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Any advice on how to get over that reaction to blood?

• Nux 4y ago
  Some sort of training I guess. Start with very little exposure then increase quantities. From what I understand the cause is an automatic response to lower the blood pressure, so as to limit the blood loss.
  • LanceJones 4y ago
    Perhaps the brain of the "fainter" is mistakenly interpreting the blood as its own (that of its own body)?
• taskforcegemini 4y ago
  maybe watching the show "dexter" can help? I am weak to some blood stuff, I fainted once just talking about it. However, donating blood or watching dexter was ok.
  • rolisz 4y ago
    I was not allowed to donate blood because the nurse noticed I started to look pale before I even got stuck with the needle.
• argentinian 4y ago
  Contract some muscle, for example close and contract your hand. That would cause the blood to flow there and increase blood pressure preventing fainting. Blood phobia psychological treatments developed by behaviourists give that indication to patients during the exposure to blood and blood related experiences during the treatment. The name of the therapy is exposure therapy and it's the one with more evidence supporting it for treating phobias. Yes, its about "facing your fears" but it's done in a gradual way. https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exp... Therapists found ways to prevent the fainting during the blood-phobia treatment, allowing the graded exposure occur.