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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Posts
    11

    Default Does it ever stop??

    Here I am again - since last Fall - with the "bug" season upon us. As I read the messages here, I see myself in so many of you. But,one thing is different. I am 61 years old and have had this problem since I was young. When my children were small, I sort of dealt with it because I HAD to. As I am getting older, it is getting much worse - with anxiety attacks and the whole nine yards! Last year I got my first all out panic attack and my husband thought I was having a nervous breakdown - I think I almost did! Everyone in my family had the "bug" and I waited and waited for my turn - not eating for days and not functioning very well with just daily stuff. My family looks at me like I am an alien from another planet! "it's a natural thing," they say. "It will make you feel better." Oh really?? I am really not one to get too emotional about things. I taught Sp. Ed./Autistism for 22 years. I got beat on, spit at, kicked and slapped so that my glasses went flying! But let someone not feel well, I cave like a wet noodle. It seems to consume me these days. I dream about it and if I see a car pulled over on the side of the road, I think, OH GOD, someone must be sick! I don't look. Pretty bad, huh?
    I have had times when I think I am crazy. I am on Prozac and have been for years, but it doesn't take care of it. After all these years, I finally confessed to my doctor about what is happening. He gave me some anti-anxiety meds to take at the time of the panic attacks. I haven't used them yet, tho. I think I will always be this way. I am too old to change now. I didn't even know that there was a community out there with the same problem until last year. I read about it in a magazine and quickly found you. Thank God! Anyway, sorry this is so long - but it really helps me to know that you are here and can give me some understanding and kind words. Thanks, Linda

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Virginia
    Posts
    6

    Default Re: Does it ever stop??

    I hear you and we are one in the same! I see cars on the road and think the same exact thing! When I go into a restuarant or store I quickly identify where the restrooms are and all exits just in case.

    Im 35 and have been dealing with this since I was 7-8 yrs old. It progressively got worse thru the years and I now cannot go to amusement parks. This was a big deal becuase roller coasters and I have had a love affair for years. I find myself thinking twice, three, four times before agreeing to go to movies, or anywhere in close spaces.

    I have not gone to a doctor yet because I am learning that not many are able to help with our type of phobia. I dont want to take meds just to take them when they arent getting to the root of the problem. Hoping by being here that I will start to receive some clarity on how to deal with the day to day...

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Posts
    1,293

    Default Re: Does it ever stop??

    People will tell us over & over again that vting is natural, but so is death, earthquakes, & tsumanis, & everyone`s scared of these things, & no-one needs them!

 

 

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