emetophobia and the job

[afraid213]

i dont know if anybody has this problem but, my emetophobia always has an effect on my jobs.........i just quit my last job, two days ago...... cuz i got N* and my boss wouldnt let me go home...and the sad thing is, that i dont even really know what N* feels like!!!
so, i dont know if i was n* and i quit my job. now im gonna be struggling. it really sucks. ive quit two other jobs because of this too!!! im so pissed at myself. i cant even stand myself any more, if that makes sense.

[alexikiss]

Yessss, oh God! I just posted about this on someone else's job thread when they were considering getting a simple job for the time being. I used to be fired for calling out, or have to leave because I felt sick (once I was in bed with some Emetrol I was miraculously fine)...it got to the point where I had to take some really terrible jobs because I couldn't bare to work outside of my home. Made me feel like such a failure, loser, etc. No one really knew why, they just thought I didn't want to work and was acting like Paris Hilton on The Simple Life.

If you want to talk more about it, let me know. This is a big issue for me.

[Peter]

Sharing your fears I just replied to another person having a different question so I'll retell my story and hopefully you'll see others have problems we can't always avoid. I'm recovering alcoholic and drank red wine so as not to see the blood in my v*. 22 yrs. ago I was blessed to get recovery and so now wanting to help others I'm credentialed substance abuse counselor; but, still with a weak stomach having to deal with this problem. One of many job related fears is driving a drunk to detox and his getting sick in my car. Then the chance of them getting sick on me while helping them into the facility or doing their paperwork plus whatever else that can happen in the next few hours.

But the real panic may come if I come upon a situation where giving CPR the victim gets ill in my mouth during mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. What do I do? Let him or her die? Also, I worked 30 years in Manhattan and a fear of situations happening on the subways or platforms to then turning a street corner and stepping in it. Worse yet was when in the Navy and being in close quarters having a shipmate get seasick near me. I'd rather fjump overboard than be anywhere in the vicinity of v*. I'm 72+ and had this problem since kindergarden.

Good luck. You have my sympathy- big time.