I have emetophobia, the fear of vomiting. After recently getting triggered, it’s been so prominent in my mind. I think about it like 50 times a day. The fear has become so debilitating that I’ve developed an aversion to food. I’m losing weight and I’ve gone practically vegetarian. Anytime I go out to eat with my girlfriend I only take 2 bites of food. I don’t eat any meat or anything due to the fear that it might be undercooked or that I might get food poisoning. I really wanna get better and get over this fear. It’s getting in the way of me enjoying my life. All I eat is ramen noodles, crackers, and pretzels. Can anyone relate? Have any advice?

Those are the EXACT foods I eat... It’s so difficult for me with emetophobia... Every day seems harder then the next. I can’t even get any sleep cause sometimes if my stomach has acid reflux I wake up in panic. I feel you...

Are you getting professional help? OCD and eating disorders can occur together. https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/co-occurring-dual-diagnosis/ocd-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/ocd-and-eating-disorders-often-occur-together https://youtu.be/n6Ui_0HsPeU

Okay @fairhuman you are literally me ?

@fairhuman YES PLEASE CAN WE TALK SEPARATELY. I’d love to speak to someone with the same phobia

Instagram. My @ is youngoptimist_z

@fairhuman that would be amazing ?

@bobbypriel do you have Instagram?

I had this in kindergarten. I developed a phobia of school food for awhile because of it

@fairhuman

that thing you said about hunger!! same honestly!! when im having a panic attack i just prat for that growling noise so i KNOW that its just hunger, not something else. btw, my phobia has also got so bad the last couple of months that im pretty much housebound, and its severely affected my school, so in a time of desperate need i bought a book called “cure your emetophobia and thrive”, and it will arrive within these next couple of days. now, i havent read it yet, but the reviews and the testimonial videos from the website sound really good. try to search for “thrive programme” or “cure your emetophobia and thrivebook by rob kelly”

yes, just bobby.priel on instagram !