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  1. #1
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    Aug 2005
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    I feel like this phobia changes the way I cope with things. Everytime
    it evolves to something better or worse. Before I used to get upset and
    then scratch myself..now when I get upset I make myself nauseous. It's
    different from a panic attack, infact my heart is just fine.

    I starts with my stomach, then I feel it just go nuts, and then my head
    gets light-heated. It's like butterflys in my stomach feeling, but
    not...like I'm about to perform in a play.

    The other day, I got so upset over a situation (totally unrelated to
    emet) and my stomach was like a roller. I retched a bit and that was
    all that happened. This was happening in the car where I am prone to
    motion sickness *written in Triump and Pitfall forum*. Now it could of
    been a combination, but I was a big wholesale store, and sometimes big
    spaces bug me out, so I got nervous, instead of me getting anxious the
    stomach thing started, with the whole light-headedness and my stomach
    just jumping up and down. Then afterwards there was an ache in my
    stomach and my mouth was dry.



    Now I'm more anxious of this happening and making me sick then actually
    being sick. How odd is that? It's like I'm upset over not being able to
    control this mechanism. It's gotten the point where I don't care about
    the act of getting sick. I just want to stop myself from getting so
    emotionally messed up that I get sick.



  2. #2
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    Hi roxystar, I know EXACATLY how you feel. My whole problem is anxiety and the butterfly, sickly feeling in my stomach. Then I worry about it and it gets worse. Then I worry that I will get sick.....It is never ending....I used to worry being away from home or in large places alone, what if it happened and I couldn't get home, etc. It is really hard to control, but I find that talking positively to myself and telling myself that I am fine helps a little. Also changing your mind and thinking about something pleasant also helps. Your mind is what makes you feel the way you do. It is so powerful. Here is a quote from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" that I always liked:"Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so." !!!!!! True?Take care and let me know how it is going.......</font>

  3. #3
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    Jun 2005
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    Hi...


    I have been practising 'Mindfulness'. You could do a google search on the net and there are lots of good sites. It's basically just about always coming back to your breathing and focusing on that.


    It may help, it is helping me.


    Take care.


    Carri

 

 

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