Fear of Vomiting

Hi rachel!
I'm so sorry no one has replied to you and I really hope you still check this site out because I know exactly how you feel! My name is kassie and I am fifteen years old, not much older than you. When I was twelve, the same age as you this happened to me. I was a normal kid, I was never afraid of throwing up, although I really didn't like it. Then one day during the cold and flu season a boy in my sixth grade chorus class threw up. It was gross, but it didn't bother me too much. But, the next day, once again in chorus class, another girl threw up, I was starting to get really freaked out by this. Unfortunatly, the next day another girl (in the same class!) threw up while runnin out the door! Sure enough a week later I caught the stomach flu(luckily I was at home). I didnt bother me too much either, but then the strage anxiety started to happen. I came back to school a few days later(totaly better) and all the sudden I felt like I was going to throw up, but I didnt. We had to go on a chorus field trip and the nurse made me bring a bag on the bus, but again I didnt throw up. For the next year the symptoms went away, and then in eighth grade my anxiety got so severe I went to the doctor. My whole anxiety to this day is about getting sick(vomiting). Then that year I got stomach flu, and was so freaked out. Every day I feel like im gonna throw up. But guess what.. I never do. I ve been on meds to counselors, and now in an anxiety program. But I can identify with you exactly about the refering to the last time I was sick. Whenever I feel like im gonna be sick I tell me mom (even though its been a few years) "mom this is the month before I got sick last time, so I must be going to get sick" or "mom this is exactly what I ate/the activity I did/ or exactly how I felt before I got sick that one time, so it must be real this time!" and you know what, its never real(knock on wood). I'm getting a lot better, but its taken soooooo much hard work and unfortanatly its one of those situations where you get worse before you get better. I could go on and on about how I relate and talk about throwing up in my daily life, but it would take up this whole page. I hope you still get this, and yes I do think that youve got anxiety, because what anxiety does is create so real instances, and trust me I know just how real it is! I suggest breathing and muscle tension exercises, stay healthy, sugar and caffeine(my two fave things) are what can trigger anxiety attacks. Talk to you parents or even me if youve got questions. By now I guess youve either gotten rid of it or gotten help from your parents or doctor. If you do have anxiety dont feel like the only one, did you know that one in every five people has an anxiety disorder. I hope this helps and that you can email me back @ pinktyra1@ cox.Net. I hope you feel better and know that your not alone, and there are many methods of help you can get.
Good luck!
From,
kassie :)
p.S. : I found out from a doctor that people with anxiety disorder usually have characteristcs like loving, kind, caring, creative, and, big imagination(thats what helps make our anxiety so real!)

Hi rachel, my name is elena I am 24 years old and I suffer like you. It is called emetophobia (the fear of vomiting). It is one of the most common fears people suffer from, yet no one usually talks about it. I have suffered from this since I was about 8 years old. I went from 11 years old to 18 years old with never throwing up, but was nauseas everyday. I threw up when I was 18, on two different occasions and then once last year when I was 23. Yet, everynight before going to bed I get anxiety thinking that I might wake up and throw up. I cant stand the smell, the sight, the sound. Yet, I am obsessed with it. If someone I know threw up I ask a million questions. I want to know how many times, what hour of the day did it start, how long were they in agony before they actually threw up, did they have a fever..Etc. Its sick, and I researched and talked to people with the same fear and they too, never throw up, yet they obsess about it. I am very picky about food, becuase I am afraid of food poisoning, therefore I have lost alot of weight becuase I am afraid to eat. You are 12. You need counseling now. Dont be like me, 24 years old and carrying around the hand sanitizer to disinfect your hands everytime you touch something for fear of catching a virus like me. If I could get rid of the fear I would ina heart beat. There is a site I found that really opened my eyes. Its www.Gut-reaction.Freeserve .Co.Uk/emetophobia.Htm hope it helps and good luck

Girls, I am just like all of you....But you do have a chance to overcome it! I did! I am 25 years old...And I suffered all through middle and high school avoiding sick people, not eating food that might make me sick...And chugging pepto bismol to make sure I didn't puke when I was nauseous.

A few years ago during the fall...I got a terrible case of food poisioning and threw up a bunch! I have come to realize that probably everyone in the world has puked at least a few times...Why should mine be any different? I am not afraid of anything else...Just puking....And so guess what I decided? I went to school and started getting a degree in nursing. I have been puked on, and saw people puke, on average I see people puke at least once a day. When you realize that honestly you are not the only one who does it...At least for me it was alright.

Who cares where you puke...Who cares how you puke...Who cares about any of that! You are human....And it will take time to get used to it. Honestly, if I didn't get food poisioning and puke my guts out...I don't think I would have had the courage to go for my nursing degree...Now I help people who are scared of puking, and help them feel better. Try becoming one with the idea that everyone in the world pukes...From oprah to brad pitt to paris hilton to me!

Hey!! I have the same problem, emetophobia. Its more common then you think. I belong to a emetophobia forum, its really helpfull and you get to talk to people with the same fear. Its something that took over my life. Im 17, nealry 18 and I have had it for about 3 years. It got to the point I refused to eat anything as I was to scared to bring anything up, I became very ill to the point I nealry lost my life. I now carry anti-emetic tablets with me now, which give the courage to eat again, if I feel that sick I have one. Its not a cure, but it helps. I hope you get this sorted, try talking to your doctor or getting some thearapy.

Hi everyone I have just opened a site today for people who have a fear of vomit. I am trying to gather some people so we can all help eachother. If you are intersted have a look and join it is free. Http://scaredtovo mit.Myfastforum.Org/index.Php I am really hoping this will help us all. There are so many people out there with this phobia!