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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 9w ago
Is anyone else struggling with emetophobia and feeling alone in it?
Emetophobia
Does anyone also suffer from emetophobia? Am I alone in this? It feels like I am and like no one truly understands me.
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- Mental_WarriorMental_Warrior
- Date posted
- 9w ago
That’s normal :) I just read a little on it earlier, that it can come with Ocd or it’s just something people get I don’t remember
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- Brian__Brian__
- Date posted
- 9w ago
Yes I have emetophobia as well you are not alone! In fact whenever I feel the slightest bit of nausea or feel like I’m gonna vomit I get a intrusive image of when I was a kid and threw up all over the floor and I feel a rush of anxiety, I’ve gone out of my way to make sure I haven’t thrown up in years because it scares me to my core. I’m sorry your going through this I wish you the best 🫶
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 9w ago
I have emetophobia and you are NOT alone! 💕 I have felt alone with this my entire life so I understand the isolation. People around me in my circle look at me like I'm ridiculous when I have panic attacks about being sick or when I engage in avoidant behavior. People think that it should be one of those things I just "turn off" and "just relax" or "it's not a big deal". I send myself into panic attacks over feelings of nausea to the extent that I scare people because they just don't know what to do. I've been dealing with this for 20 years, since I was 8 years old. I see you! 🙌🏼
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- DelaneyDelaney
- Date posted
- 9w ago
Me too- you’re not alone. I’ve seen tons of people on this app posting about it too.
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- slmslcslmslc
- Date posted
- 9w ago
What is it?
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- Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 9w ago
I don't but knew someone that did
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- Shamrocks22
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Anyone else have emetophobia? I’m trying to not google too much, I’ve dealt with having this fear for many many years but something I just read said it’s hard to treat. And this is my first shot of trying to treat it (it goes along with OCD) and I’m just worried I won’t get over this and I so badly want this to be a thing of the past for me. I moreso just want to know if anyone else can relate.
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- J1888
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- Date posted
- 2y ago
Hi everyone. Just want to find someone that shares what I have. Emetophobia/contamination OCD. I'm finding it difficult to understand what I should be treating, or how to treat both. Emetophobia is the cause of my OCD I feel. It's hard to find a therapist who treats Emetophobia and OCD together. If I just treat the contamination OCD am I dealing with the actual problem of Emetophobia? Any help appreciated.
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- norahgs
- Date posted
- 44w ago
Emetophobia
Its currently 6:53am, woke up around 6:00am in a panic from a nightmare and I can’t fall back asleep. I have contamination ocd and emetophobia. At night i have a hard time falling asleep because every time ive gotten sick its been in the middle of the night while im sleeping. Before bed i usually get bad anxiety its going to happen again, even if theres no reason for it to happen. This obviously can trigger dreams about it, which then make me feel worse. Through out the day Ill overly manage my eating habits (no chicken certain days etc), take certain routes home to avoid getting sick, wash my hands when i can *feel* the germs on them, do certain tasks so it doesn’t make me sick etc. Its really getting to a point where i feel like its consuming me , and I need help but I am so scared to get it.
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