Afraid of telling people?

[valkyriegrl]

When I feel really n*, I'm afraid to tell the people around me that I feel sick. Does anyone else have that? I'm worried that they're going to think differently of me, or start panicking which would make me start panicking even more! A part of it may be that if I tell anyone, then I've given in and I'll v*, like I'm jinxing myself by actually speaking the words. Also, when I feel sick and someone mentions to me that I'm looking 'a little green', it really scares me. I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter, I woke up one morning extremely n*, and I was afraid to move. My boyfriend kept trying to play around with me, you know, the usual interactions and I raised my voice at him"Leave me alone!" I couldn't tell him why I didn't want to be touched, just in case by saying it I'd make it happen. I didn't v*, by some miracle! When I was younger and I'd go to parties, have too much to drink and feel n*, I would just sit there trying to will it away, and the host of the party would have to tell someone to take me outside because she knew by the look on my face that I was going to v* but I couldn't admit it, couldn't go anywhere to do it (I didn't v* any of those times, either) ! Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[tcsarah]

Yes, I'mlike that, although I'm not as bad as I used to be. The thought of admitting I felt sick used to scare the hell out of me, as I didn't want people to react in a bad way or whisk me away to be sick as that would have been a nightmare.


I think we expect people to react the same as we do (ie horrified, panicking) if those dreaded words are uttered, " I feel sick". What we forget is non-emets are just unfazed by the whole thing. It would be like somebody saying to us, "I have toothache' - we wouldn't panic or anything but would just feel sorry for that person and want to help them any way we could.