Anyone??

[luckyyou1129]

Just wanted to share my story...


I have always been afraid of throwing up since I was a little girl. But I don't remember obsessing over it like I do as an adult. Growing up I always let my fear of throwing up get the best of me. If someone said, oh i feel sick INSTANTLY i felt sick.. I would feel nauseated going into stores for the fear that I would get sick in the store. But really I think the worse of it came when I was 20 years old, and caught a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE stomach bug. Prior to that I had not thrown up since I was 11. This stomach bug woke me up at 5am, and I was gagging. For the rest of the day I was sick as a dog, and had to travel in a car with my family because we were moving from Florida to Oregon. And we were only in Texas!I
I am 28 now, and have no thrown up since. I have even been sick as a dog with a flu bug, and been pregnant.
What scares me the MOST is the unknown. I don't want to feel just fine before I go to sleep, and then be woken up all of a sudden to gagging, and having to run to the bathroom. I'd rather it happen while i'm wide awake so I can control it. Make sense?
Having a child makes this fear even worse because your always afraid that your child is going to get sick & give it to you. Or vise versa
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Right now I feel panicked because a roommate came home today after being gone since Sunday night and told me he missed work yesterday because he was just throwing up all day. Instantly I wanted to cry... I am scared that my daughter will get it now, and me and my husband. I try and try to express how this makes me feel to my husband but he does not understand. And I know it frustrates him to hear any of it. He just says " don't freak out until it happens"... Yeeeeeeah.
I hope I can find someone that understands. I really want to get help for this but I don't even know where to turn to.

[alisha27]

Hi lucky, I can relate to everything you said. I'm 29 and I've had this fear my whole life as long as I can recall my first memory. I have a hard time going into grocery stores and fear I will be sick in front of everyone. I also have a child and it terrifies me night and day at the thought of him being ill in the middle of the night. I get upset when he puts his hands in his mouth every 30 seconds. I also had a similar experience traveling from Florida to Texas trying to recover from a stomach bug. Not a fun thing to deal with and I can see how it could be scary to travel again. People don't understand what we go though and they will never understand unless they take the time to educate themselves. I just wanted to let you know you aren't alone out there. Hang in there, and realize there are resources if you find yourself needing help with your phobia. Good luck!

[kbscared]

Hi there, thanks for your story. I feel the same way you are describing as do many on this site I believe. It's ALL about the unknown for me. That's a control thing for sure, I'm a control freak and V* is out of our control so we try to control it anyway and just become more frustrated, scared and FREAKED out. If it helps to know you are not alone, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Many, many people are suffereing from this same phobia. My advice...breathe...you are truly going to survive it and even though it may not seem it, you DO have the strength to get through another year of stomach bugs and I always try to think "hmmm maybe this year I'll beat this stupid fear...until then and after I will pray. Good luck to you and best wishes.