oh not again...

[cornersofmymind]

I was diagnosed with Emetophobia at 9 and a half years old. I stopped eating. I would drink lots though. In 3 months i ate 6 crackers with cheese, half a chicken sandwich, and eventually a big bowl of mashed potato (because mum strapped me to chair and forced it into me) a few mandarins and a cookie.

i find it random that nearly ten years later i can remember what i ate XD

if i had of had it my way i wouldn't have eaten a thing.

But now that my flatmates got a stomach bug or food poisoning (not sure what it is) i had to leave and go to mums. I was okay til tonight. My friend txted me and said he felt like he wanted to be sick.

Im almost at the point where i want to bang my head against the walls and scream and cry and run around for fear of being sick when i stay still too long. I need help again i think.

The good thing is im still eating, but i dont know how long thats going to last.

any ideas that could help me stop freaking out about this? or at least maybe help me not get sick??

[coolpk2003]

Keeping calm is going to be the key. You are away from everyone that is sick or feeling sick. You aren't ingesting any of their sickness so you getting is is slim to none. Stay calm and know this too will pass. Sometimes when I'm scared I like to sleep it off and yes I panic and it takes me a while to fall asleep but I take deep breaths and try to think of something else and if I can't think of anything else I play mind games like I name songs that start with the letters of the alphabet in order haha or I sing songs in my head or watch tv until I fall asleep. Anything is worth a try to get your mind on something else. Good luck and pray about it and let God bring you the peace you need.

[frankieanime]

For me...
I personally just think "It's THEIR problem, I cannot get sick unless I touch them and put my fingers in my mouth, or kiss them" Or all that other stuff... If you ever DO feel sick. Your gonna have to just keep calm, take deep breathes, and keep in mind NAUSEA is a symptom of emetophobia, I don't know why our minds do it... but it does. 99% of the time, I convince myself this and find out "I'm not actually sick" and continue on with my life. I got pretty good at it. I JUST got back from a vacation at a friends a few cities away and stayed in the house where, there kid first got the flu, than the mom, than the dad. I managed to get away fine. I just watched what I put in my mouth and kept an open mind.

[cornersofmymind]

i got the freaking virus but at least im not puking anymore.

[paulinek]

oh no, you were actually sick? Sorry that happened

I know we are all different but when i got an sv a couple of years ago it set my emet back big time, so if you do feel a bit wobbly emet wise for a while don't look upon it as being back to square one when you were 9 - it will pass, your body (and mind) has just had a bad shock thats all, but you will get back to how you have been soon xxx

[cornersofmymind]

i hope so, i really do. The stupid thing is that because i know the nausea is psychological at this point, the nausea pills arent doing anything

[hairyfairy]

That must have been h*ll on earth, actually having your worst nightmare come true. If I was you, I`d be furious with my flatmates, & not speak to them for ages.

[Whatshername]

I hope things start to get better - I've been there. When it feels like everyone is sick and its never ending and that you'll get sick. Its a horrible feeling wishing it would all just stop so you could relax for one second.
My thoughts are with you as i'm panicking tonight as well while i read this.

Feel my supportive vibes sent to you!

[Abbsey]

The panicking makes you feel physically sick. Telling myself this fact has really helped me lately. When you get scared your adrenal glands kick I . They prepare your body for "fight or flight". This means that your brain sends all your blood to you your limbs in preparation for you to run!!! (remember these stories of elderly people being able to lift cars to free people trapped beneath them??) the only thing is that when all your blood is being sent to other places, areas like the stomach (which aren't needed to run away from danger) are shut down. This gives you that panicky, butterfly nauseated feeling. As an emets you feel that and instanstly think uh oh. Then that's all you can think about... Which makes the panic last and that's when ut turns into the vicious cycle. If there was a way of reasoning and deep breathing this would make things so much easier. I'm still working in it but I'm determined to get there!! Don't panic, it's the panicking that's making you feel physically I'll. Other than that it's just the phobia and you're brain working over time x