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26 Apr 2017, 10:07 am

Probiotics apparently offer some protection against salmonellosis, E. coli and other pathogens. I had loaded up earlier on in the day by pure coincidence because I woke up with heartburn.

Go immunity!



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26 Apr 2017, 7:44 pm

It seems like every week someone posts a thread entitled "Do you Have Emetophobia?".

I must be the only ASD person in the world who doesnt spend 24-7 thinking about barfing.



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26 Apr 2017, 7:55 pm

I don't have emetophobia, but there's an ad on TV at the moment which shows a woman wiping down her benches, sink, baby's highchair tray etc. with raw chicken, which makes we want to spew.

That ad needs to be nuked.
Then nuked again just to be sure its dead.


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26 Apr 2017, 8:06 pm

Raleigh wrote:
I don't have emetophobia, but there's an ad on TV at the moment which shows a woman wiping down her benches, sink, baby's highchair tray etc. with raw chicken, which makes we want to spew.

That ad needs to be nuked.
Then nuked again just to be sure its dead.

Is it that Lysol ad?



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26 Apr 2017, 8:34 pm

^ no, it's for Pine O Clean wipes.

The woman is smiling psychopatically while she does it too.


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26 Apr 2017, 9:09 pm

Raleigh wrote:
I don't have emetophobia, but there's an ad on TV at the moment which shows a woman wiping down her benches, sink, baby's highchair tray etc. with raw chicken, which makes we want to spew.

That ad needs to be nuked.
Then nuked again just to be sure its dead.


:eew:
Havent seen that. Or maybe I have just blotted it out of my mind.



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26 Apr 2017, 9:47 pm

Glad I don't watch TV now, haha. Sounds nasty.

Apparently fears of vomiting are linked to an early childhood experience with getting violently ill. That happened to me and it literally felt like the vomiting would never stop, so there's my deep-seated fear origins in a nutshell.

But for you people who don't care about vomiting, count your lucky stars because your brain isn't eating itself every time you feel queasy!


Wait, I think I found it...



I'll take the overused sponge, thanks. Those pathogens at least have soap all up in them.



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26 Apr 2017, 10:14 pm

I mentioned a few times on WP about my problems with this phobia. Yesterday I was reading about how it's wasteful to throw away food that's only a day or two past its use by date, and I told my mom I'd rather waste it than risk food poisoning, because NOTHING is worth getting food poisoning. And then my mom went into a rant about how when she was a kid there were no use by dates on anything, you only threw food out if it smelled bad, and the food companies want you to waste it just so you'll spend more money. But she couldn't understand why it says on milk cartons that it's good for 2-3 weeks, because when she was young you replaced milk every three days or so.



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26 Apr 2017, 10:58 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
I mentioned a few times on WP about my problems with this phobia. Yesterday I was reading about how it's wasteful to throw away food that's only a day or two past its use by date, and I told my mom I'd rather waste it than risk food poisoning, because NOTHING is worth getting food poisoning. And then my mom went into a rant about how when she was a kid there were no use by dates on anything, you only threw food out if it smelled bad, and the food companies want you to waste it just so you'll spend more money. But she couldn't understand why it says on milk cartons that it's good for 2-3 weeks, because when she was young you replaced milk every three days or so.


Me, too. If it's been in my fridge (and opened) for 7 days, it's out of here.

Sell-by dates, on the other hand, can sometimes be inaccurate. If it's closed up, you can typically do the sniff test. Humans are really good at sniffing out blatant rot, but not so much pathogenic contamination.



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26 Apr 2017, 11:57 pm

I suppose now isn't a good time to mention I've eaten tinned sardines that were 4 years past the use-by?


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27 Apr 2017, 8:08 am

^Were they still fine to eat?

I used to have the phobia when I was a kid after spending the night sick after having spaghetti at a restaurant.

I have rarely been sick since then but last time I had the attitude of "just let it happen, don't force it or try to hold it back". I relaxed after that.

As for other people, my flatmate once threw up spectacularly in her bedroom and all over herself. I helped her out of her clothes and into the shower. While she was getting clean, I cleaned up her bedroom. I thought it was gross but I didn't feel sick about it. I was surprised.

Guess I don't have the phobia anymore. :)



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27 Apr 2017, 11:31 am

When I was younger I once bought a can of Zoodles (pasta shaped like animals in tomato sauce) at a nearby convenience store to have for lunch. It looked and tasted really weird. And then I looked at the expiration date on the can and discovered why. :eew:

I didn't get sick, but just because expired food is still edible doesn't mean it will taste that way. If you're eating 4-year-old tinned sardines, however, you're a braver person than I, and I don't like sardines anyway.



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28 Apr 2017, 2:50 pm

I hate it soo much. I hate doing it and I hate hearing other people vomit or seeing other people vomit.


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02 May 2017, 3:39 pm

Raleigh wrote:
I suppose now isn't a good time to mention I've eaten tinned sardines that were 4 years past the use-by?


Those little guys stay good for an eternity, IMO. Which is weird because they're super healthy (unlike spam).



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02 May 2017, 4:18 pm

I dont like being sick but not to the point of emetophobia. My husband fears sickness though.


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02 May 2017, 6:11 pm

I think tummy bugs are the worst source of being sick to me and is what I fear the most. Whenever someone puts on Facebook that their kid or themselves or anyone else they live with was throwing up with a tummy bug, I become all paranoid that their sickness bug will somehow makes it's way to me, through contact with an equation of other people that we know.

I think I panic so much about tummy bugs is because the media makes it sound like tummy bugs are so unavoidable, like "look away when cleaning up someone else's vomit or you'll catch it", "don't go near anyone at all within 48 hours after the last time you threw up as you are still riddled with germs", "wash your clothes on the hottest wash, twice or more" - and if those are as accurate as they sound, it's scary that most non-emetophobes won't take any notice and go "oh I haven't thrown up for 5 hours, I will go back to work".

The last time there was a tummy bug going around at work I washed my hands so much, in such hot water, that my hands started getting sore. I just worry that a standard hand wash won't wash tummy bug germs away. I f*****g hate tummy bugs. Why can't tummy bugs be like chicken pox where you only need to get it once to be immune?


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