Hi peeps :) was wondering how many of you guys struggle with emetaphobia aswell?

No not at all haha I actually spelling it incorrectly, emetophobia... fear of vomiting

I used to suffer really badly from it. Although I do get anxiety due to it sometimes it’s gotten better through the years (mainly because I was pushed into a situation where I had to deal with vomit and had no choice). The best advice I could give you if you feel anxious because of it would be take yourself away from a situation (if you in one) and breathe xx

I totally understand I’m scared of both vomiting and the embarrassment

What is that?

What is that?? (Not to be rude) x

Oh actually someone I know suffers from that and they developed an eating disorder due to it :/

@Peachy123 I've had it since I was like 9 or 10 and I am 33 now... got better over the years aswell but never really went away. I haven't even thrown up in 8 years haha I get extreme anxiety and panic attacks because of it and that doesn't help because panic attacks causes nausea. I think I'm more scared of what I look like throwing up haha and throwing up infront of people. So it's almost like a fear of embaressment.

@OCDnmarsh really? Shame that sounds horrible. I love food, I just always check the expiry date and never eat anything out of a can that's got dents in haha but other than that I love food more than my fiancé, haha he knows that.

Man why does vomiting have to exist haha. Mine began actually because I threw up infront of people. I probably mind read and thought these people must think I'm this gross child... but in reality things might have not been that way and people might actually have felt sorry for me. Our minds can sometimes make things worse than it actually is.

I am!!! If someone in my inner circle got sick I would obsess over it for hours. I couldn’t sit in my own damn couch for 10 years and I haven’t watched “Friends” in 10 years cause If I do my brain told me I would throw up (the last time I threw up I sat in that couch and watched Friends). How crazy is that? It doesn’t even make any sense. I used to get mild panic attacks whenever I catched a glimpse of an episode on tv and had to hurry to change the channel. It drove me crazy! A lot of my intrusive thoughts and compulsions come from the fear of throwing up actually. It used to consume my life but thankfully I’m better now and I can go on and live a pretty normal life. The fear is always there tho! I don’t think it will ever go away.

Siiri Oh yes! Exactly the same here... I had the same thoughts, had these thoughts that if I wore the same clothing I wore the day I threw up I would get sick again... I am not alone haha I actually then just told myself I will wear this... and see what happens, and obviously nothing happened. It still happens to me sometimes with music, I guess it's because I listened to some emotional songs one day and threw up later that evening... our brains make these types of connections I guess. Super weird. Yeah I net it will never go away, I did see a psycologist when I was younger, nothing worked.

Exactly. And I think that’s the hardest part about this, it can happen anytime and really nothing you do can change it. We just gotta keep working on it and tell those thoughts to shut up! If it’s meant to happen it will happen, no matter what we do. And if it do it isn’t the end of the world (even if I feels like it)! :)

Yes, true that. I guess the uncertainty about it is what gets us. But now I atleast feel less alone, thanks for the words everyone ♡

Omg you can tag people

No I don't know Ocdmarch... I saw people do it and I guess it's just to keep track of conversation...

I think it's one of the worst fears because I can't get pregnant (and then I have my ocd fears too with pregnancy). The thing is with this fear it's not something you can hide from because it can happen anytime.

...and I'll try to not search for a toilet everwhere I go just incase haha