for those of you who haven’t...

[prncesspnk]

v*ed in many years, and recently have....


how did that affect your emets overall?

[angele803]

I v*ed December 2005. Before that, I hadn't v*d in many years. I have always had this phobia, but when I got sick in 2005, it made my phobia much worse. I have been seriously anxious and have felt n* every day since I v*ed in 2005. I am getting to thepointwhere it is really really difficult to leave my house. Even though the actual event wasnt as bad as I thought it wouldbe, my mind still goes back and magnifies the event.

[prncesspnk]

my biggest fear is that v*ing will just make things worse!

[xxsophiaxx]

^


same here

[samara's on tv]

I third that motion


~Monica

[new.slang]

I agree.

[xxsophiaxx]

lol it seems we all agree that the actual act of v*ing will make things worse. My friend Elena's also an emet, and she v*d for the first time since early 2001 a few weeks ago. She had sv*, it was only for one day and she only v*d once and she said it was horrible and that she was crying the whole time [img]smileys/smilies_09.gif[/img]

[punchbuggy]

I actually think for me personally it would make it better , but im such a chicken still.

[breezie]

It hasn't at all...it's been 6 years and I'm still as paranoid as I ever was.

[yamyat]

I was in Maine 2 years ago and woke up sick and got sick for the first time in several years. It wasn't as bad as i thought. I am more nervous about being aound someone and catching it than actually being sick. It wasn't as tramatic as my phobia. It just so happened to be New Years day and no one would help me b/c they thought I was hungover. I actually wish I had been b/c at least I would have enjoyed the drunkeness the night before.


Hopfully giving you higher hopes. Its always traumatic but I survived.


It didn't make my phobia go away but i know it's not as bad as i tell myself.

[Hale]

I recently had a baby and for the last 10 days of my pregnancy I was sick 7 - 8 times a day and in labour too.
I have to say to start off with I didn't cope that well but I had a few bouts of dry heaving earlier on in the pregnancy and found it better to actually v*. At least you get some relief. I was taking stemetil but it stopped working so I just had to get on with it.
I am still struggling a bit as I was so used to whatever I had eaten coming back up but I THINK I know the difference between real nausea and anxiety nausea.
And for those of you worrying about pregnancy making you v*, it is worth it. I was so poorly I was going to be induced but went into labour myslef but when i look at my little girl I wouldn't change a thing.

[Galadriel]

I was sick in 2002 (and in 2003) after not having been sick in 10 years, so its sorta recent in a way. I can remember it tho and I do know that while I was going through it I was scared crapless but it did help my emet I think. It really helped in that now I know that even if worse comes to worst and I do get sick I know what its like and know I won't die (tho I feel like I want to!) and I'll make it through. It also helped my emet because I really had forgotten what it was like to be sick and had it built up in my mind as some horrible thing but the reality I found wasn't near as bad as I had built it up to be in my mind.