You arent alone, I suffered from this most of my life and it crippled me in every aspect. I no longer have this phobia, although I still dont like throwing up. I suggest you go see a doctor and councelor, they can help a lot.

Man I know exactly how you feel! My problem started a couple of years ago. Whenever I eat something, I feel like throwing up in the end. While i'm eating, it doesn't bother that much but when I start getting to the end of the meal the fear of throwing up starts to come over me. Thats why I try to avoid going out with friends for dinner or lunch, and try to eat alone to be "safe" if I ever have throw up. And its not just food that gets me nauseas. It seems almost everything makes me feel like throwing up. Waking up early in the morning, doing some physical activity, running, ... Everything! I have been trying to deal with all of that, but the most critical problem that I am facing currently is speaking! I'm a phd student and I have to make presentations and give talks from time to time. Right before I start to talk I get cold and I feel like a lump of metal is stuck in my throat and it gets me choking. On a number of occasions I have had to run away to the bathroom right before my presentation to puke my guts out. I don't think this is because I have a fear of speaking ... Trust me, I don't. I also teach classes, and that doesn't make sick at all. In fact, once I start talking I feel very confident and good about myself.
This is really frustrating for me and I feel embarassed and weak. I have to keep a piece of candy in my pocket at all times, but lately it seems like the candy isn't doing the trick anymore... I continue to feel crappy. If anyone out there has any cure to this please please please let me know. This thing is setting me back a lot and preventing me to keep up with my academic career. I would be very much grateful.

"emetophobia" if you read this please get in contact with me...I did write you a huge letter explaining how my emetophobia ruined my life and is still there but the damm site logged me out as I was so long writing it...I am very sorry about that.I want to chat to you about all this as I have alot of things you can do and try for your phobia and they have been tried and tested by me.They do work and I would love to help you.My name is jade simone worrall and i'm 21 years old and I have this awful phobia since the age of 6.Its so bad that my mum is my full time carer. The hotmail one is a msn address which we can chat on so if you ahve msn just ad me,i'm on msn most evenings.In the meantime ginger is so good for nausea in any form,obviously the more powerful you can tolerate it the better...I took this while pregnant (that was a very worrying time as you can probably understand,but I didn't get morning sickness.

I'm the same way, I haven't thrown up in about 8 years. But every time, I tend to feel like I am going to be sick to my stomach and I'm scared of being sick. I just learned to deal with it by taking gravol.

I can understand how you're feeling. I'm terrified of throwing up as well, and makes me have panic attacks sometimes. I am nauseous every single day too. I take antinausea meds for it, but sometimes it doesnt work. If you ever need someone to talk to about it I'm here ^^

I have suffered from this debilitating phobia for 16 years. I am in therapy, and I have some good days, but mostly bad ones even with medication. I can barely leave my house most days and have become terrified of germs as well. I have formed OCD habits, like continuous hand-washing. I am only able to work for short periods of time, two days a week. If anyone would like to contact me to chat (or vent) about what you are going through, PM me, and I will send you my e-mail or myspace. It's always nice to know you're not alone and not crazy.

Carrie

Same here. But I feel that maybe I might be different than the rest of you. I can handle be nauseous or at least to an extent, I am just terrified of the actual act of it. I don't get sick often but I cringe at even the thought of flu/stomach virus season! I spend a lot of time worrying aboout it. I have 2 small kids (7 and 4) and they handle it better than I do. I can handle everything else fine but just the idea that there is a chance that I could come across someone with a "bug" in any public area horrifies me. I loose sleep. I make my family live on "Airborne" to keep the germs away. Chronic hand washing and cans of lysol in every room of the house has become the norm for me. Sorry to be graphic but vomitting is the bodies natural way for getting rid of "unwanted visitors". It is by no means anything that anybody enjoys (I don't think) but there must be a way to not let this control our lives! If anyone has any sugestions besides "don't be such a baby" or "just get over it" please let me know. thanks!

im 13 and i have a severe fear of throwing up. I HATE IT!!! it ruins my life and i cant go to school. Everytime i hear someone doesnt feel great it freaks me out. I HATE IT. GOSH its the scariest thing ive ever been through. I just want it to go away and be gone forever. BUT NOOOOO it has to stay and ruin my life. It started on March 6th 2008. My mom had the flu so the doctor made me and my brother and sister take this thing called Tamiflu. I had an allergic reaction and threw up. FREAKED ME OUT!! we went to DC that spring break and i was terrible. I lost about 20 pounds becuase i would never eat. I was hungry..but scared to eat. I couldnt go to school for the rest of the year. If i did i would go to the guidance office and do all my work there until my dad would pick me up at 11:45. Now this year i am homeschooled and i like it but i miss the freinds and the fun of real school. If anyone can help please help. I wake up everynight in fear and i am freakin tired of it. i just want to be better....please help.

its reassuring to hear that other people have this problem. did anyone ever get over this problem? any suggestions from anyone?

ill actually try to contact a couple people that said a few words to see what you guys have to say

I am 15 years old and am freaked about throwing up. this thanksgiving, my family got the flu,and i ended up getting it. It was the scariest moment in my life cus i hadn't thrown up since i was 5. I hate going to school, so i only go part time..cus i am always scared i will puke at school, or i will see someone puke. I mostly spend my time in the nurses office, and i try calling my mom but my mom makes me stay and try and work through it. But it is so hard. and terrifying! 99% of my day is spent worrying about throwing up. and i always think im gonna throw up, but i never do. I have a hard time eating cus i dont wanna throw up chunky stuff.(sorry) and everytime i go somewhere, i spent alot of time in the bathroom (just in case).I cant even go to friends houses anymore. It just seems to be getting worse and worse. I see a ocd and anxiety specialist, and he says cognative therapy is the best option, but im to scared to do it because when i did it the first time, he made me keep thinking about puking, and make my tummy feel sick. and then i would get used to it. it doesnt really work for me, cus since i have ocd, the thought keeps coming! It is horrifying! all you girls out there who are afraid to throw up, you can email me and i will email you back. we can talk about how stupid this fear is, and help eachother through. It sucks, and i wanna be thankful that i dont have a disease or anything, but it is hard because i am so scared of throwing up. please please anyone have a similar story?

Oh my gosh so Im not alone! Im 15 and whenI wake up to go to school Im scared someone ois going to get sick or I will end up getting sick from the schools food or something like that! If my mom lets me stay home I end up feeling fine like 10 min later and then I try to go to school but then I start freaking out again! Is there anything I can do to help my phobia?!? Its ruining my relationship with my boyfriend, my family and my friends!

ohh my god im not alone, it will go away slowly though, im 17, i went to a hypnotheripist in the begining i felt it wasnt working and all of a sudden i didnt need to go im cured i still think about throwing up all the time and ask people if they dont feel good if there going to throw up and they look at me wierd. and i still always feel nautious but will never throw up and try to ignore it and like burp or drink water.

i suggest a hyponotheripist though it really worked im totally different person now, i went from never being able to stay in school,look or even think bout about becuse id get nervous and think id throw up in front of him to now i have a boyfriend for a year and im so happy my life has changed

hope i helpedd!

Im 19 years old and I have this same phobia. Its really starting to ruin my life. I'm getting married in a month and all i do is worry about getting sick. My soon to be husband gets so frustrated with me because he doesnt understand, he (and the rest of my family) think I can just "quit thinking about it" and it will go away.. ITS NOT THAT EASY! Reading all these posts makes me feel better that I am not alone, my family thinks that I am the only one like this and that im crazy.. Girls (15, 13, etc year olds) y'all are soo young, I have suffered with this for too long, y'all need to talk to your parents about seeing a therapist. I am about to start seeing mine again.They could really help you.My family has sent me to the doctor and put my on meds... they think it will "fix" me but it hasnt yet.. believe me I wish it would... I spend about 90% of my day praying that I wont be sick and that I can stay strong. I keep a thermometer by me at all times so I can check my temp.. Im soo afraid of throwing up.. I don't care about a cold, the flu, anything ... I will take it all if I never had to throw up again..

I am 19 Years old and I've been this way for 10 years.
Everyone thinks It's for attention, and I got so bad I lost a lot of weight and was anorexic for a long time. I was so scared to I was going to puke I wouldn't eat, or barely sleep.
I finally puked and then It started all over, So i definitely know how you feel. Its horrifying and no one understands.

I am terrified of throwing up as well. At the moment BOTH my parents have the stomach flu, so I have a pretty good chance of getting it right now. The only thing i can do to console myself is to tell myself that if I do get the stomach flu, I can possibly lose some weight.
My sickness life kind of sucks right now. I know what you mean too, if no one you know has the virus then you can kind of relax, but then if someone you know gets it, or you have a chance of getting it, it starts all over again. =[

im so glad to hear about people with the same problem as me. ive always been scared to throw up, ever since i can remember. idk why tho. i hate the feeling of an upset stomach. and im a total germ freak now too. i wash my hands all the time. and if someone i know has a stomach flu i stay far away from them. even weeks later after their better. today i had to go to the dentist and i over heard my dentist saying that he had the stomach flu over the weekend. i freaked out! i didnt want him putting his hands in my mouth much less being in the same building as him. now i think im going to get it too. so im not eating today or tmw cuz if i do get it i dont want to throw up. i feel like a crazy person.

Wow... I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only one scared to throw up. I'm 19 years old and have been this way since I can remember. It has disabled me from doing so many things. I have been taking lexapro for the past 5 years. It helps but it isn't a cure. My parents don't really know what to do. I have full blown panic attacks all the time and I don't want to go anywhere or do anything because I'm scared I'm gonna get sick. I have a form of ocd as well and I associate when I throw up with everything that happened that day. So I stupidly stoped taking my lexapro. (not a good idea) I literally lost my mind. I felt like I lost control of everything. I didn't eat for weeks at a time for fear I would throw up. I didn't go anywhere or do anything. I lost 30 lbs in one month from laying on a couch and not eating. Im better now but still not great. I just don't know how to completely get over this fear. It has come close to ruining my life.

Right, I'm only 14 and I'm suffering with this too. Everywhere I go I'm scared I'll throw up. It's not because I'm scared of sick, it's because I'm scared of where I'm doing it because the thought of people seeing me being sick is the worst thing that could ever happen for me. I make myself sick every morning so there's less chance of me being sick at school. My work is falling badly as all I can think about is trying to make myself not be sick. I've lost friends because of this. I've started to self harm, and tried killing myself. Every second of everyday I feel sick. Also I have OCD which really does not help it. I'm seeing a counselor and soon a phsicologist. I might be going on tablets for this..but everyone has said 'DON'T GO ON TABLET'S IT RUINED MY LIFE' But I guess this whole thing IS ruining my life anyway and I'll do ANYTHING to get rid of it.

Hello lovely people.
I am researching this phobia for the first time. I have actually never thrown up in my life, and because of this I from around age 12-19 I had a severe phobia of vomiting. I am now nearly 21. I have never vomited, but I have done a lot of mental work to make myself okay with it. I have reached an acceptance that my body is smart and will do what is best. If I am ill and I vomit, that is not a scary thing. It would be scary if my body could not protect me. As long as I do not drink too much or eat food that tastes funny, I am taking good care not to be sick. If I wash my hands routinely, and stay away from those who are sick, I will likely be okay, too. Maybe one day I will vomit, and it may be uncomfortable for a few minutes, but I am not allowing those few minutes of discomfort ruin my life. I am not afraid of a little bit of fright or discomfort.

It has been a huge challenge for me to tell myself these things. I knew I was mostly cured from my phobia when my boyfriend had food poisoning last year. He vomited and I went to his apartment to take care of him. I ended up kissing him. This may sound disgusting, but I will so full of love for him, and I realized that he didn't gross me out. The only thing that would have kept me from coming to his aid that day would have been my fear of vomiting. And I am so glad that possibly exposing myself to a sickness did not get in the way of my love for him. I ended up not getting the sickness at all.

My advice to you is that you need to try to let this go. I know it is hard and scary. But this is not something worth ruling your life. It is nothing. Diarrhea, sore throats, depression. These things are all unpleasant. But what is worse? Living each and every day in fear, or once every few years letting your body vomit to heal from a virus or bacteria?

Best to all of you.