You are normal. The phobia is not who you are.
It certainly is not everything about you.
From my experience with a good therapist I found that my phobia came about with a very traumatic vomitting...

I just want to say..welcome! And Perhaps with your man you could tell him if it was that easy to sort out your phobia you would've by now! We all would have and there would be no more emetophobics!!...

I am with you on this!


I feel the anger and the sadness..it's a pain in the neck that is for sure. It butts in just when you don't need it. It can change your whole day..and make you feel like...

It was a night when I was about 7 that my father was sick and I was so frightened! It's a long story but yeah it has made the nights worse!


You are right about the 2 parent thing and yes I thank...

Thanks so much for your comments..really appreciate them!

I am very proud of you!!! Well done!!

What coping strategies, or what are some of the things that you do, when your children are sick?


I see there are a few questions relating to children here, but I am interested to hear what...

Hi...


I have been practising 'Mindfulness'. You could do a google search on the net and there are lots of good sites. It's basically just about always coming back to your breathing and focusing...

Sage, I was wondering if you would be able to e mail me please.


I am having therapy and I have a few things I would love to discuss with you....in fact I wouldn't mind just talking to you on the...

Welcome!


That is such a shame your boyfriend is not so understanding! I can understand though..because it does all get a bit irrational at times. BUT..you could say to him if it is that easy to...

Even though I have read your story Sage, reading it again still brings me to tears! It is amazing to read! I desperately want to be cured of this phobia, and I am struggling with the journey I am on....

Thankyou so much for replying!!


I have come home from work today and I am feeling very 'low' about this. I am so over having this phobia. It doesn't fit into my life!!!!!!!


But your words...

I have been having therapy for 5 months now. I would say that generally it has been very good, there has been a lot of talk therapy and some EMDR.The talk therapy has sorted out a lot of what...

Before I started therapy I had managed my phobia for over 30 years!! It had been easier in my twenties, maybe just my stage in life where I felt more confident. Not sure. But I had a really bad...

Thankyou for your help!!!!


Thankyou for sharing with me.


It is comforting to know that other people are having therapy..hopefully successful. It is quite daunting, but I really want to get...

Hi..


I am currently working with a therapist and we are preparing, or thinking about, exposure therapy.


I was wondering if you could please help with the hierarchy steps for exposure...

Hi Fiona, welcome.


I'm in New Zealand, and like a lot of the others I have had this phobia for a very long time. I have been pregnant and somehow the morning sickness was okay knowing what a...

Yeah well done! The positives are good to bank up..then during the real tough times we can remember those times. You did well, and you should be proud of yourself. You handled it! Pat yourself on the...

They say it takes 3 nights to make a habit and 3 nights to break one!!!


I'm not entirely convinced BUT...if you could just find a way to get 3 clear nights then maybe you would be free of that...

Thankyou very much for your comments, I really appreciate your support.


Carri

I agree totally , we need to down play this phobia as much as possible! I find it all too consuming! Like most things laughter and keeping it in perspective help! But it likes to hang around in the...

Thanks for your reply.


The internal dialogue we use is very important.. I try and say I can handle this, I will deal with it when it happens. These thoughts are unwelcome and...

Can anybody help me by telling me what strategies they use to cope with their phobia..please.


I am starting therapy and it was one of the questions from the psychologist, and I just wanted your...

I am about to embark on treatment, being more than ready! During the assessment I was told I would put together a hierarchy of vomit related issues with perhaps the first one being writing the word...

Thanks all for your ideas and suggestions - I am going to be working away at this one! But tomorrow is my assessment at the phobic clinic and after that I will be in therapy and I really want to gain...