I never was squeamish about blood either until I visited my friend in the hospital. She had a collapsed lung and there were bits of pink fluid flowing through a tube they’d inserted into her lungs. I passed out without feeling consciously frightened or disturbed in the least.

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It's interesting. It feels like the reaction is not driven by your conscious brain, but probably by amygdala or brain stem...