I'm the same as you I want kids in future but I'm terrified my emetophobia will ruin it for me

The way I try and deal with it is I tell myslf that most women don't V* they just have N* which I...

Mine are not a stereotypical panic attack which confuses me a bit.

I do all my rituals, so I selfharm, pinch and punch my thighs, I nibble crackers, I sip water, I smoke a cigarette, I take an...

Hey guys! I'm new here. Just a few questions that I've never understood about my phobia.


1) I understand 'man-made' phobias, such as clowns or fireworks. But I've never understood how it is...

Thanks for your reply!

I am assuming from what you have said that you are in a similar position to me - we still have severe emetophobia but in some ways we can do things that the 'average...

I hear 'you can't have emetophobia because you do this...' all the time.

Thanks to years of CBT, I can drink alcohol to some extent, I can deal with eating at restaurants, I don't check expiry...

I can't believe I'm reading this, this is identical to my safety behaviours! I thought I was the only emet who hit their thighs! Rocking aswell thats a huge one for me! Wearing certain clothes...

No don't worry!


Literally all week my bedroom has been full of fruit flies and yesterday I found a mouldy apple under my bed that my dog had gotten hold of and lost under the bed!

Nothing has...

I've got better at this over the years but sometimes I really can't tell if my n* is being caused by anxiety or by 'the real thing'

Some ways I try to tell if I'm actually ill or just anxious:
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I'm curious how emetophobia became a problem for people

For me personally when I think back to my childhood I used to be HYSTERICAL if someone in my house was poorly and I was a very anxious child...

I know half the population claims to have this phobia, but I'm curious whether people who actually have emetophobia, do you keep it a secret or are you quite open about it?

I've had it for 10...

Just like majority of emetophobes I have all the usual coping mechanisms. You know, things like avoiding certain foods, avoiding public transport, washing hands etc.

But for me personally, I take...

I’ve googled it and established it’s relief for nausea and stomach upset

Does it help anxiety nausea or just ‘real’ nausea?

Is there a U.K equivalent?
I’m British where can I buy it?
And is...

Interested to know what weird things other emetophobics so because mine are ridiculous.

Some of mine are - anti sickness tablets and I’m never without a bottle of water

I have much weirder and...