hemophobia
Fear of blood
Hemophobia is an intense, irrational fear of blood.
The sight of blood—whether one's own or another's—can trigger anxiety, nausea, or fainting.
Unlike most phobias that raise heart rate, hemophobia often causes a sudden drop in blood pressure, leading to lightheadedness: Her hemophobia made routine blood draws an ordeal.
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- faintingTemporary loss of consciousness
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
- sweatingMoisture through pores
palpitations · nausea · dizziness · pallor · shaking · freezing · avoidance · escape
Body's oxygen carrier
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- veinsBlood-return tubes
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- circulationMovement through a system
coagulation · platelets · clotting · transfusion · phlebotomy · injection · needle · wound
Lacking sound judgment
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- traumaLasting psychological wound
disorder · trigger · therapy · exposure · desensitization · cognitive · aversion · conditioning
Physical or psychological harm
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- violenceHarmful physical force
accident · childbirth · menstruation · nosebleed · cut · scrape · bruise · slaughterhouse
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- faintingTemporary loss of consciousness
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
sweating · palpitations · nausea · dizziness · pallor · shaking · freezing · avoidance · escape · crying
blood
Body's oxygen carrier
circulation · coagulation · platelets · clotting · transfusion · phlebotomy · injection · needle · wound · bleeding
irrational
Lacking sound judgment
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
trauma · disorder · trigger · therapy · exposure · desensitization · cognitive · aversion · conditioning · overwhelming
injury
Physical or psychological harm
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- needlePointed implement for sewing
violence · accident · childbirth · menstruation · nosebleed · cut · scrape · bruise · slaughterhouse · donation
hemophobiadesensitization
Reduced response over time
unflinching · fearlessness · equanimity · steady nerves · stoicism
phobia, hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hematology, arachnophobia, hydrophobia