2007-10-10 18:57:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Because it's gross! I am a sympathetic puker, myself.
It is quite common that when one person vomits, others nearby will become nauseated, particularly when smelling the vomit of others, often to the point of vomiting themselves. It is believed that this is an evolved trait among primates. Many primates in the wild will tend to browse for food in small groups. Should one member of the party react adversely to some ingested food it may be advantageous (in a survival sense) for other members of the party also to vomit. This tendency in human populations has been observed at drinking parties, where excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages may result in a number of party members vomiting nearly simultaneously, this being triggered by the initial vomiting of a single member of the party. This phenomenon has been touched on in popular culture: notorious instances appear in the films Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Stand By Me (1986), while in the computer game Theme Hospital, it is referred to as a 'vomit wave' and can spread through the hospital quickly.
Intense vomiting in ayahuasca ceremonies is a common phenomenon. However, people who experience "la purga" after drinking ayahuasca generally regard it as both a physical and spiritual cleanse and often come to welcome it. [2] It has been suggested that the consistent emetic effects of ayahuasca — in addition to its many other therapeutic properties — was of medicinal benefit to indigenous peoples of the Amazon, in helping to clear parasites from the gastrointestinal system. [3]
There have also been documented cases of a single ill and vomiting individual inadvertently causing others to do so, when they are especially fearful of also becoming ill, through a form of mass hysteria.
2007-10-10 18:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by savoryjawbox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people just have weaker stomachs. Just like some people faint at the sight of blood.
I never do either. But my Mom feels like throwing up just TALKING about throwing up!! She couldn't watch "Fear Factor." It made her throw up. Not me. I watched it for a while, and then got really bored with it. (Like everyone else, I guess!!)
The people who throw up when they see others do it are imagining what that person is feeling like. I don't know why some people faint at the sight of blood! That's just stupid to me. Oh well. That's what makes the world go "round. :)
2007-10-11 02:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by LadyLynn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a very weak stomach and i throw up just from hearing people throw up I dont even have to see it. Its just some people can handle more then others.
2007-10-11 04:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by <Carol> 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol! thats a good question!
maybe its the smell, and the look of the other persons puke, but the smell has got to be the worst!
but my sister pukes when she even sees someone on TV puke!! she's so sensitive.. its funny.
2007-10-11 02:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by fifi-love 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called having a weak stomach.If you have a weak stomach you don't want to see or hear another.It makes me do the same.
2007-10-11 02:08:50 · answer #5 · answered by Icyelene R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't but i do feel like it though when I see it happening. Its the smell and the look of it that makes you wanna..
2007-10-11 02:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know they did. I've seen plenty of vomiting and never threw up because of it. Nor have I seen anyone else do it.
2007-10-11 02:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by Andee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gag response, smell.
2007-10-11 02:00:15 · answer #8 · answered by Steven S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do??? I don't. I just get the hell out of there. Maybe if I stuck around I'd puke too.
2007-10-11 02:05:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know i never seen that done before.
2007-10-11 02:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by I am women 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋