Interested to know what causes that reaction. Not the person suffering the injury but people who see it. Doesn’t affect all people and you can get desensitised but what is it about the sight of inside stuff that makes you feel sick?
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Nobody knows *for sure* but it’s assumed that in most cases it’s linked to some childhood trauma. You, or someone you know, was injured and there was some blood and everyone was panicking, and that can scar you at a young age, even if you don’t actually remember what happened.
There is also the possibility that there is an evolutionary reason. Seeing blood may tell your primate brain “whatever injured them could injure me too!” but it looks like studies suggest that childhood trauma is more likely the cause.
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