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[Moonstone6]

Hi All,

I have today discovered this term "Emetophobia" and i finally think i have found the answer to my problem.

I have made an appointment to see my doctor (yet again) about my nausea but now i know i have something i can offer him as a possibility. The last few times he has sent me away with anti-sickness tablets but i refuse to take them as i feel its not curing the problem, its just masking it.

I've always had a fear of being sick (i'm 24) which i inherited from my mum, but back last month i got a tummy bug (i wasn't actually sick, just nauseous, but was debilitated by the fear of it) and since then i havn't had one day where i've felt healthy.

I wake up in the night having a panic attack (shivering uncontrollably, clenching my teeth and freezing clammy hands and feet) and run over and over in my head how/where i would do it if i were to be sick and have to wake my poor fiance up to make him talk to me to distract me from it so i can go back to sleep (but i have to do this sitting up as i fear that laying down will make it come back again).

During the daytime its not as bad as i'm distracted by my work but if i think about it its still there and after my lunch i start to panic again as i now know there is something in my stomach in which i could be sick with (i think this stems from my mum telling me as a child when i felt sick that i couldn't be sick as i hadn't eaten anything). Last week a lady was off sick for two days with a stomach bug and when she came back to work my heart was racing like crazy as i was terrified if she came close to me i would catch it and so i went round and opened every window in the office and used door handles with a tissue. I felt awful as it obviously looked very rude but i was just too scared to care.

Sorry for the long post but i just wanted to give some examples and check to see if this sounds like Emetophobia or if this is something else?

Reading others' posts it certainly sounds like it.

So hello to all, and thank you for any advice you can give me?

x

[olschesky]

welcome to the forum........i felt a lot of relief when i found out that what i was feeling all these years actually had a name. i've found lots of comfort in here and my life has truly gotten better and alot less scarey.

i hope you find some help and answers to your questions in here.