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If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
Yes or no? I'm just curious. Every time It's ever happened to me, when I was really young, I don't remember it being painful at all. It would just happen out of no where. So I wonder why I'm afraid.
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
The reason I am phobic is because when I was born my parents protected me, I was rarely sick because my mom always made sure evrything was clean and my hands were clean, she is a bit of a germaphobe. When my sister was born her asthma was worse than mine and she was frequently V* because she would cough so much V* was the only way for her to breathe again. I think that shocked and traumatized me more than any of my own v* experiences because it made me afraid before I ever really got s*.
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
I don't even remember vomiting being painful. I hate it because of what it does to my mouth!
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
Drizzle: that makes a lot of sense actually. The panic can be worse then the experience.
Gumdropper: I never even thought of that XC
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
I wouldn`t say vting was painful exactly, but it is extremely unpleasant & gross, also degrading & humilliating, that`s what`s so scary about it, especially if it happens for no apparent reason.
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
Wow, this is so interesting. I really didn't think people would be afraid of v* if it wasn't painful.
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
The fact that it can be painful (usually not though) isn't why i'm afraid of it. Pain doesnt scare me so I voted yes
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
I don't think it's painful unless there is nothing in your stomach
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
Pain doesn't have to be a factor. It's the negative "fusion" that takes place in your brain when an event occurs and you feel threatened/out of control/traumatized by it. What the "books" say is that you can't have a phobia without having the underlying problem of GAD. Once you have that, then there is fertile ground for different outlets of anxiety, including a phobia, panic attacks, social anxiety, etc.
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Re: If Getting S* wasnt painful would you be phobic?
I think I would still be scared. It's more of the taste, smell and sounds that really bother me.
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