Not melodramatic Rach at all, noses have been the bane of my life until recently.
What worked finally for us was teaching Darcy to blow bubbles with her nose in the pool/at the end of the bath (when she wasn't sick). We were trying to get her to stop hanging onto her nose in the pool lol (which she still does) but on the upside she figured out that it wasn't so bad and blowing your nose helped you feel better.
I figured out she got the most angst from DH wiping her nose because (while not intentionally) he is a great hulk of a man, who cannot imagine how hard he is wiping someone elses (little) nose. Using a baby wipe helped too because it's cooling and softer.