Everybody - thanks for your input. I guess I was questioning if anyone really ever overcomes this phobia despite the very few recovery stories. About which phobia is better, I too wish I was afraid...

Hi Katie, I would encourage you to check out Dr. McDougall's book "Digestive Tune-up" and there's a lot of free information on his website www.drmcdougall.com, you can search "crohn's" and "ibs" and...

I always read how emetophobia gets worse instead of better after a person gets sick to their stomach for any reason so I'm wondering if there's anyone here who's had the opposite and lost their fear...

Yup any kind of exercise helps relieve stress.

Here's a resource you might want to check out. www.anxietydisordershelpline.com . They do all anxiety disorders including emetophobia and addictions and it's free so you can't beat that.

I vomited (a lot) one time BEFORE i became emetophobic, and before that I couldn't remember doing it because I was so young. It wasn't that bad, and it did not make me emetophobic. It came on...

If you had diarrhea 10 minutes after eating, it's not from anything you JUST ate because there's no way it digested that quickly.

I know we've all been brainwashed with the two hour rule for...

Being in a hospital going through something like what you did, and surrounded by sick people, is pure torture for someone with emetophobia. But, YOU DID IT! You got through it, and you didn't...

Non-emets hate both because nobody is "ok" with being sick. It feels as awful for them as it does for us. The only difference is they don't freak out like we do and don't worry about it unless and...

I agree. Well said. Vomiting feels awful and nobody wants to do it, and it looks and smells gross, but it's not undignified anymore than having a cold is undignified. Peopl who are sick (for ANY...

I finally saw a naturopath who gave me a food intolerance test and after I cut out wheat, milk, sugar, and all starches, I feel so much better in the IBS department, and I noticed a huge improvement...

You won't get sick from a touch. You can have the virus all over your body but unless it gets inside you, it won't make you sick. And even then, it's not a guarantee that you WILL get sick because...

We're all so quick to assume 'norovirus' every time we're sick. Personally, the physical symptoms that accompany panic have made me feel more sick and for longer than any real stomach virus I've...

Developing superstitions is part of this phobia. I had to throw out the brand new t-shirt I was wearing the last time I vomited because I was scared that if I wore it, I'd get sick again.

Sometimes it does seem that it's all around us and we can't escape it, but yes, you should be okay if you keep your hands away from your face and wash them before you eat, and whatnot. Remember too...

Starting next week you're welcome to join us in the chatroom here http://forum4.aimoo.com/LetsGetBetter for Emetophobia Support Group Meetings during the times listed below. Each meeting will last...

Hello and welcome. :)

I find it fascinating that you have both emetophobia and emetophilia, although they are two sides of the same coin so....

Serious question: What would happen if you and...

Oh I see where I'm confused. Support, on this board, means supporting the fear. My apologies.

Perhaps if you reread my reply, not only was I supporting her but I was also trying to give her something more rational than her fear to consider. As long as we have emetophobia, the problem for us...

Something small???? Are you kidding me? This is a HUUUUGE accomplishment, a HUGE step forward! You should be screaming from the rooftops how well you handled it, how rationally you were able to...

She didn't stay home because she's fine now and needs to work. Had she not mentioned it, or had you not heard it, you would still be as "exposed" as you think you are but you wouldn't be worrying...

This is not going to be popular or well-received and I'm going to be attacked but so be it, someone has to say it. What, exactly, is the purpose of keeping track of and celebrating things like...

I encourage you to at least make the effort to go and after you've been there for a while, if it really becomes too much to endure, make an exuse to leave - say you're feeling really sick. She'll be...

I understand how exposure therapy can help you get over the fear of other people vomiting, but can someone please explain how it helps stop the fear of you yourself vomiting?

Fantastic post and congratulatons for loving youself enough to get help so you can get better and not have to keep liivng in fear! Well done.