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I have suffered emetophobia since the age of 6 (now 42) - does anyone else suffer with this, and if so how bad?

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Yes!!
Im 23 now and the first time i remember being afraid was when i was about 7. I was in the back of car with my baby brother and he was sick everywhere. I was crying, holding my eyes and nose and closing my eyes to block it all out. I remember that when we got home my mum let he come out to play with me and i was really mad as i felt like he shouldnt be allowed to play with me.
Gradually my fear got worse and effected my everyday life. Little things that seemed so normal to me and i didnt really think twice about were weird to others for example when i was out i would always use the furthest away toilet as i figured a person who felt ill would go to the nearest toilet to the door, and id always sit at the front of the bus or the aisle seet in the cinema and be constantly aware of my exits so i could always escape a situation. I rarely drink as when i was growing up i always associated it with being sick and altho now i realise it doenst mean that i still dont really drink. When i was 18 i went to see a psycotherapist (have u ever been to see one??) after being on a waiting list for prob about a year. This really helped me as at the time i was really really bad and it really did influence my life so much. We talked through why i felt so scared, what i did when i was in a situation and gradually used exposure therapy where i was slowly exposed to images etc. It did help me but as it was such an unusual fear it was hard to cure and eventually she told me there was nothing more she could do to help.
What i find when i tell people about my fear( although most ppl are really good about it) they say that 'well no1 likes sick'.....and i have to explain that there is a differance between a dislike and a fear.
It makes me feel so bad that i cant be there for my friends and family when they are ill....i feel like im a bad person...:(
In the last 9 years i have only been sick once. At the time (and apparently this is v common with this type of phobia), i thought ' oh...that wasnt as scary as i had been worried about' but then straight away again i was back to being fearful. What many phobics find is that as they generally do anything to prevent themselves from being ill it is a rarety and so the longer it goes on for the more scared they are of this unknown thing.
For me im just waiting for the day now.....as im sure it is due...:(
Hope this gives you an insight to my fear and helps you in some way...xx Source(s): Personal experience.

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I don't.

I think u should get a check up.

Good luck... ^^
And that's a bad thing?
No, I don't, sorry.

"Fully two thirds of phobics say they don't vomit until they decide to let it happen. Only 13 percent of non-phobics say this, 59 percent of them saying they fight nausea but vomiting happens anyway. 28 percent of non-phobics don't fight nausea at all, something only 5 percent of phobics claim. Non-phobics on average let themselves vomit after feeling nauseated for only 21 minutes. No emetophobic was willing to "give in" in less than two hours, and some claimed being willing to endure nausea for five days!"

Great website about emetophobia here--> http://faq.emetophobia.net/emetophobia.h...

Hope I helped at least a little!

Good Luck!

:)
http://faq.emetophobia.net/emetophobia.h...
No, but, I saw a thing on MTV about that...the girl's therapist made her watch videos of people throwing up and it seemed to help