# When and why did my body develop this reaction of fainting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-my-body-develop-this-reaction-of-fainting/396969 "2007-03-22T02:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-my-body-develop-this-reaction-of-fainting/396969/21 "2007-03-23T13:24:49Z")
I am not in the least bit squeamish, but the first time I saw an X-Ray of my head, I went down. “Oooh neat! I can see the inside of my skull! Wait. The _inside_…” \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-my-body-develop-this-reaction-of-fainting/396969/22 "2007-03-23T13:37:18Z")
I saw a cadaver museum, too. I was down in Georgia this last summer and we decided to check out the “Bodies Exhibit”. It was really fascinating and cool, but I also noticed that in there I was feeling more and more sick/fainty/harder to breathe over time, and had to go through the last part of it rather quickly. It’s a shame. Again, I wasn’t really focusing on the “Dead bodies, ewwww!” but I guess there are some things that the brain can take but the body will not. Oh, and I got a book from there! It’s called “Stiff”, and it’s all about how cadavers are used today when they’re donated to science. I highly recommend it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-my-body-develop-this-reaction-of-fainting/396969.md?page=1)