lack of v* exposure

[krebstar]

it's been around 10 yrs. since i last v* (pounds on wood). i was
thinking about it, and i don't think i have even been exposed to vomit
(other than on tv and in movies) since then. the last time my mom
was sick was around 10 years ago after catching the s*v* from me.
her's was during the night and she was pretty much fine by the next
morning. It's been even longer since my dad's been sick. and even
then i wasn't around him. i have very few friends / social interactions
and have never been around anyone v*ing. never see v* on the
street. even in college. i'm wondering if this is a good thing or a bad
thing. i read posts about sick children, spouses, friends, or other v*
encounters and feel like if something like that ever happened to me
i'd kill myself right then and there.

just wondering if this has fed my fear. v* being such an unfamiliar
thing.

[naturaldisaster]

I would say it has to some degree. I had never seen one of my family members sick growing up because they rarely were nor had I gotten sick often myself and now here I am an emet. Now that Im older and go out with friends who are drinking Im a little more used to people getting sick. Not that Im cured but it just doesn't bother me so much. Did you ever hear the saying that people only fear the unknown and I've heard of alot of emets here who get sick then realise that its not so bad and the fear seems to decrease, at least for a little while. Anyways P'ce

[daffodil]

I dunno...I have kids, and when one of them does it, I handle it, but later I am more scared, mainly because I fear catching it. I'm not sure exposure in the sense you are talking about would help. My emet has skyrocketed since January, when my oldest had her first sv.