Friends

[Camii]

I'm so incredibly thankful for my friends. They've been nothing but amazing to me since they discovered how much emetophobia effects my life. When they're sick they choose not to tell me until it's over with; I never requested this but they're really respectful to my feelings and fears and so if they've been sick they usually don't tell me until they're not contagious and recovered. Also if I'm feeling anxious or panicked, they know right away and they're always right beside me, distracting me and/or telling me everything will be okay. And that if I ever catch an sv*, they will murder the person who gave it to me! I just feel so blessed and thankful to have these amazing people in my life, including my family who have been extremely patient and understanding throughout this. Also my boyfriend... Sam, he's too amazing for words. Always so sweet and caring to me about it. He's always asking me if I need anything, making sure I'm feeling okay. One time we were texting each other at 3:00 AM because we were both cramming for this test and somehow, just somehow, he could tell through texts that I wasn't feeling good/I was anxious... before I could say alakazam (hehe) he was at my door and comforting me. I'm just incredibly lucky and I couldn't ask for anything more.

I don't know just thought I'd post

[KaydeeJayde]

Aww, it seems you're really lucky to have people like that in your life.

Most of my friends are really supportive when it comes to my emet, one of them even has it herself, so she's super supportive. We're each other's support network.

My parents are supportive too. My mum understands a heap more than my dad, but dad's getting better, he's seeing a therapist to understand me better, which is nice. He hasn't been great all along though, it took mum and I threatening to leave him for him to get his act together and start cleaning up his behaviour. That made my anxiety worse for a while, but it's kind of plateaued at the moment.

My boyfriend has stomach issues which makes things hard for us, but he's incredibly understanding. He comforts me when I'm anxious, and we've worked out a plan for when he's ill while we're together. He knows that I like for him to tell me when he's ill so I can get as far away as possible. It's been rocky for us, but we're really determined to make it work.

I think that part of dealing well with emet is having understanding people around you. It makes such a huge difference and I feel so blessed.