a few days ago I woke up and I thought "i'm tired of living like this. I need to enjoy life" soo I started going out more often, eating in restaurants, not obsessively washing my hands, And I even let my friend come over even though a sv* was going through her family. She told me that she had the sv* until that morning but i thought " If I get it, then i get it. I'm going to take that chance" So she came over, and we had a lot of fun just hanging out. But unfortunately, yesterday my family went to Cleveland and I went with them. I was fine until before the car ride back. I had horrible stomach cramps, possibly the worst I ever have felt before. And d* and a very gurgly stomach. I didn't v* but I was really close to it. through the whole thing, I didn't have any panic attacks, and I didn't take any medicine for it, except ibuprofen for the cramps, since i couldn't even sleep. I was actually very calm through the whole thing. When I woke up this mroning I felt much better, still a bit crampy though. But i thought "why was I ever scared of this? It's nothing!"And here's the best part: I never went to therapy before, or taken any anti-emetics before. Just thanks to all my friends and family who have helped me deal with it. Btw, i'm 13, going on 14, and have been an emet since I was 7. I know that time is nothing compared to how long some of you have been going through it, but it felt like a lifetime to me. You CAN overcome emetophobia and you don't have to live with it!