If you didn't have emetophobia how would your life be different?

[emet-ana]

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering how your lives would be different if you didn't have emetophobia?

My life would be so much better. I could do normal things like go shopping, to the cinema, even to the doctor without worrying! (I would have been able to sit through lectures while I was at uni without worrying that people near me looked 'peaky' or that noro was going round!)

I wouldn't be wasting £££s on bleach spray, dettol (lysol), wipes and antiviral hand foam.

Hopefully we'll all be emet-free eventually!

[Aspie Grrrl]

I would (maybe) consider having kids one day and might have been a doctor. So a lot different.

I could relax more in social situations and not worry about who's been sick recently. I wouldn't embarrass myself by running and screaming when someone's sick.

Much less stress, tension and worry. I have a few psychological disorders but emetophobia is the most severe.

[meh]

Just about everything would be different! Maybe I'd have a job, get a proper education, and travel.

[LostNoob]

I was thinking about this the other day, it was kinda depressing really lol.
But without the phobia I would have passed my GCSE's for a start, and not have such awful social skills meaning I would actully had a social life, to be honest nearly everything about my would be different without the phobia but it's too late for me to sit around moaning about it, I have started to take risks in hope of killing my phobia but it's still not the life I would have wanted.

[missgem4lifex]

I would be a mum. It's what I have always wanted to be an this phobia is stopping me because of the fear of being ill and my children.

[Camanja05]

If I didn't have this phobia, I was travel first. I see pics of friends on cruises and I would be all aboard with a drink in my hand by the pool. I would spend a lot more time with my friends, eating out and just generally socializing. I wouldn't be crazy about who touches my baby and constantly wiping, bleaching, and spraying Lysol. I wouldn't wake up at night with a racing heart and hot flashes. I wouldn't have to cancel plans all the time because I feel bad. Life would be grand if I were terrified of something I could actually get away from.... Like snakes, spiders, or even heights. A part of me wonders even I I do improve, will it always be there deep inside of me, jus waiting for a trigger. I think my life would be much happier without this curse!

[emet-ana]

Aw I'm really sorry it's got in the way of so much Aspie, meh, lostnoob, missgem and Camanja,

Some of these we might have lost but some things (perhaps education, careers, even having kids) might still be possible?

Are any of you receiving therapy just now?

I'm having weekly sessions with a psychologist (I had to drop out of uni because my OCD/emet) and I think it's helping a bit but I want to see an emetophobia specialist to get this horrible phobia out of my life!

Maybe I should have made this thread 'What will your life be like once you've overcome emetophobia' instead so that we can look at how things will improve as we improve!

[butterfly91]

I would be able to meet and go out with friends to places without getting anxiety about it, i'd be able to meet more people find a nice boyfriend, and eat what i want without worrying i think my life altogether would be completely different

[pink.princess]

-I would go out. I hardly leave my house due to emet. I would go to the movies, the beach, etc.
-I would probably do better in school.
-I would have friends. I've lost most of them because of emet and how anti-social i've become.
-I would play sports. I also quit because of emet.
-I would go on vacation and explore the world.
-I'm too young to have kids, but I probably won't due to emet.

[Kaikey]

I would do all the things I use to do when I didn't have this fear.

[Valen*]

I'm sure I would have more friends, would go out more. Would have never gotten Agoraphobia (atleast I got thru it tho..).. Def wouldve done much better in school.. Would be less 'afraid' of my kids when they're sick... And I wouldve prob gotten a job by now.

[punchbuggy]

Just the thought of not having emetophobia is such a tease. Although I know it IS possible. My life would be so wonderful. I would have children and be able to do so many things I always panic about. I would be able to try alcohol , I would just be able to live basically. There are too many individual things that I could point out so I will sum it up as LIVE ! I will et there and we will all get there is IS possible we can not give up , it is so worth fighting for.

[staystrongxx]

I would not assume every mention of someone being sick meant they had a stomach bug.
I would not feel doomed in the winter.
I would not scream and cry around someone who's v*ing.
I would not have to make people mute movies & tv when a v* scene came on.
I would not worry about exposure all the time.
I would not annoy my friends and family with neurotic questions.
I would not have to avoid people.
Maybe people would like me better if I wasn't such a freak.

[JustLacey]

I would be able to watch TV and films in the cinema without having to constantly google them to see whether there are v* scenes, and I would be able to relax while watching anything without being uptight all the time.
I would have a better social life in the winter and I wouldn't play traunt from school to avoid noro, so my attendance would be better and so would my grades.
I'd actually be able to help ill relatives and friends.
I'd go swimming.
I would be able to give my kids (future kids) the attention, cuddles and love they need whilst ill.
I'd be able to visit my psychiatrist/doctors/hospitals waiting rooms more.
When I'm actually ill, I'd get the medical care I need rather then my family leaving me alone because they thinks it's just another hyperchondria episode.
I wouldn't have to avoid my Bipolar/Depression/Psychosis medication because of the listed side effects.
I wouldn't have to sift through my friends and note down whenever each one gets ill to find the odds of them getting ill.
I would be able to host/go to sleepovers.
I would be able to go to concerts again (moshing = bruises and bumps = concussion = v*)
I'd be able to drink (recreationally, in small amounts) at gatherings with friends.
I'd have long beautiful nails.
I'd go on planes (plane = recirculated air = bacteria, plane = turbulance = vomiting, plane = turbulance = other people vomiting, plane crash = injuries = conucssion = vomiting, plane crash = shock = vomiting, plane crash = other peoples shock and concussion = other people vomiting)
I wouldn't be scared of coughing fits.
I'd be able to spend time with my younger brother and my little cousins.
Wow. I'd have a great life