Hi everyone! Firstly, I wanted to say hello to everyone! I too, like many or all of you, am an emetophobic. I'll give a little background of mine:
I am so scared everywhere I go that someone around me is going to throw up. I go out to the mall or on the transit system or to restaurants, clubs/bars, and I am always watching people around me to see if they look okay.
I won't go near someone if I know they are sick or recently have been.. Or someone that they have recently been around.
In the theatre I always try to sit at the top (so no one behind me can throw up on me!).. I try and avoid walking downtown at all costs so I don't see someone throwing up, or see V* anywhere around me. I watch everywhere I walk so I don't walk in it either. I also don't like to hangout with drunk people in case!!! I dont know what to do any more.. It has begun to get way out of hand I avoid going and doing things to avoid it.
Recently, I was out with some friends and one of them got really drunk and (this is why I don't drink) got sick in another friends house and I left the house as soon as he said he felt sick. Then we drove him home and right when we got there, of course, he v*outside the car.. and me sitting in the backsteat with my heads plugged and my eyes closed so I don't hear or see him v*! Every time I go to the doctor or clinic (or hospital as I was volunteering there - which scared me every time) once I come home I will wash the clothes I wore and won't wear it until it has been washed..
And also, every where I go I say to myself "I bet someone had thrown up here." on buses, schools, sidewalks, restaurants, etc.
This phobia really sucks. I just made myself an appointment with my doctor to see if there is anything we can do!
I am so glad to see that it isn't just me...