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Anyone else suffer from emetaphobia?

Asics
Asics
Yeah so I'm a total control freak, not of other people and things but of my own body. Holy crap it's annoying. When I get a little tummy ache I go to the worst extremes of thinking I'm going to blow chunks all over the place. Now this has gotten better through time I'm nearing 30 and have been working on and off with my ocd for i'd say about 6 or 7 years now.
The thought of puking scares the hell out of me esp. if I'm sick. I think I'd rather get run over by a freight train then face it as crazy as that sounds. Now I just ignore but if I am ever nauseous holy crap fears come out like you would not believe! Anyone else share this peculiar phobia? Be nice to know I'm not alone anyway.

Thanks your response is always appreciated and maybe I can help you in your recovery.
deleted_user
deleted_user
. You're not alone about being terrified about throwing up. I always got so scared that I'll end up chocking to death, and even just the thought of the act of throwing up made me panic. For years I'd refuse to such extremes that I'd hurt myself worse by not just letting it happen if I was really sick, until last December when I got so sick I threw up several times a day for almost a month. I was too weak to be in terror and it became so common place that I feel like the next time I'm sick I might be able to handle it at last. I don't get as tense or sweaty thinking about it now. I guess I had always figured on it just being one of the many fears I find myself having but never really thought of anyone else knowing what it feels like. It's good to not feel so alone in all of these things.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I get very very scared of throwing up. But, when I was pregnant I was always throwing up from bad morning sickness and gallbladder attacks :(. It was never fun!
Deelyn
Deelyn
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy could be very helpful in finding insight to get to the bottom of this. Learning to "let go" or allow is a wonderful quality to have in life. I wish you well.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Im extremely self concious. I do not want anyone to be near me if I am sick and vomitting. I get grossed out seeing saliva. I have a major spit phobia.. I worry that the next time someone spits on me on accident I will feel soo sick I will vomit. I almost have gotten physically sick because I thought I was spat on.. Was terrible! Hopefully your phobia doesnt try to take over anymore!
T0adBrigade
T0adBrigade
I used to be TERRIFIED of throwing up in public. I'd have to scope out my classrooms at school for a trash bin so I could sit close to it, or sit close to the door and plan the quickest route to the bathroom so that no one would see or so that I didn't embarrass myself. I used to be so paranoid. And I never threw up ONCE in public. Or ever, really. Unless I was, as amarathi.. said, deathly sick once, and realized that if I just let it happen that I'd feel better. Although, after realizing that, I started some bad habits with purging and ED's. Blah. Ironic, I suppose.

But I totally get what you're saying. I didn't know it was an actual phobia or anything, just thought it was me being my paranoid self! Ha.