I DID IT!!! and it wasn't that bad???!!

[krw690]

ive only had 2 illnesses with vomiting in my 25 years. one in highschool and one 2 years ago. both were VERY bad and VERY traumatic.

then last week.... out of almost NOWHERE i puked! i had just gotten in bed and felt kind of off... but nothing remarkable... then all the sudden i had this incredible urge to sit up. so i did and for maybe 2 minutes my stomach felt kinda gross. again, nothing major just kinda ehhh. i thought to myself, "i think i'm gonna throw up... am i seriously gonna throw up right now? yep." opened up the toilet lid and there i went. just once.

later that night i had 2 boughts of diarrhea so it mustve been some sort of mild bug. but honestly.... ESPECIALLY compared with the other times i've been sick... it was nothing!! if anything, i was more overcome by confusion as to why it happened than anxiety.

i attribute this success to hypnotherapy which i started a few months ago. if anyone here is in the nyc area and willing to give it a try, i have the name of an incredible hypnotherapist who might be able to change your life.

[JellyBn83]

Good for you for going through it and not freaking out!!!! Brava! Hope you feel better!

[Erica1649]

Good job and feel better.the kinda good part if this is that you didn't have much time to think about it!

[toyminater]

fantastic to see you doing so well with it!
I felt the same way after I did it. its not so bad.

[michellenukes]

Great job! Thats awesome. I actually live on the island. Where is the therapist located? Im kind of interested

[overthere441]

That sounds like a great reaction to an uncomfortable situation. Last time I vomited it was similar in the sense that I went to bed a little off, and woke up needing to get sick. For me it took a few hours of diarrhea before I vomited, and the fear was awful. I am very interested in the contact info for your hypnotherapist. I am in cbt/exposure right now, but am not making much progress. Feel free to pm me (though I'm not sure how to pm others) or email me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.

[overthere441]

I didn't mean uncomfortable to minimize your experience - for me, it would be terrible, the worst. I meant that you seem to have handled it as if it were a very umcomfortable, but bearable, situation - not the worst possible thing, which is a huge accomplishment for someone with this phobia.