How many of your loved ones know?

[thecheesecake17]

There's probs a thread about this(apologies).

But I'm always wondering, how do you guys cope with emet when you have a few close loved ones you share everything with? Are they aware of it?
I'd say only my boyfriend knows but just thinks I hate it when it happens..... He nearly v* all over the floor in the street a few months back(travel sickness..) And I quite literally ran away and he was properly mad for about 25 minutes. He was like "Are you serious? Fine then. Go home. Its fine, i get it." And it was 2am in the morning. That scared me. I felt hopeless, as if I can't be around humans at all...luckily a good friend of mine has the same thing but has recently gone through a time where she's out with her roomate getting drunk and most mornings in class she'll say "I was sick again last night!! It was soooo baddd!!!" Well I'm quite happy that she's getting over it but it makes it harder now I'm solo haha...

I wish I could tell my mum how much this fear has effected my social and mental life since I last nearly v*D(in 2009) but she seems to refuse the severity of it and always says 'You need to let go of this stupid fear about being sick cos it will grow and your boyfriend will leave you for someone less anxious' Well, that hurt. Especially after a year with being with him. But I guess she's right. Guess I'm just glad you guys understand this minor but major thing down to a T and are understanding. My dad, on the other hand, is quite understanding and if Ive ever felt its gonna happen, he changes the subject and makes light out of it to distract me. Plus when he had a bug a few months back he said 'damn I know why you hate it...its horrible isn't it?! N* is the most disgusting thing in the world!'

So how is it for you guys??

[Bebopy5]

I'm with you! My loved ones pretty much are the same way. I swear my boyfriend thinks I am nuts! I live with him so he gets to see me at my worst. My mom does comfort me at my worst but I think she thinks I'm nuts too. lol. My dad tells me all the time its all in my head, but no comfort there. Its hard to talk about emet with them because they don't get it. One of the main reasons I come on here is because everyone understands on here!!

Some people know at work I have issues with v*. One of the ladies on my floor had quite a few v* episodes awhile back. It was absolutely awful especially since my office is right next to the bathroom. I would come running out of my office crying and wouldn't stop running until I was out of the building. I try not to talk about it with anyone at work again because they don't get it. Anytime we have potluck lunch I always end up eating whatever I brought because I know some of the people I work with are just absolutely disgusting and I couldn't even think about eating their food or eat other people's because they got to it first.


I just think everyone thinks I am nuts. lol.

[crd08]

My mom, dad, brother and both my grandmas know. And my boyfriend..and my coworkers..and my friends.
They all know, but understand is another story.

[Afdpt]

My husband is the only one who knows the entire extent of it, all of my fears. He's the only one who knows I have panic attacks.

My immediate family knows I dislike v* but they don't realize it's a phobia for me. They assume its just a strong aversion like most people have. So they are not understanding when I've been in really stressful moments with the phobia (such as having to hold a bucket in the back seat of the car while my special needs sister v* into it - they think I'm being dramatic when I would shake/cry during the whole thing.)

My friends also just think I have a strong dislike of it but only my best friend sort of knows that it's a phobia.