Anyone else have Emetaphobia? Fear of vomiting.

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26 Jun 2013, 10:53 pm

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Most of that us text book. I also dont get sick often. in fact in 20 years i can only being sick 3 times. the other 3 times were allergic reactions to foods. however i have cyliac (gluten and dairy allergy) so if i eat bread i will get cramps which lead to a panic attack. After learning this my anxiety went down but still if i wake up in the middle of the night or have to burp or get indigestion i get anxious. I think my biggest issue right now is finding a job that i can handle. Also one where having an allergic reaction or panic attack is seen as something i can not work for a few hours. I am looking into being a grocery store stocker.

I used to be that way as a child. If I saw or smelled vomitus, I'd start to gag.

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27 Jun 2013, 11:46 am

I do and I am also afraid of germs.

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27 Jun 2013, 1:39 pm

agoraphobia is a phobia commonly accompanying emetophobia. As is something like cilaphobia, the fear the food you are eating will poison you.

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28 Jun 2013, 7:14 am

Yep (Probably wasnt at full blown phobia stage though. not sure what the criteria is for that ). Had it until I was 14. To be honest, I scared my self out of it. Back when I was 12-13 I was going through a breakdown. Id get a panic attack and BOOM, id start to worry about vomiting. Then id probably worry so much Id vomit. So eventually I scared my self out of it (Albiet not willingly) :lol:

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28 Jun 2013, 1:31 pm

Alot of people with this phobia seem to have some traumatic thing happen as children involving vomit. I don't know what mine was. But with most people with this phobia vomiting only re tramuatises us, so we get more scared not less.

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28 Jun 2013, 1:34 pm

Yeah that would make sense. Im not sure where I got the fear from... I think it was from when I had 4 stomach vomiting bugs in ONE Winter when I was 11. (It was that bad that my lips were all saw)

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28 Jun 2013, 1:51 pm

I'm not sure what happened to me honestly.

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30 Jun 2013, 6:00 am

zarok wrote:

The fact you could even drink whiskey makes it seem to me like you had the fear but not the actual phobia. I am scared to death of drinking or being around people drinking.

I had it up until 22, all I ate was pizza, french fries and water

Eventually I went out with someone and didn't want to embarass myself with eating nothing, so I just did it and got over it. I guess my fear of her not liking me was greater, lol.

Regardless. Every phobia is curable to some extent. I went to therapy for 6 months for it.

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01 Jul 2013, 7:47 pm

Funny! 1 day after writing that reply I was badly sick. I can honestly say I didnt really feel any fear even though this is the first time vomiting since I was 14 I think. Sweet. :/

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01 Jul 2013, 8:47 pm

Well mad bones. I will tell you to enjoy it while it lasts. Last time i was sick it wasn't to bad and i only felt bad for a day. My axiety left me for about 2 weeks. then i had the same anxiety but not over getting sick. And after a month i was right back to square 1. Except now i know conciously it isn't really that bad. It is helpful but im still scared enough to shake when i feel too full or to hungry.

Emetophobes can relapse after getting sick anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. But we all feel like "oh thats not so bad i can't believe i was so afraid of that, so now im not anymore" right after wards. But it can also lead to traumatizing us, and obsessions leading back to our last episode.

I hope that yours is gone for good though.

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02 Jul 2013, 5:33 am

zarok wrote:

Yep! I totally get what you mean and I have suffered similar before.
It has to be said I can get a little freaked out I'm too hungry or too full but I try my best to shake it off as an irrational thought and sidetrack my self which thank god works for me but unfortunately not for everyone sadly

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