I had an experience like this. But when I passed out after seeing blood, I knocked my head on the corner of a table (the sharp bit, too). I’ve also fainted multiple times, including in school toilets, in my own home, in public places, etc. I still haven’t conquered this fear yet, and I feel it’s just getting worse.

I feel so heard. I always thought I didn’t actually have this phobia, but this describes me perfectly. Sometimes in gorey scenes in movies, I look away. Sometimes I don’t. But it’s usually the small things that bother me, like the word “gushing” or “slit” or ” pumping,” because it reminds me of gore. Anything mentioning veins or self-harm makes me feel so nauseous and weak. Sometimes I don’t even want to walk because it reminds me of how my body functions, which has much to do with blood and organs. I was never scared as a little kid. I was a Daredevil, if anything, and received a lot of injuries. But my grandma was a funeral director, and super into horror movies (like me), so anytime we weren’t watching horror, it would be surgery shows, which I think awoke some of the disgust.

YES! I know this discussion is a while back, and you may not see this, but you just described me perfectly. I don ™t mind playing video games with gore or seeing scenes from movies like that. But anytime something with veins or blood being pumped comes up, I feel like the insides of my elbows and wrists get weak in places where many visible veins are. I got loss in blood pressure and almost fainted a few times while being light-headed in school, specifically in anatomy and health classes. My wrists and elbows seem to be my most sensitive parts.

Proud of you for reading through this! I personally disassociate the word from the meaning when I have to read or write it and read it in my head as blue-d :)