Can someone describe what vomiting is lik

[canucchink]

I've never vomited or needed to ever since I could remember so I don't know what it's like, can someone describe? [img]smileys/smilies_05.gif[/img]


I don't think I'm afraid, my emetophobia is the fear of seeing/hearing/smelling other peoples.

[wing]

I dont remember sorry. =T *knock on wood*

[Jenneh]

I haven't since i was 11... this may be a little rusty.. are you sure you want to know? after know this is coming from someone who is VERY fearful of myself vomiting therefore i will descrbe it as if it's the end of the world lol....


i don't want to turn you emetophobic (in the way you fear yourself vomiting as well).


=| hmm. PM me if you really want to know lol.


Jen xxx

[samara's on tv]

Actually I would like it described to me too...it's been 8 years *knock on wood* since I actually V*ed and I don't even remember what it's like...how bad is it? I was talking to a person the other day who had gotten food poisoning and I asked him what it felt like to V* but he didn't give me a straight answer. So I would like to know too!


~Monica

[nobodyknowsit]

i can never really describe it unless its actually happening..i jusy know i am terrified by it..

[canucchink]

Hmm...I'm embarassed to admit this but I was TERRIFIED of diareahing, terrified. I would hold it in till the pain inside me was beyond explanation. I would think that my intestines would come out...I eventually did though and facing my fears has gotten rid of it. I thought it would be the end of the world...

[nobodyknowsit]

wow..thats a pretty intense fear..im so sorry you had to go through that...did you link the fear of diarrhea to v*? i was nnever that afraid of it, but if i get it, i freak out, because i think it means i will v*...

[peachfeet]

Well I vomitedabout a year agoso I guess I can give it a shot. There's the nausea, which I'm sure everyone has experienced. Right when you feel like you're going toget sickthe nausea deepens (if possible) to astrange feeling like your stomach has been filled with slimy eels.Some geta build-up of heat andtheir face flushes.You start sweating and salivating. Then there's a few seconds when your mind shrieks:toilet. There's gagging and your stomach starts convulsing in waves. Then you kind of just... push it out, like coughing really hardwith your stomach muscles tightening on instinct. However whenyou're horridly sick it comes without too much effort.Then I'm sure you can fill in the rest.


That's the best I can do.

[little_fairy24]

I'm like you - I mostly fear others vomiting. Throwing up is no fun! You feel sooo sick to begin with, and then when you feel like your going to and you start to, you can't control it! It tastes bad and it is sometimes painful (the heaving). I am getting kinda scared just typing this reply. [img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img] I often get kinda shaky and when I was little I would always instantly cry afterwards. IT SUCKS.

[willow2]

i wish i knew what the warnign signs are! my mind is always screaming that i think i am going tobe sick but i never am. i tell myself that ia m alright but one day i wont be. some one said to me your tongue feels like it is going down the back of your throat......?


i wish i knew how to know you're going to v*!

[shiva]

I think that one important thing to remember is that vomiting is a totally natural thing that our bodies just do. We don't have to worry about how to or give it too much thought. We will know what it is when it comes and our bodies will do what they have to do and when it really needs to happen, there won't be much we can do to stop it.


That being said, I also understand the need for remembering what exactly it feels like in order to prepare ourselves for the next time it does happen.

[willow2]

how do you know when to run though??? i totally understand what you are saying and some times I feel I really need to put this in perspective and understand that it wont kill us and it s our bodies way of protecting us. that said - i don't know when to find somewhere private when ou are in public. how do you know when to get off the bus? leave the cinema or leave your meeting????


i know it is daft and not everyone thinks like this but i always need an escape route but if even when I have one - I have no idea when to use it!!!

[shiva]

Well, what I am saying is that I think your body will tell you. I think you will know when you NEED to vomit.


I have found though, that once the salivary glands kick in and your mouth is watering like crazy and you cannot swallow.. Get to a safe place or find a toilet or what have you. But, we often salivate.. so don't confuse normal salivation with the feeling we get before we vomit. Believe me, I think there's no mistaking that feeling.

[willow2]

Thanku for your words!! I often confuse salivating with the idea of being s***! It's so ridiculous!! I am a raioanl person, not that I believe it myself sometimes!!! This is the only aspect of me that is so irrational and dramatic!


I hope there is no mistaking the feeling! I guess one day I'll find out [img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img]


And when I do - I really hope I'm not in public!!!

[shiva]

Trust me.. I know! I hope I am not in public, either. I worry about being in my car, does anyone else do this? I hate long car rides becauese I worry that if I get sick it will be too long before I can get somewhere safe and try to relax.


I often salivate as well, so it's taken me a while.. but, I finally convinced myself that the kind that I have (almost daily) is different from the kind that makes you know what happen


I'm just to the point where I am trying very hard not to think about it so much and obsess daily. I just want to live my life and not think about vomit 24/7. I am so sick of the what if's and sick of missing out on things because I worry too much.


It's funny though. I have a very great friend who gets sick very often and very easily. It doesn't bother her. She will vomit at the drop of a hat just to feel better. I will ask her 20 questions, like.. GRAPHIC**** How much was there? What did it look like? How many times? Is that heaves or trips to the bathroom? Did you have dry heaves? Did it hurt? How long did each episode last? Did you get hot? Did you get scared? How did you feel after? And she is very good about answering them for me to give me a better understanding about what it's like and how it feels. And she always says that she felt much, much better when it was all over.

[willow2]

I'm exactly the same!! I am trying my best to get on with life and not to let this silly fear get in my way - some days are better than others.


I hate the fact that I have held back from doing things for the fear of being ill. It really does get inthe way. I am actually going on holiday with my boyfriend in a couple of weeks. we are going to Italy for 2 weeks. obviously i am scared that I get ill - dodgy food, or a bug or something from the plane or anything really but I promised myself I wouldn't let this daft fear stop me. Fingers crossed I don't spend the whole time paniking though!! I am also flying back by myself so that is going to be quite nerve wracking but we're booked now so we are going. I am very excited too but I do have slight reservations.


I am completely fed up with this fear and doing my best not to let it beat me!!


I also have a very good friend who gets ill and deals with it a lot. She knows how I feel and she is really good at giving me advice etc and she too tells me she feels much better afterwards! She also tells me when to cover my ears etc. She is very considerate when she is about to v*!!!


It's good to hear from you, thanku for reading and replying!!!

[glasscastle]

MAY BE GRAPHIC


The last time i vomited was 2 yrs ago, i had the stomach flu
To me vomiting feels like losing control all the fluids and chunks of food plus acid in your stomach mushing around coming out of your mouth, foul smelling liquid, dirty messy and it feels like your becoming inside out, the smell and the nausea and not knowing when it will stop and whether or not it will happen again =(


Always have hope!

[crystalmom]

I usually KNOW when I need to v*. I had a sv on New Year's Day 2004. Yes, it wasa sv, I never drank at all, and my son was sick New Year's Eve. All I kept thinking was "Great, this ought to be a hell of a year!" [img]smileys/smilies_12.gif[/img] But, I got through it, and for some reason, while I am actually v*ing I think it's not so bad. At least not as bad as I thought it would be. For me, it's the leading up to it I hate the most. And after you actally DO v*, there is like a 15 minute window where you feel much better. Then it comes back. Hoping to go "flu" free this year[img]smileys/smilies_25.gif[/img].


Crystal

[glasscastle]

yea the actual vomiting is not that bad but its the leading up to it that is. but no matter how hard we try we just can seem to get over it, even though we know the vomiting is not that bad. does that make sense?

[nicole61286]

The last time I actually v* was because of a bad salad and that was about 6 months ago. I was so scared and I felt horrible. I don't really remember what it was like, but afterwards I felt so much better and it hadn't been as bad as I thought it would've been. Usually after I v* I think to myself, 'Why was I so afraid?' Then I think that next time I won't be so afraid, but I still become so terrified at the thought of v*.

[suzy.o]

You go with your body and then its over.

[ilsonchick]

all i can say on this is that it feels like loads of big chunks being forced up and it grates along the way which burns and gives you a bloody nasty sore throat acid burning after!

[jzm9vs]

Well... here is some info that might be useful for you.... You said you have never thrown up before (I can't even type the code for the v* word - I hate that word because it is just so ... whatever!) (YES, I am a sever emetophobic!) ANYWAY -- you might never even have to do. I have a sister who is nearly 60 and she has never thrown up in her whole life!Tell yourself this means you won't ever have to do! :-)

[sage]

Okay, allow me to chirp in. The thing is, the reason y'all have such a bad time with this phobia is that you've convinced yourselves that vomiting is the worst thing on the planet. I understand, cuz I used to do that too...totally catastrophize it. Think of all those people in Louisiana last week whose houses collapsed and they were trapped in water for 3 days and such. Now THAT'S a catastrophe! Vomiting? It's a big fat nothing. The nausea leading up to it is excruciating, but the vomiting only takes a couple of seconds, then it's over and you feel a heck of a lot better.


The more y'all convince yourselves that it's horrific and evil, the more scared you're going to be of it, and that is what is ruining your lives. Again, I only say these things because I've totally been there.

[japa]

Just splitting hairs here, but she must have at least spit up as a baby.

Well... here is some info that might be useful for you.... You said you have never thrown up before (I can't even type the code for the v* word - I hate that word because it is just so ... whatever!) (YES, I am a sever emetophobic!) ANYWAY -- you might never even have to do. I have a sister who is nearly 60 and she has never thrown up in her whole life!Tell yourself this means you won't ever have to do! :-)

[gubba]

I must admit that Sage has a great point and it is one that I try to think of each day that I feel ill and think that I have an SV. I know that I say it once a day or more to my husband and my mother, and I have for almost 30 years sworn daily that i am really sick this time. I fear v* more than anything else and when we put in perspective what happened to all those people in New Orleans, and we don't live far from them, I realize that my fear of V* is crazy. For a few moments I am fine and then the minute it gets mentioned, I am feeling s* again. I even went as far to wonder if there were any EMETS in that nasty water wandering through New Orleans and I feel terrible for them.


Thanks Sage for making it seem so not a big deal to V*

[samara's on tv]

Yeah thinking about the tragedy in New Orleans really puts it in perspective. But at the same time you have to remember that although your problems may not be so BIG they are YOUR problems and they mean A LOT to you.


~Monica

[gubba]

That is true. but it does make me wonder why something as rare as V* is, is such a big problem. Don't get me wrong, it is an enormous part of my life since I think about each time I eat, go to a playground with my child, get in my car...etc. I guess I have lived this way so long that I do think it odd that I could worry so much over it.

[sillygirl]

Well... here is some info that might be useful for you.... You said you have never thrown up before (I can't even type the code for the v* word - I hate that word because it is just so ... whatever!) (YES, I am a sever emetophobic!) ANYWAY -- you might never even have to do. I have a sister who is nearly 60 and she has never thrown up in her whole life!Tell yourself this means you won't ever have to do! :-)

I was just wondering - it your sister an emet? Or just lucky?!

[madisonsmom]

Okay, allow me to chirp in. The thing is, the reason y'all have such a bad time with this phobia is that you've convinced yourselves that vomiting is the worst thing on the planet. I understand, cuz I used to do that too...totally catastrophize it. Think of all those people in Louisiana last week whose houses collapsed and they were trapped in water for 3 days and such. Now THAT'S a catastrophe! Vomiting? It's a big fat nothing. The nausea leading up to it is excruciating, but the vomiting only takes a couple of seconds, then it's over and you feel a heck of a lot better.


The more y'all convince yourselves that it's horrific and evil, the more scared you're going to be of it, and that is what is ruining your lives. Again, I only say these things because I've totally been there.

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