New member with a mildly different story

[exchequer]

Hello there,



Ive actually cruised these forums before but have only just become a member!

I am male and am 14 and i live in leeds.

I will outline my story of coming to terms with this overpowering phobia:



I cant pinpoint the exact cause of me getting this but i have got 2 suspicions:



(a) older brother

(b) One event in which i v*



(a) Unlike a lot of the people on this site ( i think!) my brother too
has worse emetophobia than me and i think ive kind of got it easy
somehow because my brother never v* and has never been you know what
since i can remember. I cant bear to admit i have this phobia but
sometimes i just have too.



(b) Unlikely source but one time i v* quite ferociously in what i think
might have been projectile. [sorry about graphicness] But somehow that
is not the cause for me but i do knoe that it started when i was fairly
young, about 8-10 maybe? I dont know exact dates.



I have no social problems or agrophobia, and other things much to my relief.

In the most part i am a normal high school pupil who does best in all
subjects that i can and i DO NOT! let my emetophobia spoil my learning.
I want to be in a band and am in the process right now of
creating one. And like i said before when im making my band and doing
gigs etc. im not going to let emet stand in my way because music is a
way of me letting go and enjoying myself as i have done for years.



i go out every single week with my mates we muck about, kick a ball
about, play computer games and the like. And i dont think about it much
when im at my mates either. Im going to head to the best university i
can and i am going to enjoy my student life no-matter what comes up!



So i have got a moderate control of my emetophobia at the moment and i
try not to obsess about a lot of things, panick and run away from
things.



So compared to a lot of people on this website i have not had a hard
life at all! And i wish all emets could live in comfort and
peacefulness knowing that they have know phobias.



Religion is also important for me and i am a great believer and am going to attend church more regularly as i get older.



Thank you for listening.[img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[swiftette]

Hi,I'm Donna. Welcome!!I am happy for you that you have controll over your phobia. i think alot has to do with the fact that you are socially active and It sounds like you have some great pals. Keep doing what your doing!!!![img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[wing]

Hullo =]


Welcome. I'm Wingand15 hehe. Its great that you have control. At the moment i'm doing okay-ish emet wise but just a few years ago I wouldnt go out if I felt bad. I wish I could go out every week with my friends but my parents are over protective ^^ (But then again I dont have many friends..). Its great that you can though. I, too dont let it get in the way of my education anymore.


Without religion,I dont think I could've gotten through this. =]


Well, I hope that you find the site helpful when you are in need or anytime.

[dranzersflame]

Wow, I'm so envious! ^^;;


Great job keeping it under control. It's really great how you can keep yourself in line!

[spilled_milk]

Hi, I'm Anya, and I'm also fourteen :-D


Welcome!


It's great that you can do things relatively normally...you sound a lot like me, I don't have social phobia or anything, and I hang out with my friends a lot, and don't get that nervous. I do have some OCD though, but it's pretty easy to hide that. I've found that my phobia goes through good times and bad times, and right now it's in a good time. Do you feel that yours goes through stages?


Anyway, I'm glad you've found us! Feel free to post any time!


<3 Anya--