need help

[xxwpooherin5xx]

My name is Erin I just cam across a blip about Gaby on the internet after her fear of vomit. When I first saw it I was like omg god what I have has a name pulse someone else has it. Let me tell u about my self. I am 25 years old I been living in fear of vomit ever since I can remember I don't know why I fear it. It is so bad that when some one I care about has a stomach ache or feel naush I start to panic my heart races and start to cry. When a love one feels like that I take it out on them like I don't care for them its not like I don't I do I just cant be in the same room if they do end up vomiting. I can not hear or see some vomit it freaks me out. For example when I was in canun with my bf he got really sick I was always upset and I ended sleep at on the deck cause I cant be near him because of the fear he might vomit. I fear to move in with him because if he does get sick again I have no were to hid were in the same house. HE knows of this he supports he cause I told I get help and I want help so bad cause when I have kid there gonna get sick and I want to be there to help. Well I am asking for help if u have any ideas to help me that would be so great thanks so much

[olschesky]

welcome to the forum. no, you are not alone in this phobia.......but i was like you and very shocked and happy to find out that it had a name and i was not alone.

i've found lots of comfort, friends and help coming on here.......i've learned lots of good things and heard some great success stories. i'm working hard on myself on getting better........but still get petrified when someone i know is sick.

i've found distractions to be my biggest help in dealing with this phobia. i can never tell whether i was really sick or just naush from anxiety.....so i find that if i find a trivia game to play or some other video game and my mind gets distracted the n goes away.......so look for some good distractions.

my dr. has also put me on prozac...antidepressant....which helps me to not obsess so much over all of this.

i've not had therapy.....mainly because i haven't found a therapist in my area that deals with this phobia......but i do feel like i'm improving. my setbacks are fewer and fewer and when i head in that downward spiral i work hard to get out of it before i get too negative.

hope you have some good luck on here......there's usually always someone here to help

[McMorbid]

Hello dear. I was quite surprised myself too (I actually came across the site while trying to find out what the fear of vomiting was called); it's actually a very common fear, I believe.
I know the feeling. There were many times where I wish I could have helped a friend who was feeling ill, but I simply couldn't do it.
Have you tried talking to a therapist about this fear? Maybe get on a prescription of nerve-calming pills (I would tell mine, but I'm always forgetting what they're called) ...though of course, pills can't cure this all on their own. It's going to be a tough ride, but I am sure you can overcome, or at least learn to accept vomting as a natural process and lessen the fear, eventually. I'm only a 15-year old, but I still suggest going to a mental health doctor of some sort.
I wish all the best of luck to you.