look pale like a Ghost, I'm starting to miss out on my weekly exercises and guitar practice because of the fear, I start checking other parts of my body and whenever I feel something in my body I start quivering and hyperventilating.
I tried going to quora but people keep giving different advice and in Reddit I can't get reliable info and I keep getting scared from all the what if stories the users there send. Please someone help me with this I don't want to die. I still have a dream to fulfill and a promise to keep to my parents and my sister.
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