Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
Emetophobia
Does anyone also suffer from emetophobia? Am I alone in this? It feels like I am and like no one truly understands me.
Mental_WarriorMental_Warrior
- Date posted
- 1y
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
Brian__Brian__
- Date posted
- 1y
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 🫶
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
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! 🙌🏼
DelaneyDelaney
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- 1y
Me too- you’re not alone. I’ve seen tons of people on this app posting about it too.
slmslcslmslc
- Date posted
- 1y
What is it?
Wolfram Wolfram
- Date posted
- 1y
I don't but knew someone that did
cassidykcassidyk
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- Date posted
- 36w
I have it! Just started therapy a couple weeks ago
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 5w
@cassidyk How did NOCD help your phobia?
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