I'm a nursing student. I started volunteering at a local hospital (which receives alot of trauma patients). The reason I volunteer is to overcome my fear of seeing badly hurt people in other words disfigured. I know if I want to be a nurse I can not have this fear/anxiety/phobia. Last Sunday I was in the ER in the red zone area. A badly disfigured patient that was in a car accident was Life Flight in. I saw this patient and I was okay for 5 minutes but then my heart started beating fast, I felt lighthead, nausea, etc. I walked out the room because I couldn't take it. I'm thinking about changing my major but I love taking care of people and help them. I really want to be a L&D nurse or work at a family practice clinic. I have three kids so I know I can handle L&D. I know I will have to do my clinical at this hospital and I know I might have to see some of these people. What should I do? Is Nursing for me? Will I ever overcome this fear?