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    Question My life is controlled by emet.

    I'm new to this site. I have read some things and commented on some... I feel helpless like the rest of us. I'm 20 years old and I have had this .... phobia... for as long as i can remember.. my mom said i have had it my whole life... i remember as a child i would cry thinking the hiccups would make me v*... i know that people think im a "complainer" and everything, but noone seems to understand. my boyfriend understands as much as he can. he stays up with me if i feel sick and he talks to me about it, but he doesnt feel it... we have gotten into fights about it... especially since his niece has been sick last week and i had to leave.. it controls my life.. i left home for a week cause my brother was sick... if anyones sick i will not go around them or where they have been until the place is lysoled... cleaned.... and it has been atleast 3 days... it sucks... i cant go out and eat without thinking that maybe the food is expired.... my boyfriend tries my food at our local mexican restaurant before i even eat it.... and the other night when we went there... our waiter brought us our food and walked fast to the back where the bathrooms were... and i freaked. my boyfriend was generous enough to get up and see if the guy went to the bathroom to v*... cause otherwise.. i wouldnt have eaten... luckily the guy was just outside smoking. i started taking vitamin c... but i feel like im missing out on life.... i constantly question food... i constantly check the expiration date... milk... i will not drink if it has been 3 days since i bought it... :/... its hard to live with this.... everyone thinks its just like every other phobia.. and yes... it is a little bit... but.... with clowns or escalators or anything like that.. you can stay away from those forever..... emetophobia... you cant... sickness seems to be everywhere i turn around.... i constantly look up peoples symptoms and if you mention the stomach bug or flu.... i go crazy and i ask where you live and crap... its like i have to make sure my body knows that its not near me and that im ok... but... i feel bad too... like ... selfish... :/ im not selfish.. but i dont want to be sick i hope one day... i will beat this.... just waiting on the money to go to meetings and to get help with it....

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    Default Re: My life is controlled by emet.

    HI there...I know how you feel, I check expiration dates and stay far far far away from people who have been sick! I constantly wash my hands and take vitamins and eat healthy to give my body a fighting chance!! Glad you founf this site I did also and I love it already so many people out there who feel the way I do, it is reassuring for sure.

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    Default Re: My life is controlled by emet.

    yea. its just hard talking to "normal" people about it... cause they want to understand.. but they really just dont... im ready to just live my life for me.. and not worry... and i see people commenting on here about the sv going around... but... all i can do is worry about where they are and if its close to here. :/

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    Default Re: My life is controlled by emet.

    Quote Originally Posted by dscott View Post
    I'm new to this site. I have read some things and commented on some... I feel helpless like the rest of us. I'm 20 years old and I have had this .... phobia... for as long as i can remember.. my mom said i have had it my whole life... i remember as a child i would cry thinking the hiccups would make me v*... i know that people think im a "complainer" and everything, but noone seems to understand. my boyfriend understands as much as he can. he stays up with me if i feel sick and he talks to me about it, but he doesnt feel it... we have gotten into fights about it... especially since his niece has been sick last week and i had to leave.. it controls my life.. i left home for a week cause my brother was sick... if anyones sick i will not go around them or where they have been until the place is lysoled... cleaned.... and it has been atleast 3 days... it sucks... i cant go out and eat without thinking that maybe the food is expired.... my boyfriend tries my food at our local mexican restaurant before i even eat it.... and the other night when we went there... our waiter brought us our food and walked fast to the back where the bathrooms were... and i freaked. my boyfriend was generous enough to get up and see if the guy went to the bathroom to v*... cause otherwise.. i wouldnt have eaten... luckily the guy was just outside smoking. i started taking vitamin c... but i feel like im missing out on life.... i constantly question food... i constantly check the expiration date... milk... i will not drink if it has been 3 days since i bought it... :/... its hard to live with this.... everyone thinks its just like every other phobia.. and yes... it is a little bit... but.... with clowns or escalators or anything like that.. you can stay away from those forever..... emetophobia... you cant... sickness seems to be everywhere i turn around.... i constantly look up peoples symptoms and if you mention the stomach bug or flu.... i go crazy and i ask where you live and crap... its like i have to make sure my body knows that its not near me and that im ok... but... i feel bad too... like ... selfish... :/ im not selfish.. but i dont want to be sick i hope one day... i will beat this.... just waiting on the money to go to meetings and to get help with it....

    I always check expiration dates, but I think for me that's a general food thing. Your not alone at all. So many more people are suffering from it than you know but it's not the easiest thing to admit "Oh btw Im terrified of being s***"

    Just think about it, everybody is scared of something. Sadly ours is s*** but I don't see it as like a disability because it makes me different. Maybe it does mean I cant do some things that other people can do but I sure as hell don't get Ill!

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    Default Re: My life is controlled by emet.

    I feel your pain..I really do. I just had a child..so things got worse for me in that way of worrying that he will catch something. I hate being controlled by this. I am obsessed.

 

 

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