: How do doctors deal with fear of blood? For me personally it is very hard to watch scenes from movies/documentaries where the surgeon cuts patient's skin. I don't get any discomfort from seeing blood or wounds but it's almost

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Having a psychological reaction to exposure to blood, injections, incisions, dissection, or similar stimuli is common - even among those training in medical fields. Symptoms from nausea to dizziness up to vasovagal syncope or panic attacks happen to some people, but it is rarely a hard barrier to progressing in the medical field - unless it is not addressed responsibly. Even those fairly severe responses almost always can diminish or extinguish over time through simple repetition ("habituation") and/or psychotherapy. The important thing is to be aware of your triggers and responses, be in tune with your symptoms, and ask to step away or for help the moment you realize there may be an issue. The culture of medicine is not always kind, and there still exist some who might tease someone for stepping aside. But far worse would be faceplanting into the surgical field, or the OR floor and acquiring a TBI, just because you were too embarrassed to excuse yourself when you felt symptomatic. I've heard such stories, and have seen surgeons tell students to let someone know immediately if they start to feel woozy so they can hand over their role. It's not just you, it's the team and the patient at risk if you aren't responsible enough to ask for help.