I faint when I see blood, or get an injection. Do you?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
F

FSUpaintball

Banned
Jun 12, 2001
768
0
0
I wouldn't consider myself a wimp. I play paintball. I had open-heart surgery (to fix a minor problem) right after I graduated high school. I've had a lot more experience in the pain area than most people my age, and pain doesn't really bother me all that much.

So why does this happen?

My doctor says it's actually a physical condition. That some artery or vein constricts my bloodflow or something when I see blood.

I still think it's strange. When I see a needle coming for my arm, it just hits me like a ton of bricks. Sweating, restlessness, the cold-needle feeling like your leg is asleep, a brown curtain coming over my vision, nausea, all at once. It's the worst feeling in the world.

The things that set it off are:
1. Blood in movies.
Not gunshots (those don't bother me), but knives and things. Just hearing someone say "slit throat" or "slit wrists" gets me feeling dizzy. Hell, I just got a little sweaty while typing it.
I most definitely can't watch slasher movies. I tried watching "Scream", didn't even make it till Drew finished dying.
Disembowlings REALLY get to me, as do things to do with the kidneys. I saw the end of the 6th sense, and it made me feel really bad. Unbelievable.

2. injections. Lay me down, give me a cold compress, cuz I'm out for the count.

3. not eating properly. If i don't eat anything substantial, and then eat a lot of sugar, I get these feelings a lot more easily. I believe I'm slightly hypoglycemic.



I'm just plain pissed off that this happens. I can watch the most violent gunfighting Schwartzenegger, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon movies over and over and it won't affect me at all. Bring in a knife, or stab a kidney and I'm done for. Holy crap, I can barely stand to write this post. WHY, dammit!

I KNOW I'm not alone here. Who else experiences this? Does anyone know how to stop it?
 
Colt45

Colt45

Lifer
Apr 18, 2001
19,720
1
0
hmm.. maybe if you poke yourself with a needle daily, you'll get used to seeing blood;)
 
F

FSUpaintball

Banned
Jun 12, 2001
768
0
0
Now that you mention it, it has gotten easier over the years.

Forgot to say, it's also somewhat genetic. My brother is the same way.
 
H

Hubris

Platinum Member
Jul 14, 2001
2,749
0
0
Originally posted by: FSUpaintball
Does anyone know how to stop it?
Click to expand...

Take your skirt off? :D

Seriously, not much bothers me; I think it's pretty cool watching my blood squirt into the needle when I have blood drawn. But I'm fascinated that your doc thinks it's a physical thing. I wonder what causes it.

 
C

chiwawa626

Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
12,013
0
0
Ive fainted like 2 times:

Once when i was like 11 i was jumpin walkin all stupid and my hand hit a cactus outa nowhere lol....and then my mom and aunt pulled out the pricks like 25 of em....then i saw blood then i fainted...heh

Once was 14 and went to the doctor and they drew out 2 tubes of blood, on the way back to the car i fainted and fell flat on the cement...hit my head...woke up didnt knotice what happen except i was all dirty...since then my mom still holds my hand when were walkin back to the car from the doctors office :)

 
F

FSUpaintball

Banned
Jun 12, 2001
768
0
0
Originally posted by: Hubris
But I'm fascinated that your doc thinks it's a physical thing. I wonder what causes it.
Click to expand...



He says he KNOWS it's a physical thing, and that many of his patients have it. I'm sure it's not related to being wimpish, it's just a reaction my body has. But why, and how do I stop it?
 
Sealy

Sealy

Platinum Member
Aug 4, 2002
2,438
1
71
I have a girlfriend who takes blood in a lab for a living, and she says that it's guys who are more likely to pass out when they have their blood taken over girls. FYI!;)
 
H

Hubris

Platinum Member
Jul 14, 2001
2,749
0
0
Originally posted by: Sealy
I have a girlfriend who takes blood in a lab for a living, and she says that it's guys who are more likely to pass out when they have their blood taken over girls. FYI!;)
Click to expand...

Probably wouldn't be good for girls to be fainting every month like clockwork. 'Sides, we all know girls are tougher than guys. Lord knows I wouldn't want to go through childbirth.
 
Sealy

Sealy

Platinum Member
Aug 4, 2002
2,438
1
71
'Sides, we all know girls are tougher than guys. Lord knows I wouldn't want to go through childbirth.[/quote]

If guys went through child birth we'd be severely under populated!;)
 
H

Hubris

Platinum Member
Jul 14, 2001
2,749
0
0
Originally posted by: Sealy
'Sides, we all know girls are tougher than guys. Lord knows I wouldn't want to go through childbirth.
Click to expand...

If guys went through child birth we'd be severely under populated!;)[/quote]

either that or epidurals would have been invented a LONG time ago. :p
 
F

FSUpaintball

Banned
Jun 12, 2001
768
0
0
Hubris, thanks for the links. That "common faint" seems the closest (the symptoms seem similar), but the cause isn't an "emotionally traumitizing event". The cause isn't even something that bothers me, it's just stuff that evokes a physical reaction for some reason.


And the rest of you guys who called me a wimp, eat me. You'd be shaking like wee babies if I ever caught you on the paintball field :p
 
T

The Dancing Peacock

Diamond Member
Dec 22, 1999
3,385
0
0
I normally like to watch them as they put the needle in my arm. The physical cause intrigues me. I think this might have been one of those selected against traits back in prehistoric days but doesn't matter now, cuz i can't think of why this would be a positive trait to pass on
 
H

Hubris

Platinum Member
Jul 14, 2001
2,749
0
0
Originally posted by: The Dancing Peacock
I normally like to watch them as they put the needle in my arm. The physical cause intrigues me. I think this might have been one of those selected against traits back in prehistoric days but doesn't matter now, cuz i can't think of why this would be a positive trait to pass on
Click to expand...

I dunno, I think an avoidance of bloodshed, especially your own, would be a good survival trait. Course, like many of our modern issues, it could be a result of societal changes affecting the body and causing new additions to the genetic code.
 
S

StevenYoo

Diamond Member
Jul 4, 2001
8,628
0
0
I don't faint when I see blood.

I just donated blood yesterday.

mmmmmm... free cookies and juice....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom