if you were guaranteed...

[lemonbrain]

If God came down right now (and if you don't believe in one, just pretend) and guaranteed you that for the rest of your life, if you v* you will only v* one time for each illness whether it be a medical condtion, pregnancy, food poisoning, virus etc. would this help your anxiety about v*?

[gnat_3prid]

It would to a degree because i'd know it would be over with pretty quickly... but a lot of my fear is the not knowing when or why it's going to happen + if im in public so unless he could guarantee i'd be in private + have plenty of warning i'd still be pretty anxious!

[pretendworld_]

YES, absolutely without a doubt - yes! I think the majority of my phobia revolves around the fact that more often that not, v* happens multiple times and that terrifies me.

[nhernandez1194]

I'm having mixed feelings about this. I do have a strong belief in God, don't
get me wrong, but that's not what this is about. Do you mean to say that I
would v* once for every illness, such as, let's say, a common cold?

[xxglitterxx]

Yep. After mondays experience which must've been over 30 times, a guarentee would be SUPER. Each episode lasted only a minute or so, I could cope with that.

[turbokinetic]

Would not help. The anxiety (for me) was because of not knowing when it might happen; and thinking any feeling in my belly area was the beginning of a V* episode.

[vixki]

^ yeah, same. It would help if I had advanced warning (say,
a weeks warning) of when I was gonna v* and the exact time
it would happen. I think if I knew that, and I knew it
would only happen once, then I'd be fine.

[lemonbrain]

I'm not sure if it would for me.On one hand, most of the fear for me is it happening multiple times.Don't get me wrong, one time is hell enough but the thought of having it uncontrolably more than once not knowing how many more times just puts me way over the edge.I'd think if I did it and it got over with, I wouldn't have to worry anymore for that illness.

[lemonbrain]

I'm having mixed feelings about this. I do have a strong belief in God, don't
get me wrong, but that's not what this is about. Do you mean to say that I
would v* once for every illness, such as, let's say, a common cold?

Yeah just say if you got a sv*, are pregnant (if you are female lol) or get drunk..something like that and you would only v* once as opposed to multiple times.

[lizpuff]

^ yeah, same. It would help if I had advanced warning (say,
a weeks warning) of when I was gonna v* and the exact time
it would happen. I think if I knew that, and I knew it
would only happen once, then I'd be fine.

Ooh if I knew a week before that I was going to v* I would fixate on it and freak out for that entire week hoping I would die before that would happen!

But I would like it if God would promise to give me enough time to get alone and have it only happen once.

Another note semi related... My bro once asked me if I would be willing to give up the last 5 years of my life in order never to v* again. I totally agreed :/

[sdfl]

Perhaps, as once is quite enough.

[asianeko]

I think so. Once is usually sufficient to get what needs to be gone out of the tummy, and otherwise it usually sneaks out the other end anyhow. The first time is always horrid for me when I'm sick, but it's even scarier thinking and worrying about when it'll happen again. I've gotten much better, I barely even cried last sv I had, and no panic attacks :P

But that terror of not being able to eat, and then being so weak for a week or so after... I would love to avoid that.

[alexikiss]

I think it *might* help. However, I've realized the worst part is the feelings leading up to it. What I've heard from people who "do that" often is that once you "do it," you feel sooo much better. The worst part is leading up to it, the feelings, accepting that it's coming, etc. Part it of it from some of us may stem from childhood when we were young and didn't know what was happening - even worse if our parents kind of freaked out and made a big deal of it.

I'm more worried about other people and what they're gonna do at this point in my phobia. If I knew I could go anywhere in life and never have to worry about seeing sickness or the act of it, about 90% of my anxiety would be gone. How sad is that. Ha.