People who shrug it off

[emetophobicmale]

I have a female friend who was telling me about how she was vom*ti*g all weekend. She talked about it as if it was not a big deal at all. She didn't enjoy it by any means but she didn't seem to think it was the worst thing in the world either. She just seemed so brave to me....as if she climbed mount everest or something. After all, she engaged in my worst fear all weekend long! I was very mystified by her heroism. It sounds crazy, but throwi** up is a huge fear of mine, and her courage blew my mind.

Darrin

[claudann]

Everyone I know -- well until I found this website -- thinks it is no big deal. My husband is really struggling to understand my fear of it. I fear heights, too, but people understand that -- even the ones who don't have the fear. It is acceptable to be afraid of heights.

Only a few people know of my emet because people just don't get it. Even doctors don't get it. It is very frustrating!

[xxglitterxx]

Yeah it's so odd!

It's weird though, my friends think about it the other way round.
I was telling a friend of mine about it all yesterday, and she said to me "it's weird. I can't imagine worrying about this that much, like worrying about food dates and all, I can't understand doing that!"
I appreciate that my friends understand though, I tried to practise being casual about it, and I told a (different) friend about me t* u* last week, pretending it was no big deal, and she spent 5 minutes being suprised and congratulating me on doing so well! haha, I'm making her think it's a big deal too now for me to v*!Edited by: xxglitterxx

[candis.marie]

I know what you mean. Like it's so hard for me to see my 4 year old niece have no trouble with throwing up but to me it's like the scariest thing in the world

[tanechka1984]

I used to admire people who find the act not scarier than sneezing or coughing. Not I don't because they are non-emets and it doesn't take all their strength to go through it.

[alwaysafraid]

I just can't get over how it doesn't bother people. Sure they don't like it, but it's no big thing. Like my sister. She would rather v* and get it over with asap when she doesn't feel well rather than sit and deal with the stomach ache. I would do anything to avoid it at all costs...stomach ache or not! I don't know why people can relate to other phobias but often don't understand this one. It seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to me to be afraid of. Certainly no less so than heights, dogs, spiders...whatever! I sure admire people that don't let it rule their lives though.

[psalm139]

I know it is amazing. And it is on the top ten list of fears. I guess it is not viewed as a real fear. You can avoid all the other things. You can go pretty much your whole life avoiding those things but *V* you can't. I pray everyday that God would just take this fear away and I can go back to the way i use to be before this took over my life. when people tell me to get over it i wish i could if it was that easy....i wouldn't be here

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