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In Real Life, hemophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by -- well -- extreme fear of blood. Treatments exist, but the condition tends to be lifelong and is usually caused by childhood trauma. In fiction, being Afraid of Blood is much the same, though the symptoms tend to run a rather more colorful gamut from mere extreme discomfort or nausea to falling unconscious on the spot to awakening superpowered evil sides. Note that there is some scientific basis to this: physical reactions uncommon in most other phobias have been recorded in cases of fear of blood.

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  • In Real Life, hemophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by -- well -- extreme fear of blood. Treatments exist, but the condition tends to be lifelong and is usually caused by childhood trauma. In fiction, being Afraid of Blood is much the same, though the symptoms tend to run a rather more colorful gamut from mere extreme discomfort or nausea to falling unconscious on the spot to awakening superpowered evil sides. Note that there is some scientific basis to this: physical reactions uncommon in most other phobias have been recorded in cases of fear of blood.
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  • In Real Life, hemophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by -- well -- extreme fear of blood. Treatments exist, but the condition tends to be lifelong and is usually caused by childhood trauma. In fiction, being Afraid of Blood is much the same, though the symptoms tend to run a rather more colorful gamut from mere extreme discomfort or nausea to falling unconscious on the spot to awakening superpowered evil sides. Note that there is some scientific basis to this: physical reactions uncommon in most other phobias have been recorded in cases of fear of blood. In the past, this trope was mostly associated with females, in both fiction and real life, which is why most distressed damsels share this condition (good thing there's No Periods, Period). In the present, this trope is usually Played for Laughs (or -- with equal effort -- for tragedy) by giving it to someone in a medical profession or other position where they're likely to see a lot of blood. For examples of when someone who is likely extremely proficient at spilling blood is afraid of it, see the Blood section of Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?. If the character is justified in being afraid of blood, perhaps they fear The Power of Blood. Contrast Hemo-Erotic. Compare Afraid of Needles. Examples of Afraid of Blood include:
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