Hemaphobia

Strange glances from other kids,
Silent pleas for the detailed speaches about how much Mr. Riley loves blood,
Mysterious flu the day of the blood drive,
This is Hemaphobia.
Fear of blood,
I can't even bandage myself because I can't stand the sight of blood,
My mom has to do it for me.
Can barely make it through a pin prick without getting sick.
I hate getting my blood drawn,
I nearly pass out every time.
I hate when we watch good war movies in class because I can't watch them without getting really queasy.
I try my hardest to overcome,
But how do I do that when I can't even bandage my own paper cut?
I almost made it through "Saving Private Ryan" without getting sick, then the one dude got shot in the chest, I felt sicker than a dog.
I hate that I have to look disrespectful when all I'm trying to do is avoid throwing up in class.
I know that you think that Hemaphobia is just a joke, that it isn't real, that we should just man (or woman) up, but we can't.
It's like sticking an arachnophobe in a room full of spiders and telling them "It's all in your head!" and expecting them to be just fine.
That's not whats going to happen, and it's that fact that keeps us from being that cruel to them
So why do we get treated differently?
If an arachnophobe is having a hard time during class they're allowed to leave and no one thinks anything of it, put us in the same scenario and we may (depending on the teacher) get to leave but we get called wimp and get funny looks from every one.
We try to be normal but we can't,
I am getting sick just writing this, and there's not even that much mention of blood!
I wish I could tell you that I'm just being a wimp and I just don't want to change but I'm not supposed to lie.
I am Hemaphobic, Arachnophobic, Trypanophobic (Fear of medical needles), Apeirophobic (Fear of infinity, long story don't ask), Spacephobic (Fear of outer space), and Bathophobic (Fear of deep water) but ya know what?
I'm ok with that, I am who I am and I will try to get over my fears but for now they define who I am.
So do me a favor next time I or some one else tells you they're hemaphobic do us a favor and please don't say "Interesting excuse" or "wimp" or the like.
'Kay?
Get it?
Got it?
Good.