Fear of Throwing Up. (Page 1)

I'm sorry that you have to deal with this fear. Do you throw up often, is that why you have the fear. Or are you afraid that some off circumstances will cause you to throw up?

well I throw up like, once a year.
I do everything to try to not like throwup.
I don't even know why I'm so scared of vomiting. It just happens. like today, I was supposed to go to a concert, and I was feeling totally fine this morning, so I was like okay cool, I'm feeling great. and the concert is at 6, and I'm not going anymore cause I feel sick. I don't know.

When you say you feel sick, do you mean you feel like you may throw up or you just generally don't feel well?

It kinda sounds like anxiety, have you ever brought this to your doctors or moms attention?

I feel sick to my stomach.
and I have been to a doctor for anxiety cause I do have anxiety.
and my doctor put me on ambien, to help me sleep at night, and xanax.
and it didn't really help, but I was taking it anyways.
but I stopped taking both, because recently a friend of mine died from xanax.
so it kind of scared me a bit.

and my mom doesn't like taking me to the doctors cause she says its all in my head.
and I know that's true, but I just constantly think negative thoughts.
like, oh what will happen if I start feeling sick. and bang, I feel sick to my stomach.
I just don't know how to control the negative thoughts. I try everything.

It is probably your anxiety that is causing this. You must have severe anxiety.

There is a medicine called phenergan. It is used to help treat nausia/vomitting. I personally take it almost daily and my doctors have assured me that it is fine to do so. However, If you are not actually becoming sick, I am not sure how much help it would be for you. You may want to concider asking your doctor if it would be right for you.

alright.
ill check into that.

thank you. :]

No problem.

Make sure to keep us posted with your progress!

Hi, I have a simular problem
When I was 14 I got a balance problem and felt ill all the time now im 18 and still have the anxity about being sick.... I really fear it. I think you have emetrophobia, im not sure if I have this as I dont mind being sick if im on my own but am terrified of being sick where people can see/hear me even my mum (weird). I also went through 2 years not going more than 15 mins away from my house incase I felt ill. What I did was exposure therapy, I didnt realise I was doing it at the time but I had a crush and that desire to be with the person overcame my fears and the more I did things the less fear and anxity I was feeling. These days I go to sixth form and often have to leave classes due to feeling ill but I know if I want to do somthing I will do it and if im ill then im ill, it doesnt matter....Well thats what I tell myself.
My tips are see a doctor they may be able to give you therapy to help with it, gradually do things that make you anxious and build up to things you dont think you could do, Dont worry about telling people this is really common I have found lots of people who have the same thing, Think about what you actually fear about being sick ( I don't know what I fear about it and when I try to think what I fear about it it calms me down as I don't know ). There is this tapping thing that helped me im not sure what its called but you first rate your fear from 1- 10 10 being really bad. Then you tap 5 times on forehead, under each eye, on the side of your chest, each side on your collar bone while thinking of you fear. Then on your hand just above your pinky and the finger next to it while you have your eyes open, closed, looking down to the left, looking down to the right,circling them one way then the other, then hum a song (I do happy birthday) then rate you fear again and it should go down.
Hope this makes sense good luck!

Its sorta like being a hypcondriate, because if you think that when you go out, you'll throw up..your obviously going to feel sick because your making yourself feel it. With me, if i tell myself im going to be sick because i dont feel all that well, whether it be my acid reflux or just a normal angisty attack i'll become even sicker. Just tell yourself you'll be fine, its easier said then done but in the end if you teach yourself that you'll be ok you'll be fine!

Im a bit late on a reply. But I have a similar problem. Like im going away on the 22 n im scared cuz i dont wanna get sick especially away from home. I have no reasone to think im going to be sick I havent come in contact with any sick people recently, its jsut how I am. My mom tells me I most the most anxious person shes ever met. lol
But I do agrea with alot of you becuase I could be prefectaly fine one minute but than i get it in my head that I dont feel good and my mom or Boy friends have to calm me down and take to a an area were thier areant many people so I can relax. It really is a mind over matter thing. Easier said than done for sure.

As a mother of 2 I am constantly in the car. Either running errands or working. Everyday i'm scared beyond belief that I will get naseous and need the throw up. After a little while in the car I begin getting naseous my heart starts beating quickly, my palms sweat, and I just want to breakdown and cry. After a while it subsides, but I live my life in fear. I would rather be a home body than go far from my home and feel sick. I'm tired of telling my friends that I have plans when they ask for us to go to the the movies, rodeo, mall, ect. I don't want anyone to hear or see me get sick and throwing up on the freeway would be the ultimate embarrassment. My husband is beginning to think I'm a ridiculous hypocondriac. Help! My family life is suffering also, because I rarely will go to public places. Any suggestions?

Is it all in my head? Or could it possibly be a lagit medical problem? My nasea dosen't always just exist in the car.

oh honey,,,,I feel your pain. I am now a 42 year old woman, and still get a little anxious about throwing up....I will do anything not to....I dont remember having this fear as a young girl, or even in my 20's , but it did rear its ugly head later in life. I think it has to do with my father being an alcoholic, and vomiting (very loudly)every single night...it was not pleasant from what I remember....you just have to tell yourself,,,that its okay,,,,our body some times needs to vomit,,,to get rid of poisens,,,,I still hate it,,,but it happens....You need to keep yourself real busy,,,so you dont dwell on it,,,,I had great anxiety over this very thing,,,but have learned to keep myself very busy...and it works wonders.....

Hi i feel so scared of being sick i hate to feel sick it scares me it makes me sweat and my body shake like mad as i am that terrified i also cry and im 19 i mean i would rather loose a limb than be or feel sick. I dont know what triggered this for me. Im paranoid about meats been cooked properly etc. But i dont mind expose to others un i less i know they been sick or had a tummy bug. Everytine i think of sck i instly feel sick also i cant see someone else be sick and if there in hearing distance i have to cover my eyes close my eyes so i cant see or hear them vomitt i really would like some advice on wat my problem may b n why i might be so terrified the way i am.? Thanks

Hi you guys, I have this same fear, had it since I was little but it got worse as I got older. It doesn't stop me from going out but when I am out shopping or at the mall it can over take me and I had to run to the bathroom for fear I will puke. I suffer a terrible panic when I am out in public and I think I might throw up in front of strangers. Sometimes I just huddle by the toilet crying. I rarely actually puke, maybe once a year, but several times a day I will feel nauseated out of nowhere, esp. at work, or late at night when I am about go to bed. It's awful. I have been diagnosed with IBS so it might account for some of it, but I think a lot of it is due to fear. It sucks!!!!

Same here im 17 i have ibs i was in the host for a week it was mind drainging i hate it i cant play sports like everyone else hang with friends or enjoy myself i know its in my head but i always feel so sick to my stomic ive spent hours looking up remedies...okay i know this is personal but it comes in waves like i will feel nausous but i dont puke, but then it moves down to my intestines and i have to go to the bath room i always get a bad taste in my mouth and my belly always hurts, it seems worst with stress ive tryed mentaly takeing it away like meditation it kinda helps and a teaspoon of bakeing soda and water calms my stomic for a little bit sometimes last time i actually vomited was when i had food posiosing a year ago from tocos and i wont even eat them anymore i am so little im always loseing weight i dont know what to do anymore it sounds little but its a terrible thing i feel yeah, i hate this too it does suck i feel crazy sometimes cuz im just like oh its just throwing up people do it all the time but then when i feel sick im like noo wayy i cant do this i even suffer with sore throats because i hate being swabed in fear of vomiting, i miss so much school and i barely sleep i changed my diet ive done everything... and here i am even on this website reading other peoples post so i dont feel alone

Hi there,

I would definately say you have emetophobia, I myself am emetophobic, I used to be alot worse than I am now but its still something that takes over parts of my life. I have only thrown up once in the last 10 years (I am 23) and I think I have managed to do this cause my will to not throw up overrules my stomach. It is all in the mind, I think my reason for being emetophobic is the fear of not having control over my body, I hate the feeling that this horrible thing can happen and there is nothing I can do about. However I also fear seeing, hearing, smelling or coming in contact with vomit at all, Im also scared to throw up and have other people see me throw up, I always like to be alone when I feel queasy. Its so strange, and people dont understand it. I have horrible panic attacks when I am around someone who is sick or when I smell it or hear it, my heart starts racing and I hyperventilate and cry and have to get away. I cant even help my friends and family when they are sick and it makes me feel horrible!!!

My way of coping with my emetophobia is by always having gravol and ginger ale on hand, they both do wonders when your feeling icky. Also, I pinch the skin between the thumb and pointer finger when Im feeling sick and it helps, something to do with the nerves there, try it. I work downtown too so I see vomit alot more often than Im used to but it has sort of desensitized me to it, it still freaks me out but I just tell myself its just food, and it cant hurt me.

I wish you luck, its a hard thing to deal with but I know its possible to get past the worst of it

Does anyone have any ideas to help me over come my fear of throwing up while flying. I have a fear anyway. But knowing I'm flying next week I'm having panic attackes and don't even want to go, I feel trapped!!! I hate this feeling!!!!

Thank you so much!!! Do you know if I can take dramamine with Xanax?? I do have a prescribtion for Xanax and do take it while I fly, but for some reason I feel trapped on a plane. I hate to say this but I make my daughter take dramamine because because I can't deal with other people getting sick either. Thanks for any advise you have. I feel as if this fear is taking over my every thought!!!!!

What you have is EMETOPHOBIA.........I have suffered with this since i was 6 years old.....i couldnt go anywhere without my mum,she even had to stop working and care for me full time.i dropped to 5 stone when i was 13 years old which is very bad....i wouldnt eat as i thought everything was gonna food poison me...i was petrified of catching stomach bugs and i thought i was always gonna be sick....mine was triggered when i was 6 by a little girl in my class who threw up infront of us all and was she was panicing while being sick.....since then i have had terrible panic attacks and this EMETOPHOBIA........I am now 23 years old and i dont suffer with it as much anymore (hope to God they it does'nt come back) I also have a Daughter who is a year old and I'm 39 weeks pregnant with my 2nd Daughter.....i used to think i would never get pregnant because of the morning sickness but luckily i never got morning sickness....so check up on EMETOPHOBIA and PM me if you need any more advice.Jade.