I was so happy to find this website and find that I'm not alone. I thought I
was just being a baby or crazy. I always wondered why v*ing didn't
bother some people the way it bothered me.
When someone tells me they don't feel well I panic, freak out and worry
that they are going to v*mit...that's all I think about for days. I go to bed
at night worried my husband will wake up sick. I have a 18 month old
daughter. She has gotten sick in the car twice. Now every time we get in
the car that's all I think about and worry about.
I cannot handle it when people are sick. I have to leave the house when
my husband is sick. I feel terrible and he doesn't understand, I didn't
understand until now.
I was reading about emet and this paragraph on this website explains my
phobia perfect! "an emetophobe who fears others vomiting will
constantly be on the lookout for others who may be vomiting or about to
vomit. This can include closely watching people in social situations to
ensure they look well and healthy - e.g. while in a theatre or cinema, such
an emetophobe will be checking those in the neighboring seats are
laughing at appropriate moments, ordering refreshments at the interval
and, when traveling by road, will strain to look at the car pulled off the
road with the nearside door wide open - just incase somebody should be
ill. Although they strongly dislike seeing others vomit, there is a strange
compulsion to actually look and observe briefly their worst fear being
confirmed! This morbid obsession can even lead to a smaller number of
emetophobes monitoring the progress of a 'stain' on the pavement being
washed away over the following few weeks!"
I'm so happy I'm not alone and to know that it is a phobia...I'm not just
being a baby.
Joni
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