Suppose you could control the amount that comes up

[mooki]

Would you still fear it? Let's say number one, you had control over vomiting. You could hold it in and suffer with nausea, or you could decide to let it up, but it would only come up in small increments, like maybe the size of a teaspoon at a time. Kind of like when you burp and that sour, chunky stuff comes up into your mouth. Let's say it would only be that amount that came up. And if you wanted to let a little more up, you could do it. Would that make you not fear it? If so, then your issue is probably loss of control.

For me, I think I would still hate it because even when I burp that sour stuff up after a big meal, I will not spit it out under any circumstance because I'm afraid of what it looks like. I just swallow it back down as gross as it tastes

You know what I think would cure my emetophobia? Is if the material that came up looked just like clear water and I could let it up in very small quantities without the harsh retching(like when you burp it). And I could let it up in small amounts until my nausea feels relief.

For me I think it's the feeling and sound of retching, the sheer volume of it and the way it looks(esp when you see a huge splatter of very colorful and chunky vomit) that gets me. I hate the gag feeling, like when I'm brushing my tongue and go a little too far back, my whole diaphram contracts for a second and I make that "aack" sound.

[JustHannah]

If it was clear and I could control it, I would fear it alot less for ME getting sick. and if others could control it and if it was clear, i think id be ok with that too.

ONLY if it was like that though. haha

[gumdropper1]

You can control it, Mooki. Read my Vomiting FAQ (link is below).

Doug

[mooki]

You can control it, Mooki. Read my Vomiting FAQ (link is below).

Doug

Yes, I have read your FAQ, I do think you have some degree of control in that you can bring your threshold high. But when I say control, I mainly mean control the amount that comes up at a time.

I'm not sure if there's such a thing as 100% control. I know I've managed to keep it down when 95% of people with the same thing would have hurled, but I'm sure if any of us were to drink some ipecac, breathing techniques would probably not work.

[hairyfairy]

we can control it most of the time, but sometimes our bodies will be awkward & do it no matter how hard we try to hold it in. I think that our bodies really don`t like us att all, otherwise they would`nt make us suffer the way they do.