I had a small surgery on my leg recently. I never mind seeing blood or anything, so during the surgery I was chatting with the surgeon, he was showing me the pieces ho just took out of me, etc.

But then out of nowhere I started to feel weird, the voices and sounds just became humming, my vision turned into a tunnel, I felt dizzy, I remember thinking "well, this is interesting" and then sort of going through a checklist in my head "hm, vision out", "hearing out", "brain stopping".

I squeaked something at the doctor and he immediately got me to a better position, got me water and I came to my senses gradually.

This was the first time in my life when I felt like fainting (and almost fainted). I was like wow, what an experience, what a weird feeling. After this I was shaky more than an hour...

I still wonder what exactly triggered this. I think it was my brain unconsciously getting into a spiral about seeing outside something that should be inside.

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I haven't had the experience, but it's super weird, and apparently happens to men more than women

yah. I suddenly became sensitive to (or noticed sensitivity to) discussions about blood loss when i was in a first-aid class. I'm not squeamish, bit I now get faint when my imagination starts digging on these topics.

not sure what to do about it, but I did learn some strategy for addressing it when I notice it: make blood-pressure higher as fast as I can.

I accomplish this change in pressure by raising my forearms above my heart and tensing them as much as I can. This seems to solve the feeling of faintness, but I don't know what to do about the sensitivity which causes it

Sounds like it may have been a vasovagal bradycardic episode. Your heart rate may have dropped sub 30 temporarily. This is one of the reasons we have Anaesthetists/Anaesthesiologists.

It's possible, my face turned completely white, slightly green during this according to the doctor.

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.

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