My husband, best friend, sister, parents, and a few coworkers know. I told the coworkers after a while because my obsessive handwashing and hypochondriac-like tendencies were more obvious than I...

Hi,
I haven't been on this forum in a while, thinking that I have been doing better with this phobia. But I am afraid I may have, in all "rationality", eaten something that isn't genuinely safe....

"And then it hit me, that I'm fairly certain, that the core root of emetophobia is not vomit, but surrender! (or a resistance to it).

Think about it. Vomiting is a thing that happens to the body,...

Questionnaire for the Emetophobe:


I didn't know how to post this as a poll, so I am posting this here in a (mostly) multiple choice format. I devised this mini Q/A in order to help me...

I would like to add a comment to my answer of fearing both: I only fear others V*ing if they are contagious. If someone is drunk or pregnant (non-contagious), I won't freak out.

Okay so I don't know how to put this up as a poll, so I'm going to make this a multiple choice type of question:

Q1: What is it about V*ing that causes you the greatest distress?

a) ...

Wow, you are truly brave an courageous. When stuck in the emetophobic rut of thinking, it's quite hard to will oneself out of it! It's one thing to experience panic attacks from the catastrophic...

Gosh darn it. Why does it have to be so cute?

Thanks for your reply. I started to feel better minutes later after posting, and have been laying down ever since. I was so nauseated and haven't had a panic attack so 'strong' to the point i...

i haven't posted in panic very much lately. but i feel like i'm at the brink here. my whole body feels numb and i feel like im about to blackout. either this is a really, really bad panic...

A lot of times we will be going about our day and then something subconsciously sets off our fear trigger, makes us feel ill, and creates the all too familiar, all too frequently occurring episode of...

Oh this is a tough question.... I have so many aspects of v that I abhor.... If I could change one aspect of it, I would rather v go down then up. Sorry if îts TMI, but if all v could be excreted as...

Maybe it's merely a nuisance to non-emets... like sneezing or coughing (maybe)? Ugh... either way, I envy non-emets.

i've been afraid of V since i was 6 or 7. What really made it the worst was when i was in 2nd grade, there was one kid in my class who would vomit almost every single week. i sat near him in all of...

..agreed. i really wish i could have that mentality one day.

Yeah i saw that in the news yesterday. I clicked on the news link and it automatically prompted the video of him getting sick (great). Fortunately, it was taken from a distance with poor resolution,...

Thank you, I really appreciate the advice. Part of my irrational mind always assumes the worst case scenario whenever there's been an exposure scare. I've been feeling stressed/nauseaous due to...

Good point. I had noro 2 yrs ago, and given how deeply sick one feels with actual noro, being able to type or "question" oneself being ill is out of the question. The "attack" has passed now, but I'm...

26 hours ago, I ate food prepared by someone with the stomach flu. I didn't learn this fact til after eating it. Right now my stomach is cramping up and my digestive system is experiencing...

I'm a smoker too, and I can completely relate. It definitely exacerbates the nausea and panic symptoms brought out by this phobia, and one would think those reasons alone would be solid enough to...

Wow, that is wonderful that you had the courage to expose yourself to throwing up and overcome the experience. I think to some extent, some of us (at least me) realize that, objectively, it's not the...

Thank you for sharing, you are strong and a great example for us all. It's refreshing to read more optimistic, positive posts like this :)

I think it's great that (all tipsiness aside) you conquered a situation that would normally terrify many emetophobes. Perhaps, over time, if we learn to adapt and conquer situations we normally avoid...

Wow, you are all so understanding. Thank you all for the kind, reassuring words. I guess I really needed that. Anyway, his cousin's wife is ok. They're not sure what it was, but they're assuming it...

Sounds good! Get back to me with details sometime :)