I'm 17 and my emetophobia began when I suddenly felt nauseous one day at the mall. It was the same nausea I felt when I had the stomach flu and I thought, this is it I'm going to throw up for hours! But I never threw up and it passed. Since then I've been highly vigilant, germophobic, OCD, everything. And I've developed anxiety which results in me being nauseous throughout the day, everyday. :/

I've narrowed down my phobia to stomach viruses. I'm not afraid of vomiting associated with morning sickness or car sickness because I feel like I can control it. But I'm afraid of stomach viruses because I can never not throw up when I get them. I never get diarrhea with stomach flus either, just vomiting.

Anyway I have a few questions:
- Does vomiting get rid of the stomach virus? Or can you have the stomach virus and not vomit. I read somewhere that vomiting is just a natural reaction and it doesn't expel the virus any faster.
- Is there anyway to suppress vomiting associated with the stomach flu? I heard the nausea center in your brain controls vomiting... Is there a way to disable it or something? Or is there any probiotic I can take to kill the virus if I feel like I've been exposed to it?

Thank you guys.