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- Mae87Mae87
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It truly is debilitating so I can empathise with you completely. I don’t take medication because I don’t want to mask my phobia I’ve wanted to tackle it head on so it’s no longer a phobia if that makes sense. The only thing that has helped me change the way I think and feel about the anxiety that comes from vomiting has been 12 months of therapy with a clinical psychologist. (I’m in Australia that’s what we call therapists). I also do 20 minutes of meditation each day and mindfulness activities throughout the day. I think once you get on top of the thoughts that vomiting is bad then you start to realise that vomiting is actually a normal bodily response and that everyone will vomit every once in a while and nobody enjoys it. Not knowing when it’s coming is definitely the thing for me also (unable to control it) but when we let go of control and say maybe I will vomit or maybe I won’t then you’re no longer giving power to your anxiety. When you start to feel nauseous in a panic attack try diffuse your thoughts by seeing them in the clouds above you and notice how those thoughts are just thoughts and they are not attached to you at all. Watch the thoughts come and watch them go without attaching any stories to them. It’s a lot harder to do than said. It takes a lot of practice and patience with yourself. I’ve tried hypnotherapy but it wasn’t super helpful for me. I honestly believe if you start ERP therapy you can overcome this. It just takes a lot of time and hard work. You’ve got this. I believe in you. Tell your friends and family what you’re going through even if they don’t understand. The more you talk about it the less power you are giving to your anxiety.
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- ChefTChefT
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You’re fantastic. Thank you so much for this post. I’m so glad you’re doing better and the work you’ve done is helping you so much.
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I truly appreciate you taking the time to give us this helpful information. I wasn’t talking about my nausea issues for a while, since I was dealing with other issues, but I’m currently focusing on them in therapy. I try to keep calm and just realize that it’s my anxiety. **trigger warning coming so Don’t read of easily triggered**This whole nausea thing started for me after a 4 hour car drive that eventually made me throw up. Ever since then, I’ve been scared of being in cars. Now it has transferred over to public transportation. I’m going to start doing ERP soon. This is just hard
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- ChefTChefT
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I have emetephobia and currently struggling with intense anxiety etc. I’ve had meds prescribed but afraid to take them for fear of getting sick or dizzy.
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I’m currently considering on maybe taking meds for this. I have become dependent on dramamine and my therapist was so concerned that I had a breakdown. It’s so hard
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- Mae87Mae87
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Yes! I have emetophobia (fear of vomiting) I’ve had it my whole life. It’s horrible. When you feel the nausea coming on and you know it’s just a symptom of your anxiety picture the feeling on a leaf in a stream of water. It’s just a thought and it’s not attached to you. The nausea always eases for me now after I do my diffusion techniques. There are plenty of diffusion techniques on the internet to try. It really is horrible but you will get through it. Also mindfulness can help. Go outside take a walk around and notice everything around you, are there birds, trees or cars you can see. What can you smell and hear. Notice the time of day is it hot cold. All of these will distract you from focusing on the nausea and it should subside.
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- ChefTChefT
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May I ask if you’re doing ERP for the emetephobia? Also, do you take medication for the anxiety it causes? I’ve not started ERP yet. Am supposed to talk with therapist on Wednesday for the first time. I’ve been reading books about it and trying to do the techniques it says but it is hard. I do know that the only way to get to the other side of the fear is to through it and face it head on (from what I’m reading). I do some breathing but that is certainly hard mid panic. I am trying hypnotherapy for it soon as well. Have you ever done that? It’s such an awful phobia that for me, I think, is less about the act and more about loss of control. So this phobia has kind of transceneded itself into being sick in general. Dizzy. Vomiting. Etc and being alone while being sick. I’m single and live with my dogs but it’s hard when you’re going through something like this to go it alone (even though you’re alone in what’s happening to your body). I am happy to see (not happy others feel the way I do because I don’t wish it upon anyone) but happy that there are others out there like me that understand and can relate to me. No one in my life understands because they don’t have these fears.
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I try to focus on other things and I tend to journal or play WordSearch games. I have become dependent on dramamine for me to go anywhere. My nausea happens all the time on public transportation and it makes me so nervous. I’ve gotten off of trains because I felt so sick and close to throwing up.
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- ChefTChefT
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@yougotthis I’m sorry you feel that way. And I think starting ERP is a great step. I start on Wednesday. So yay for us! I also do a lot of games on my phone. I started meditating twice a day as suggested on this post, and I started “tapping”. You can Google it if you don’t know what it is. But it’s also helped lower my anxiety level.
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- Peter !Peter !
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YES. I have this a LOT, but mostly when I’m in public areas. I had this while I was on a plane and almost felt like I actually was going to throw up. I didn’t though. I also have this a lot while I’m in vehicles.
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Ugh idk how to deal with it. I take public transportation to get to work and to go out sometimes and I always feel so nauseous and like I’m going to throw up, which sends me into panic mode. I’ve always gotten car sick since I was young and actually had a bad experience that has triggered this whole nausea fear.
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@yougotthis Mhm! I believe that’s where mine originated from too.
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- Anonymouss
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Emetophobia
I get anxiety every single time I have a stomach ache and you know how often I have a stomach ache every single day I get anxiety every single day about the same things and even more things but it’s not just that so much things trigger it and I feel so misunderstood like people think oh you have a fear of throwing up well no one like throwing up or get over it but it’s not that simple I’m traumatized like I’d rather do something I absolutely hate than throw up. I literally avoid everything I can’t eat this can do that can’t share. i have to take vitamin c everyday to improve my immune system I don’t like travel because I’m scared of motion sickness I get scared on rides thinking someone will Throw up on me I cant drink even though I’m underage and alcohol is disgusting but still I can’t be around little kids because they have too many germs. I always think I have a fever and I’m constantly checking my temp. I’m constantly feeling my head and my cheeks to make sure they’re not hot. I get scared to go to my cousins house because they are always sick I can’t eat at certain restaurant i have to check dates on food. I can’t wear certain clothes. i have dreams of myself throwing up. When I get intrusive thoughts/ images about me getting sick or someone else. I Literally can not function on certain days from the past I got sick there is so much more how will this ever stop how will I ever be able to function I avoid so much and I literally miss out on so much things because of this like I literally want to shut down in my room and never come out that’s how bad it is. I have this extreme fear of getting sick/ vomiting and OCD has latched onto that fear ever since I was little and I have to do all these compulsions and this is just a list of some of the things I have to do. Anyone else relate?
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- ocdhelpme123A
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- 1y ago
Emetophobia is ruining my life
All day every day I worry about throwing up and make sure everything I eat is “ok” or making sure I don’t get to close to people in case someone is sick. Anyone else struggle with this intrusive fear? I feel nauseous almost every day and I’m exhausted.
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- BigGyro09
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- 38w ago
Anyone else get nauseous a lot?
I spend a lot of time ruminating about my health and how I'm going to get past all of the thoughts I think of and the events that I think of in the past. It leaves me really nauseous randomly throughout my days. Anyone else get this from their OCD? It makes me worry more about my health
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