I am new to this site and so thankfull I found it!

[Jenwoods]

I am so thankful I found this website! For many years I have thought I was crazy or just a plain hypochondriac! My family and Friends have called me a hypochondriac many many times! I didn't have a clue that there was such a thing as Emetophobia or that there were so many people that suffer from it!
Ive been this way since As far back as i can remember , seems the older I get the worse it gets! It effects everything I do! As many of you do I'm constantly checking and smelling my food .Throwing away perfectly good food for fear it may have spoiled , I hate taking trips because i might get sick and be away from home ( my comfort zone) I feel sick Most of the time prob because i spend 80% of the day worrying about being sick! I carry phenergren in my purse at all times. My poor kids if they get sick i stand outside the door and yell in several times and ask if there okay instead of really being in there with them ( i hate that i cant be in there with them) . Then I follow them around with Lysol spraying everything they touch .My husband got sick one time And I screamed at him because he didn't make it to the bathroom ! I felt awful about it but it just freaked me out. I will not drink alcohol, I wont eat but certain foods . I'm sure I'm missing out on a ton of good foods and fun things to do because of my fear! Plus i spend alot of time bleaching and Lysol everything daily to kill the germs. It drives me nuts because it effects everything I do and no one seems to understand that i cant help it! I try to not let it consume me I really do!
So i basically just wanted To say thank you for this site Just knowing I'm not alone Really helps!

[Midnight Dream]

Welcome to IES Your right it really does help to know that you aren't alone in any of this! We are all here for you

[krisdance83]

Warm welcome to you! One thing to be careful of, though, is reading TOO much on this site. It can really get the anxiety going sometimes for me... but in the same regard it has been sooo comforting and helpful. Just know when to take little breaks...for instance if you seem to have very high anxiety from reading the posts. Then again, sometimes when my anxiety is thru the roof, it is helpful to just *vent* and read some comforting words from everyone here. It is really great to feel like you are not alone and there are so many others going thru the same thing. But at the same time - I would not wish this phobia on my worst enemy!

Anyway welcome and happy thoughts!

[ccaassiiee]

Welcome!
I too in the last few months discovered that emetephobia was actually a real thing not just made up in my head, i thought i was alone.
This site is VERY helpful and I know you'll find some comfort talking with everyone and reading all of the experiences. So, welcome!

[Jenwoods]

Thank ya all very much for the warm welcome! I deff do have to be careful with reading things cause it can sometimes make me more nervous but for the most part this site is a huge help! I do agree i wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy ! It controls so much of your life and people That don't have just don't understand !!! Thanks again for the warm welcome!!!

[Girl_Wonder]

My poor kids if they get sick i stand outside the door and yell in several times and ask if there okay instead of really being in there with them ( i hate that i cant be in there with them) . Then I follow them around with Lysol spraying everything they touch .

I do this, too! I always think I'm a bad mommy for not being more hands on when the kids are throwing up. Thank goodness my husband knows to take over for me when they are sick like that, but Jen, you aren't the only one who feels this way. And like you, I Lysol everything like a mad woman when puke has come into the house.

[claire43]

Hello and welcome to the site. You sound exactly like me - Im always throwing food out 'just in case'. I waste so much money doing that but Id prefer that than risk food poisoning!! I wont try new foods, I dont travel further than a few miles unless its absolutely necessary and then I spend most of the time worrying. I carry anti-emetics everywhere with me, my handbad often resembles a pharmacy, and yep Ive been on the other side of the bathroom door whilst my daughter had been sick (though more often or not I'll pretend Im being helpful by going to get her a glass of water or use some other excuse to get away). I then spend ages ashamed at my behaviour and feeling like a lousy mother. Im also a hypochondriac (sp?), if Im in close contact with anyone who isnt feeling well and who I think may have a sv* I convince myself that Im getting it so much so that I actually develop similar symptoms. Crazy I know!

[PinupgirlM]

I am new to the site too and i feel the same way you do. It's sooooo nice to know there are other people out there feeling the same way you are.
I think the advice that Krisdance83 offered is so spot on with not reading the site too much. I have had a few dreams about v* and sv*after reading the forum for a few hours. But when you're feeling super depressed and alone b/c no one else feels this way, this is a great place to visit.

I never drink alcohol either and it makes me nervous to be around people that do b/c i'm always afraid they're going to be sick around me.
I also never want to have kids b/c i'm afraid of the morning sickness and it seems that kids are always getting sv*!
Sometimes i look at every door knob or surface at work and think, " could sv* be on that surface?" ughhh hate it.

[Tina J]

This site has helped me out so much already, and I have only been a member for about two hours. I think its so comforting reading my own thoughts in here, and I have realized as well that Im not the only one. Its so nice to know that there are people out there who understands exactly how Im feeling and what Im going through every day.
So thank you everyone for sharing!

[Jenwoods]

I do this, too! I always think I'm a bad mommy for not being more hands on when the kids are throwing up. Thank goodness my husband knows to take over for me when they are sick like that, but Jen, you aren't the only one who feels this way. And like you, I Lysol everything like a mad woman when puke has come into the house.

Yes I to feel like I'm a awful mom for not just sucking it up and going in to the BR with them ! Like you said we aren't the only ones like this and we truly cant help it! We make up for that in other things that we do for are children so We are deff not bad Mommy's!

[Jenwoods]

Hello and welcome to the site. You sound exactly like me - Im always throwing food out 'just in case'. I waste so much money doing that but Id prefer that than risk food poisoning!! I wont try new foods, I dont travel further than a few miles unless its absolutely necessary and then I spend most of the time worrying. I carry anti-emetics everywhere with me, my handbad often resembles a pharmacy, and yep Ive been on the other side of the bathroom door whilst my daughter had been sick (though more often or not I'll pretend Im being helpful by going to get her a glass of water or use some other excuse to get away). I then spend ages ashamed at my behaviour and feeling like a lousy mother. Im also a hypochondriac (sp?), if Im in close contact with anyone who isnt feeling well and who I think may have a sv* I convince myself that Im getting it so much so that I actually develop similar symptoms. Crazy I know!

Oh yes we are very much alike my purse always looks like i have a drug store for the stomach in it! I carry that stuff everywhere i go and i always have some kind of mint gum because it also helps to settle down my belly! I Have so yelled in the bathroom to my kids and said i was going to get them water or a hair tie or other things that i thought would help thinking that would be helpful and something that i could manage to do! Then I feel awful because i no all the really wanted was for me to just hold there hair and rub there back ! My husband always tells me that I'm the only person he knows that talks myself right into being sick because , anytime I'm around anyone who has a belly issue I worry myself about it so much i end up convinced that i have gotten it and truly believe that i have gotten it!so no Ur not crazy and deff not alone in that matter! I think that 90 % of my day is spent with a upset belly and I know its because I'm worried about getting sick 100% of the day its just always there and effects everything i do and all the weird little things i do like smelling my food several times over cooking meat washing my hands things like that are all formed from this fear! I sure hope we all find a way to over come this!

[Jenwoods]

I really find this website comforting ! I thank all of you who have taken the time to share Ur experiences and the things that you do because of this fear! we are alike in one way or another . Its just nice to be able to talk about it and not feel ashamed and to have people that respond and really know what Ur going through ! I hope one day we all find a way to over come this and live worry free !!!!!!!!!!!