I was lying in bed the other night thinking about my phobia and this website and I have a question for everyone. How long had you been afraid of *v* before you found out it was an actual phobia? And, how did you find out that it was a phobia?

I have had the fear since I was about 9 and found out only last year that it was a true phobia. I was reading a magazine and it listed the top 5 phobias and "emetophobia" was one of them. Then I decided to do some internet research and discovered this site. Like everyone else, until then, I truly thought I was the only person in the world with this fear.

Jess