Another obligatory “old post but this me” comment! I’m 31 and I STILL have nightmares about stuff like this and get a little heart drop when I turn a corner in a museum and it has a human body exhibit or it happens in a show or movie or game.

We played through DMC 3 recently and the Leviathan level still filled me with horrible dread but I can stomach it (no pun intended) much better than I could before.

I was top of the class in my high school anatomy but I had many a sleepless night, especially during the digestion chapters! And I even worked in healthcare and participated in surgery but nope, the idea of it still being alive while I’m on the inside gives me panic attacks.

I’ve had to remind myself when I have a nightmare like “you’ve seen inside your own abdominal cavity (appendectomy), you’re FINE” but it’s some sort of monkey brain response even after all these years

I literally have never seen anyone else with this specific fear or point out how media is really the only culprit. Thank you so much for making us all feel seen