How sqeamish are you?

oregonzoo
oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
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Me, I used to be not at all.

Today listening to sports talk radio they were talking about torn ACL's.
I wanted to be sick.


I don't know when this happened but I can't bear to think of any kind of injury.
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  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    VERY squeamish -- I hate when they replay sports injuries like that in slo-mo and dont even get me started on the Theisman one they wont let die **gag**
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Boogers freak me out.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Oh gosh. My daughter lost her tooth Saturday. And all night friday she's flipping the thing around and showing me how it's bleeding.
    Ugh it was so gross!!!
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    For reference? I cut a large chunk of my thumb almost completely off. I sat there and watched it pour blood as the local anesthesia slowly kicked in to stop the bleeding, watched the Doc clean it with saline, then watched it be sewn up, even though the nail. I've also witnessed some pretty nasty motorcycle related injuries, but it really doesn't bother me.

    So, no, not really squeamish at all.

    JM
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    For reference? I cut a large chunk of my thumb almost completely off. I sat there and watched it pour blood as the local anesthesia slowly kicked in to stop the bleeding, watched the Doc clean it with saline, then watched it be sewn up, even though the nail. I've also witnessed some pretty nasty motorcycle related injuries, but it really doesn't bother me.

    So, no, not really squeamish at all.

    JM
    See Ihad to stop reading that after the first sentance. lol
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I have gotten so much better since I've been a mom. Honestly I gag the most often over kid poop and my husband's freaking farts.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Unless it's eye surgery with a conscious patient, I'm usually pretty good.
  • pixietoes
    pixietoes Posts: 1,591 Member
    For reference? I cut a large chunk of my thumb almost completely off. I sat there and watched it pour blood as the local anesthesia slowly kicked in to stop the bleeding, watched the Doc clean it with saline, then watched it be sewn up, even though the nail. I've also witnessed some pretty nasty motorcycle related injuries, but it really doesn't bother me.

    So, no, not really squeamish at all.

    JM

    LOL, if the stitches went through the nail it wasn't a "big chunk". :P
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    I'm a nurse, not too much grosses me out. But when it does.....eeewwwww
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Mixed.

    Medically related, I'm fine so long as it's not burn related.

    Otherwise, I'm not good with vomit, or anything that is slimy.
  • Windy_
    Windy_ Posts: 1,012 Member
    I'm not very squeamish in real life, there's a lot I can handle (including assisting the doctor when he was stitching up my son's lip, and the debriding of my then 18 month old daughter's face..she had 2nd degree burns).

    The two things that I can't deal with are vomit...it makes me vomit, and talking about anything remotely gross while I am eating, I will gag.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    For reference? I cut a large chunk of my thumb almost completely off. I sat there and watched it pour blood as the local anesthesia slowly kicked in to stop the bleeding, watched the Doc clean it with saline, then watched it be sewn up, even though the nail. I've also witnessed some pretty nasty motorcycle related injuries, but it really doesn't bother me.

    So, no, not really squeamish at all.

    JM
    Sounds like me..I have 2 gashes in my arm from cardboard cutting knives (surgically sharp). They didn't bleed at all because they went past that layer of skin, it was rather fascinating showing everyone how deep they were. I'm one of those people who are fascinated by wounds so if someone hurts themselves I always want to see how bad it is! I used to watch things like CSI and all the crime shows where they were doing forensics investigations during dinner...

    Unfortunately I have had to stop because my boyfriend can not stand the sight of blood, wounds or even the thought of someone hurting themselves to the point where if he cuts himself I have to take care of it because he will pass out. He can't butcher meat either. Funny enough he doesn't mind pain at all, just not the other stuff that normally goes with it.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    Not at all.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    This would be me. I am squeamish when my kids are hurt badly, but on me I am not at all. My Dream Job was being a coroner.
    For reference? I cut a large chunk of my thumb almost completely off. I sat there and watched it pour blood as the local anesthesia slowly kicked in to stop the bleeding, watched the Doc clean it with saline, then watched it be sewn up, even though the nail. I've also witnessed some pretty nasty motorcycle related injuries, but it really doesn't bother me.

    So, no, not really squeamish at all.

    JM
  • Abstraktimus
    Abstraktimus Posts: 213 Member
    Not squeamish at all. I can watch people snap their bones and I just find it fascinating.
  • nikinyx6
    nikinyx6 Posts: 772 Member
    Watched my fiance put a razor sharp knife through his wrist accidentally while opening Christmas gifts. Cut the vein, 4 tendons, and the nerve completely off....blood sprayed across all of the gifts we had opened and had yet to open. Everyone else one was gagging and passing out, but I had a kitchen towel wrapped around his wrist, and 911 on the phone.

    Not too squeamish about blood.... But I can't change a diaper yet :P
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    I'm not squeamish as far as talking about injuries like torn ACL's, etc. If it went into gory detail, I might feel queasy.

    But boogers gross me out, or my nephew wiping his runny nose with hands then grabbing my hand, nose picking. Gag. Stuff like THAT grosses me out.
  • plynn54
    plynn54 Posts: 912 Member
    Boogers freak me out.

    im not squemish at all until it comes to this lol and phlegm
  • LMT2012
    LMT2012 Posts: 697 Member
    Mixed.

    Medically related, I'm fine so long as it's not burn related.

    Otherwise, I'm not good with vomit, or anything that is slimy.

    This
  • n2thenight24
    n2thenight24 Posts: 1,651 Member
    I'm SUPER squeamish and always have been. When I was little my sisters favorite game was to tell these nasty stories about boogers until I would throw up, which wouldn't take long. My kids enjoy the same little game these days. It's stupid, I literally can not even hear a story involving bodily fluids without losing my lunch.
  • fatboymax
    fatboymax Posts: 90
    I caught my finger in drawer awhile back and for 10 minutes sat there helpless and waited for a coworker to pry it open in order to save my finger. It felt like a century passed. I watched someone step on my foot playing volleyball and break his right ankle not inward towards his other foot but outwards to a 90 degree angle. Both did not bother me that much. However, anyone barfing or making a dry heaving sounds makes me fall apart like an Ikea night stand and I will be sick immediately.
  • holeshottdr
    holeshottdr Posts: 364 Member
    Not at all.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    my squeamishness varies as well. I don't like to watch injuries, hear about them or read about them. i don;t even like watching things on doctor shows that i know are fake.

    but if something happened in front of me, i would not be squeamish - i would be in "help" mode.
  • Kerri_is_so_very
    Kerri_is_so_very Posts: 999 Member
    Oh gosh. My daughter lost her tooth Saturday. And all night friday she's flipping the thing around and showing me how it's bleeding.
    Ugh it was so gross!!!

    This!!!!
  • snoopytwins
    snoopytwins Posts: 1,759 Member
    Oh gosh. My daughter lost her tooth Saturday. And all night friday she's flipping the thing around and showing me how it's bleeding.
    Ugh it was so gross!!!
    I was just talking about this with coworkers this morning. I'm not squeamish generally. Vomit, blood, broken bones, diarrhea, nasty grossness after tonsillectomy, snot, etc no problem. Having both my boys in this last week ask me pull a tooth...ugh. I grabbed the tooth and when it was all wiggly and wobbly, it made my stomach turn. Go figure.
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    Not at all. Im an RN now and a former paramedic and active duty military...which basically means I can pick up guts off the road and then go eat a rare hamburger with ketchup and not think twice.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Not very - former EMT and currently a CPR/First Aid instructor. Blood, vomit, and other body fluids don't freak me out. The only thing that makes my stomach churn is open fractures or when flesh has been stripped away from the bone (like at the tip of the finger). Ugh, yuck.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
    only bleeding eyes have that affect on me these days..





    edited for typos casue Im alwasy in a hurry.. see
  • JimLeonardRN
    JimLeonardRN Posts: 296 Member
    Ive been a Trauma ER nurse for 7 years. Ive seen more stuff than most can imagine. Nothing grosses me out anymore.
  • elprincipito
    elprincipito Posts: 1,200 Member
    i was used to seeing dead peoples and people shot up and stuff but not nemore so i would probably get a creepy feeling in the tummy if i see that stuff again...

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