When I was 12
and messing around in school with a couple of friends, one of them was pushed and fell backwards over a ledge which sent him through a large glass window. It was one of those incidents that just happened so quickly and I was really shocked to see him get up afterwards with blood all over his face from the trip. I saw him and panicked and had to run out of the building to get some air.
Someone saw me out there and said that I looked really pale and I was really shaking too. I was quite surprised because I didn't think that blood bothered me at all and I always had myself down as the sort of person who would help out in those situations as opposed to running off. I also used to watch plenty of gorey films without having a problem. Maybe it was because this was very, very real?

Fast-forward eight years to my birthday celebrations in a night-club where a fight had broken out between one of my friends and another guy. Once again, something completely sudden and unexpected resulting in a lot of blood (mainly from my friends burst blood vessel round his nose). This time though, I was obviously worried about him but I probably had the coolest head out of everyone there, jumping in to seperate them and trying to take some control over the situation even though I was covered in the red stuff more than anyone else. I was completely fine though, it didn't make me feel queasy or make me panic so why had I reacted so badly in the past?
Not quite sure whether I'm looking into it too much but just found it weird, that's all...
(WillyNilly SillyBilly, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 1:42, Reply)