Okay, so i'm 16 years old. I have had emetophobia for as long as i can remember now. Most of my friends see the phobia as something stupid or say something like "no i don't like being sick either" and they just don't seem to understand that it isnt just something i don't want to do it is something i will fight not to do with all my might. I have seen therapists about the phobia before and both times have been dicharged because i don't have any obvious problems, like i'm not going out getting drunk or getting high on drugs so to them i am a waste of time. It is great to know there are other people like me and stumbled across a discussion site like this one on my phone once. From then on i wanted to join a site as everyone seemed to get a lot of feed back. I have the usual emet behaviours, i don't like eating out and if i do eat out afterwards i panic and make myself feel sick and have also developed OCD. Where i will no wear clothes i have been sick in before and will not go to bed without touching the wood by my bed post and saying "touch wood i havent been sick" i sound quite mental when i say that but its something that i have developed over the years. I am considering seeing another therapist and putting forwards strongely that i do not want to be discharged as i have OCD as well as a compulsive disorder. My phobia is getting worse though, before after one of my MANY panic attacks i would feel fine but now after one i sit there in anxiety wondering when the next panic would be and thinking how i will never be able to get away from being sick. I am also starting to stop eating, which i don't want to do but find myself doing progressively. I just wanted to hear from other people with the phobia to feel abit more supported. Any advice is highly appreciated and i hope we will have a good discussion as i think it will help me with my phobia. Thanks for listening.