I fuckin' HATE needles (I have rolling veins, where they always move outta the way of the fuckin' needle) but I don't think giving blood is that bad.
They didn't have me flex, either - they just kept a blood pressure cuff pumpin'
I guess I'd have to give it a try... I don't have a phobia of needles or anything, I just find them generally extremely unpleasant. I've gotten better about them over the years.

The 3 times I've given blood, all they gave me was one of those rollers you roll dough with (a smaller version) that you grip roll up and down to help with the blood flow
. Its one of the more uncomfortable things I've ever felt ;_;. It sounds so archaic now.
Now yeah, I wouldn't be able to do that, for sure.
Last time I went to the doctor I had an iron deficiency... haven't been back to check on that in a while. I doubt I could give blood in that case
