hemophobia (fear of blood)

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Are aspies more likely to be afraid of blood? Are my experiences rare or common? I had frequent nightmares as a child always involving blood. I can now cope with having periods, but if get a nosebleed I panic and just thinking about blood transfusions makes me feel faint. I have never had any childhood trauma that could plausibly have caused the phobia. By comparison, I am completely fearless about heights, non-bloodsucking insects, the dark or death by any means that does not involve bleeding or being in hospital.

I'm like that too. When I was a kid only the word 'blood' made me feel weird, I can't see blood in movies etc.
Recently I was walking on the streets and saw a newspaper front page in which there was a man full of blood and almost fainted.
Not sure why it happens though. What do you think could be the relation between aspergers and hemophobia?

I don't know if aspergers in general are more prone, but I used to have a recurring nightmare where I was forced to ingest large amounts of blood, to the point where I would drown. Typically at that moment I would wake up.

A few years ago, the nightmares stopped, but as a result I still don't feel comfortable in real-life areas that are too "bloody".

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Volterra.

revulsion at the sight of blood is pretty much a universal human trait. exposure usually lessens this. in medical school, I almost passed out during my first delivery. now, I still don't like it, but I can handle it. I suppose the trait is stronger in some than others.

I don't mind blood at all. This includes my own blood.

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It's more that I am attracted towards blood.

I am not bothered by the sight or thought of blood.

I used to think vampires were sexy but that might have more to do with the (usually) dark haired and handsome actors that played them (like Christopher Lee in the Hammer Horror films as Dracula).

It's one of the most common phobias.

mostly when it is from myself.

I'm confused. I think have hemophobia and hematomania. you're probably wondering how is that possible. I'm not sure, I believe it's got something to do with my unique situation- I've got two people in my head, and three if you count me in this plane of existence. I have have hemophobia but one of the people in my head has hematomania and this causes for some really weird situations.

So basically I can get sick at the sight of blood, and i want to vomit but I'm also fascinated by it and want to bathe in it.

I'm not affected by blood and gore in anything that i know isn't real or is fantasy, such as cartoons, anime, drawings, comics, video games. actually i often find myself dissatisfied with the level of blood and gore in video games. my slideshow screensaver is entirely composed of drawn images depicting torture, violence and anything with tons of blood and gore. it makes me happy and calm.

But I am often severely affected by blood & gore (mostly gore) in movies, TV shows. I can't even be in the same room of a movie with a surgery scene or anything with major blood/gore caused by serious trauma. if it's just blood without the gore though I'm usually ok, unless there's alot of blood then it can disturb me badly.

Photos of blood or gore is the worst, there are images that I wish I did not see. The self harm ones are the worst, because I can easily imagine that's my body part or seeing that person in real life, right next to me. you might wonder why would a hemophobic person go look up cutting images... that's because i cut and during the times my hemophobia gets in the way the best way to handle it is to go online and read stories about cutting or look at images. i prefer stories, not as graphic and they satisfy my lust for blood without actually seeing a really nasty bloody or a torn up arm. ones severe enough to require stitch always make me want to puke. stitches makes my skin crawl.

Real life things that involve blood or gore, it's very mixed. Sometimes i have a severe reaction and other times I can ignore a serious injury no problem. since i started cutting 3 weeks ago i haven't experience any bleeding injuries,. not even a paper cut, but one night my dad making dinner accidentally sliced off the skin at the tip of his finger. The injury was not severe, in fact it was very minor, but there was so much blood! i could not eat dinner at all I was sick for two days after. I dunno why that made me so sick, because a few days earlier i was happily cutting my own arm without problems.

I keep changing between fearing blood, loving blood and totally desensitized to it that it leaves me really confused.