Anyone else associate random pains with emet?

[Blushes]

Sometimes my emet is so awful, that even if I get cuts, injuries or other illnesses, I'll panic and think that it's going to make me sick. Does anyone else feel like that? I think I'm becoming a general germaphobe too. Whenever I see an illness I've never heard of, I look it up on Wikipedia and see if the symptoms are nausea/vomiting, then I freak out and think that I might have it (even though I never do, knock on wood)! So here are some experiences I've had:

Last year I got a terrible cut on the bottom of my foot when I stepped on a nail that went through my shoe, then I went to the hospital the next day for my tetanus shot because I was terrified of getting the flesh-eating virus or tet. (What's worse is that there was a woman sitting in front of me at the hospital who was vomiting constantly, I've never felt so beside myself.)

Earlier this winter I would also get severe nosebleeds without any symptom, but I was terrified that I'd swallow the blood and get sick. So I spent 30 minutes pinching my nose and forcing myself to spit every few seconds just to be sure that I wasn't swallowing any blood.

A couple weeks ago I also went on a seadoo and fell off during the ride, swallowing some of the water in the lake then I panicked for the rest of the day hoping I wouldn't get E. Coli or organ damage (because my back was thrown out and I was in terrible pain for a couple days). I was out in the sun all day too, so I slathered on SPF 60 sunscreen and tried to keep myself cool so I wouldn't get sick.

Anyway I was wondering if any of you have experiences where there's something almost completely unrelated to the phobia, yet you somehow associate it with "oh no I hope it doesn't make me vomit"?

[L!zz!e]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I am exactly that way, Hun!

[lauren37]

yup yup yup

[emmalinda]

yesterday my big toe was hurting for no reason and then i became worried it was some wierd big toe disease and i would vomit. lol. not only do i also look up certain illness but make up some of my own as well!!

[TheSweetThinker]

Haha, I've thought like that before...back in May of this year, I got a nasty cut on my hand between my index finger and thumb (I'd been trying to open up a can of cat food, and the sharp edges of the lid slit through my skin). And this cut was very deep, I could literally see some of the tendons within my hand!

Upon seeing it, I felt my face flush and I grew pale and clammy immediately, kind of like how your face feels right before you vomit...so of course I was terrified that this cut would literally make me sick, lol. But I calmed myself down and realized it was just initial shock that made me feel so clammy and nauseated.

That's another thing I hate about emet, it seems we sometimes can't help but to associate the most random incidents with vomiting. =P

[Blushes]

Totally... Now I'm scared even from the pain of cuts, bruises, and aches in different parts of the body because it might make me nauseous. Blahhh!

[Rebecca85]

I'm terrified that things might make other people nauseous! Like yesterday my and my sister in law were discussing kneecaps (did you know babies don't have them?) and I showed her how my kneecaps can wiggle, she went 'eww' and put her hands to her face and my first thought was that she was going to vomit! Or if a kid at school cuts themself, I try not to let them see the blood in case it makes them sick.