To ask if you're squeamish?

[ElvisPresleyHadABaby]

I was just about to help DD put a feather in her scrapbook, cut the end and realised it was all squishy and bloody inside (even writing this makes me cringe). I can't stop picturing it and genuinely feel a bit sick. Have binned it, but I'd like to know how to stop feeling this way!

I'm not terrible with blood, but don't like needles. Not good with big spots/pus. How do I snap out of it? Can you toughen yourself up to visceral stuff?

Reassurance needed, advice and tips appreciated. Can't stop picturing that bloody feather.

YABU- don't get squeamish, put your big girl pants on.
YANBU- do get squeamish

About most things, no. I don't mind blood or pus or dead mice or whatever. I mean, I don't enjoy them, but I don't have a problem dealing with them. I don't want to look at crusty flaky old man feet though, boak. (Accidentally saw my father's recently, yuk.)

I am pretty squeamish, except when I'm at work (medical field), then I'm like, “oooh you cut your finger off? Let me see!!“

It's so strange because I hate watching anything like that on TV!!

Only really over violence/injuries - I take my glasses off if a fight or something is on TV.

Don't mind blood and I love watching videos of spots being squeezed, boils being lanced and earwax being removed.

I'm also fine with watching surgery in progress.

I have no problem with dead animals but I can’t cope with human gore at all. Especially, when it’s me.

Not crazy about vomit but not too bad with blood

I am sometimes a tad too eager to see wounds, blood and gore! But pus, puke or poo, essentially any output that is not red will make me gag!

I'm weirdly squeamish about injuries etc on TV but in real life I'm absolutely brilliant in a crisis and can deal with any injury in the moment. I have a neighbour who works in a and e but faints if she sees her own blood!

I think exposure can help eg if you can watch things that make you uncomfortable and try and push your boundaries in a controlled way. I know that's what my friend did who is now a very successful doctor but doesn't the first year of his course fainting outside the dissection building!!

@ElvisPresleyHadABaby Oh my god!!!! Years ago at school, must be 33 years ago, I was using a feather for something in art class and had exactly the same thing happen. I still feel queasy about it now and have never touched another feather since. I honestly thought I was goi g to pass out 🤮🤮🤮

And to add, I'm not squeamish but that turned my stomach for some reason.

If you expose yourself over and over again to the things you find squeamish then you’ll be loads better. I personally can’t do any type of blood whatsoever. My horse got a huge injury to her neck and I had no option but to clean it out twice daily. The first few weeks I felt sick and ready to faint but now it doesn’t bother me at all.

In my job I see lots of gooey, smelly wounds and they don't bother me a bit.
Sputum, on the other hand...

As a 4 yo I split my face open. Dr stitched it while I was awake...
The sight of blood makes me retch now...
Do manage to hold it together if it's my dc related but can't watch gore on TV...

No not in the least.

[quote userxx]@ElvisPresleyHadABaby Oh my god!!!! Years ago at school, must be 33 years ago, I was using a feather for something in art class and had exactly the same thing happen. I still feel queasy about it now and have never touched another feather since. I honestly thought I was goi g to pass out 🤮🤮🤮[/quote]
That's how I felt! The creeping dizziness up the back of the neck that leaves you faint.

It depends. I've never had that gip reaction ever before - you know when you retch. But the cat was chewing something - it was a leg - he was properly going for it and it just made me retch and there was also some innards next to him. No idea what it was he was eating but I just assumed they played with their kill as he's fed well. I have never had that reaction in 49 years.

@TwinkleToeMatilda @DysmalRadius I had a horrible feeling that might be the answer, it not something I struggle with on the day to day, hence why my reaction knocked me for six!

Interesting to see it's not uncommon, and the different variations. Despite not liking needles, surgical stuff is fine, I love Holby City and 24hrs in A and E, but I do have to look away when they do injections.

Glad to know I'm not the only one!

I am not squeamish at all. I used to be a bit eurgh about needles going into spines but got over that.
I'd say it was lots of exposure from an early age (grew up on a smallholding) and then a medically related career, but ds is equally unphased by everything as well

@TwinkleToeMatilda Hope your horse is healed, btw.

@Brollypackedforscottishholiday Sounds awful, I don't blame you, was it not numbed or anything?!

Horribly squeamish. I can make my gorge rise just imagining stuff.

@TwinkleToeMatilda

If you expose yourself over and over again to the things you find squeamish then you’ll be loads better. I personally can’t do any type of blood whatsoever. My horse got a huge injury to her neck and I had no option but to clean it out twice daily. The first few weeks I felt sick and ready to faint but now it doesn’t bother me at all.

I'm having to put eye drops and two types of ointment in one of my horses eyes for the next three weeks. Hated doing it for the first couple of days, now it's bish, bash, bosh!

Hope your horse heals up soon.

Not really. I can't stand mice or rats and not great with dead things
Bodily fluids, gruesome injuries, spots, bed sores, operations etc all fine. I was fuming they put me under for an abscess, I wanted to see it
It can take a while, I really really struggled when I started as a carer with poo.. used to have vicks up my nose. Was fine after a few months

I really can't remember.. I do recall my dgm ranting about the Dr not being English.

Still have a scar but hidden by my specs luckily.

@ElvisPresleyHadABaby @Sarahlou63 she’s healing amazing. I would attach photos but considering this thread is about being squeamish I won’t 😂.
What happened to his eye?

I'm not squeamish as such, but if I see someone vomit it'll be on my mind for days, but only if its someone in public, not my children for example. Its weird.
I then can get really worried in certain situations that its going to happen, like if there's drunk people on the metro or something.
Very strange. I don't think I'm phobic as such, because I'm not bothered if I vomit! But I would hate to in public (I assume most people would though).

@Coogee

I have no problem with dead animals but I can’t cope with human gore at all. Especially, when it’s me.

I'm the other way round - fine with human blood and bodily fluids, but very squeamish about dead animals.

I could do with a friend like you @Coogee, we could help each other out no end (not that I have much problem with dead animals since losing my Lakeland terrier, who was a very efficient ratter).