So, I've had a lifelong struggle with meat. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE meat. For the most part. But I have never really been able to get past the mental hurdle of "what it is." I grew up in an average omnivorous family, and no one else in the family feels that way. For years, I kind of just admitted to myself that I was a hypocrite- though I obviously had strong feelings about meat, I would still eat it if I didn't have to think about it- things that didn't LOOK like what they came from. The sight of a Thanksgiving turkey in all its glory does NOT look like something delicious or even really edible to me. It looks like a dead bird, which kind of makes me want to vomit. It's like if I came across a dead bird in the street. I wouldn't think to put it in my mouth. I don't have any particular moral or ethical problems with eating meat (I know some here do, and I absolutely respect that, but it's just not how I feel), it just kind of grosses me out sometimes.
I've noticed whenever I'm around someone who is dying, and then for several months after their death, I have a complete aversion to all meat. It is uncontrollable and the smell of meat even makes me nauseated sometimes when the aversion is really strong.
I am working a new job lately where part of the job is...kind of morbid. I am a defense attorney and I work with a lot of pretty violent cases. For some reason, I think related to this, I am developing a really strong aversion to meat again.
I don't have any problem with the aversion. I don't think it's a big deal to not eat meat, and is probably much healthier. I guess I was just wondering if any of you other vegetarian chicks are veggie for the same reason- not so much for ethical reasons or purely health reasons, but just because you don't like the idea of meat.