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    It probably won't cure emetophobia, but sometimes security objects can help lessen the anxiety. Maybe for some it's a favorite blanket. For me, I have always liked wearing fuzzy and soft sweaters ever since I was very little. They make me feel "warm and fuzzy". It helps me feel safer and more secure. If I ever vom*t I hope I am wearing my favorite sweater when I do.

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    Does anyone else have a "safe place," comfort zone, or a security object that makes it a little bit easier to handle all of life's anxieties (such as emetophobia)? Some "safety nets" or "defense mechanisms" may indeed be traced all the way back to early childhood.

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    Mine is my gameboy. I play tetris or dr. mario when I don't feel well. It gives me a distraction and helps me feel better.

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    I don't have one anymore. When I was in my late teens/early 20's (This was during my last big bout of anxiety/emet before i went into a 2-3 year remission.) I had a ratty tan sweater I liked to wear. It was very soft and comforting to me when i had panic attacks. I called it my "nervous breakdown sweater".

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    I have the couch. when I feel scared or N* I will go to the front room and make a little bed up and watch tv

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    I'm 18, and still cling to my blanket from when I was a baby. It's completely
    ratty and falling apart. How embarrassing, haha.
    - Carrie

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    I'm 32 and have a family and my parents' house which fortunately is only 5 min away is my safe place. I feel like I can talk to my mom who tries to understand me and that I am just "safe." Who knows!

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    My IPOD!!! When I was walking in the street, some guy came out of a medical lab center and started v*ing in the street right in front of me. Fortunately, I had my IPOD in/was enjoying the music and just kept on walking like nothing happened (if I didn't have it in, I woulda RAN away for sure!!!) Music is SO therapeutic for me [img]smileys/smilies_14.gif[/img]

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    My bedroom at my parents with my laptop connected to the internet! If I stay over my boyfriends I have to make sure I have my laptop on me. Its weird but when the aniexty starts building, going online, researching things and just browsing the web calms me down so much faster than if I was just left with my own thoughts.
    Whenever I feel really like, like i'm gonna v*, I always quickly get on my laptop and go on the internet. My parents always tell me off saying it will make me feel worse, but its just a nice distraction & I know theres alot of people on there going through the same thing that I could talk to if needed!

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    I go to the Bible...I know God is there for me...I take comfort in that whatver happens...it is all for my good...i tell myself that [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img]
    psalm 139
    we are fearfully and wonderfully made

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    Mine is my bed and some book. Whenever I feel s*ck I go to bed.
    It was hard but I'd do it again (c)
    Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win (c)

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    Brushing my hair frantically and painting my nails. And definitely watching TV.

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    Seriously? When I go to bed, it's like admitting to
    myself that I feel sick, which makes it twenty times
    worse.

    I was talking to my shrink about this the other day, and
    he told me to find a happy place. "Yeah, yeah," he said.
    "It's a lame psychiatrist trick." But I tried it that
    night when my father said he felt sick. I couldn't keep
    my mind on track and continued to freak out, and ended up
    just falling asleep with music on so that if he WAS sick
    I couldn't hear it. But that is the professional advice:
    think of an idyllic place, plop yourself right into it,
    and supposedly the anxiety just melts away like you
    really ARE on a beach in Hawaii. Good luck!

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    a shower for some reason is my safe place. i just lock the
    door and steam under the hot water. then i either curl up in
    bed with a good book that i know has no v*ing or i watch
    The Princess Bride and go to sleep. both the shower in my
    apartment and at my parent's house will work. i haven't
    tried it anywhere else but i think it would still work. the only
    thing is, i'm worried that whoever is feeling sick will need
    the bathroom. but on the other hand, if they are sick, i
    know my toilet is clean and i can avoid the other
    bathrooms. (i doubt this would work if i was somewhere
    with only one bathroom...) but if I don't feel well, always
    the couch. for some reason i feel better sleeping on the
    couch when i don't feel good. (however my phobia is other
    people not me being sick. i haven't been sick in years and
    that aspect of the phobia is fairly mild for me)

 

 

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