Oh my good sweet Lord! I love you, bb! It's very relaxing getting drunk and not having to care for once. I never thought anyone would ever call me inspiring before, but it means a lot coming from you! You are not an idiot! You are brave and strong! :D
I'm severely emetaphobic but I'm obsessed with hearing non-emet people's stories about vomiting. It's just interesting to look at it from a normal person's perspective without the anxious bits you get from emetaphobics like myself.
"Maybe we all just need to get drunk and puke everywhere..." Lol. I hear you on the anticipation-confusion w/getting sick. Anticipation and the nausea itself are the worst parts, maybe we pin these awful feelings with the actual act of v*miting (when in reality v*ing is what relieves the sick feeling). I dunno, just a thought! It's interesting also how you vividly remember getting sick when you were 12/13. I'm the same w/my last v* episode too!
when you said you did not think it was food poisoning the last time you threw up, it could possibly may have been, emtaphobics are able to control vomiting to a point where you are sick for a long time before you actually throw up or a lot of times where you actually have to throw up you are so scared you force yourself not to do it at all in some cases..
Every single time I have a panic attack (which is a lot) I get every symptom that I'm about to you know what. Like, I even start salivating a lot to the point that I'm just frozen with fear. It makes my mind stop working, and I'm like, stuck in a state of panic. I remember when I was in 6th grade on a field trip, this happened and I just ran out in the middle of a lecture and started bawling my eyes out in the middle of a crowded hallway. This phobia is really taking its toll on me and I'm so tired of always being afraid.
It makes me anxious when one describes vomiting events, but it's always good to know I'm not alone. (Sorry if this is a trigger) When I got sick in 2012 from a stomach bug, I dry heaved at first, it's like it wanted to come out but it couldn't. I think emetophobia kind of trains your brain not to vomit, so when you do throw up finally, it's like a part of your body tries to keep it down. When I get an anxiety attack, I always pray and try to breathe deeply. It's weird how we emetophobes remember every detail of that event when we got sick. That May in 2012 when I got the stomach bug, I was watching the movie Thor. It took me a month to rewatch it and try not to make it a part of that sickening event. The worst part? It happened four days before my high school graduation, which was not a good experience.
The last time I got sick I was like 8 years maybe 7, now I'm 23! Believe me is so hard for me when I feel nausea because I dont really know how it feels and that freaks me out! I dont even remember the feeling of vomiting, just the fear that I felt being a child :(
U r just like me, lauren. Everything, and i mean everything leading up to puking scares me(yes, i have been diagnosed with emetophobia too.) i have had emetophobia since second grade and i am in seventh grade now. When i got sick in second grade, i ate buttered macaroni the night before. I do not think i have eaten buttered macaroni since.
Well, I learned a few unexpected things by watching this, thanks! It's incredibly relieving to be free from the anxiety and even obsession of being afraid ofvomit. Wish I could explain more in a comment, but maybe try googling a site like Gunther Streplock's to see what I'm talking about.
Oh my goodness wow, it looks like most of us were either 12 or 13. Crazy! It was 13 for me, and I'm 28 now, so 16 years. Is it good or bad to be proud of that? I've noticed as emets the thought of doing it is so scary that somehow we can go a long time without it happening. I even had two kids, and the thought of morning sickness was dreadful asf. But I managed to get through both pregnancies with nothing more than nausea, so I feel blessed. I learned Sprite or 7-Up (I don't like ginger ale) or pretty much anything with bubbles, along with crackers, can help alleviate nausea. I know I rambled, just want to share my own experience, if it's cool with you. I also appreciate you sharing yours. :)
so, ive had emetophobia as long as i can remember- as a kid i had stomach problems and often got sick. then after a few stomach viruses and food poisonings, i started getting so scared that i would throw up. Like you, i have that nauseous feeling every day of my life- every morning for me. Well, i started high school recently, and havent been eating much at all because im nervous and that makes me nauseated. i figured, if i dont eat, i cant throw up right? well ive dropped 5 pounds. worried...
Thats how I feel, I'm 22 years old and the last time I threw up I was 12 and I was wearing a gray long sleeve shirt and since I don't wear gray and well I went to the doctor and told me I had gastritis and it took me 2 years to eat the food I ate the day
I'm a guy, who is 20 years old and am emetophobic. The last time I threw up I was 13 beginning of 7th grade year. Dry heaved a bunch before a tiny bit of throw up came up. Miserable. My mom hasn't thrown up in 37 years since she was 12, and my sis was 12 the last time she threw up and she is now almost 17. My mom does not have emetophobia, and neither does my sis. My mom used to though. Hope my streak is impressive as my moms :)
So I'm in marching band and we have a position called "attention" where you have to stand still and not smile or anything. So we played this game during band camp called Medusa where we had to stand at attention and the leaders had to stand in front of us and try to make us laugh/break. Well our section leader knew I had a phobia of vomit.. (you can see where this is going) he stands in front of me and makes this gagging/wretching/burping sound and covered his mouth like he was puking and of course I started crying.. anyway that was traumatic and I had to sit out for awhile to calm down.
I feel nauseous every day, even now I'm awake cause it scares me. I can remember the last time I was sick must of been 10 years ago, I don't know why I'm afraid I think it's cause I've forgot what it's like, I dry heaved last year from smoking but that wasn't even that bad I don't get it, I think it's the anticipation and something coming out of your mouth unexpectedly?
