Hi everyone,


You have no idea how happy I was to find this forum. Foras long as I can rememberI've suffered with this phobia and never realized there were others that had it too or that there was even an official name for it. I didn't even know there was treatment for it.


I've always been afraid of getting sick in the stomach but never had any other symptoms until the past few months.During the past year, I've been under a lot of stressand I think it finally caught up with me and brought outof other symptoms ofemetophobia.


When I go out I started bringing ginger capsules and tums with me because I'm so afraid I'll get sick either in a restaurant or a store or anywhere else I go. I also stockpiled peppermint tea and ginger tea for my home. In addition, I've been doing a lot of research onherbal and alternative treatments for anxiety andherbal remedies to increase immunity and prevent illness.


I read through some ofthe symptoms on this forum and some I can relate to suchas being afraid of anesthesia and others I don't have(motion sickness).


Anyway, Ihaven't really read that many threads yet so I'm going to do that now.