That title probably sounds silly but I can't think of a better way to phrase it. Anyway. Hey everyone. I’ve been lurking around here for a while but I haven’t posted much. I’m also a long-time sufferer of emetophobia – probably 12 years? I just had a general question about how your emetophobia has been affected by instances of v*ing. I got food poisoning over a year ago, and I v*d for the first time in ten years. It wasn’t fun, but at the end of the day I almost felt liberated. I didn’t think I was cured, exactly, but I thought things would get easier, since it was the only instance that I’ve actually v*d in my adult life and I lived through it. I had this mentality for about a week. Right after finals I flew home on an airplane (a major, MAJOR cause of panic attacks for me on a normal day), and I wasn’t even nervous. But I swear, not even a week later, I was back to my usual levels of anxiety, about motion travel, about the way food is prepared, about sickness, about everything. Now I think my emetophobia is worse than ever.

So, my question to y’all: have you v*d while being emetophobic? If so, did it affect your phobia, for better or for worse, or do you feel the exact same?

Just curious about everyone's different experiences with emet.