Spouce / partner supportive?

[johnlp]

How does your spouce or partner feel about your emets? For me, My wife is supportive but get's very frustrated at me at times.

[ginger_saves]

Same here. My boyfriend understands and knows it bothers me but at the same time I don't think he knows how serious it is. I am so n* at times andexcept for one time,I don't end up v* so I am sort of like"the boy who cried wolf" with him and gets annoyed sometimes(lol). He tries to calm me down when I get anxious about feeling n*, but I wish he were a tad bit more sympathetic about my phobia.

[johnlp]

Yes, sadly when I am sick, realy sick, she thinks it's just me having an emetes attack.

[jennyleigh1975]

My husband is understanding of me when I am having an emet freak out, but I know he doesnt understand, know what I mean? If he is sick or under the weather, he gets irritated with my 50 bazillion questions!! LOL[img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]Do you feel like throw up, ect ....?

[christianne]

Hi there!

Unfortunately my husband is a complete jerk about my emet, and constantly tells me to "grow up" and "act my age". What does age have to do with it?? Good lord.....he drives me completely nuts!!

Anyways, we've decided to get divorced and I'm not upset about it AT ALL! As if being unsupportive and nasty isn't enough, he cannot seem to "keep it in his pants", if you know what I mean. [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img] He's a pilot and I've only seen him twice in the past 3 months anyways, so it's not exactly going to be a big change or anything. Thank goodness I'm going to a different airline and we don't have to work together anymore! I was always running into his new "Flavors of the Month".......talk about awkward!!!

[new.slang]

[img]smileys/smilies_12.gif[/img]Sadly, I cannot answer this because I'm single.

[suze]

My partner is wonderfully supportive, understandingand patient, butshe is female and(without offending the men here!)naturally more empathetic and caring than your average alpha male!! She has given me confidence to do stuff I perhaps wouldn't have done when I was married. She knows when I'm uncomfortable in a situation, because of my emet,and just gets me out of there. I don't even have to say anything, she just knows. If it's possible to be an emet, and lucky, then I guess I am!

[harmonygirl72]

My fiance is super supportive! I could not have asked for a better partner. He is so calming when I am freaking out, but he also isn't enabling. He's helping me to go through that Anxiety and Phobia workbook! I love the guy, what can I say?


Mary

[calibmom24]

My husband is super supportive. He never complains about it and takes all the precautions I tell him to!! I couldn't ask for anything better!! ~Bransi~

[mitch04133]

My boyfriend is very supportive!! I couldn't ask for anything more, he always takes all the precautions too, but sometimes I think he gets annoyed when I ask him a hundred times if he washed his hands...

[glitta_fairy]

My boyfriend is amazing. If I'm anxious or panicky he'll stay up all night with me even if he has to work early the next day. he never complains or gets annoyed at my phobia- he just accepts it as part of who I am right now. He gives me massages, rubs my tummy, talks my anxiety through with me- basically does everything in his power to make me feel better. He said that even if I never recover from this phobia he'll want to be with me- even if it means I can't look after sick kids. I could go on all day about how supportive he is lol

[hippychick]

Firstly, I love your use of the word scoffs. I don't know why it made me smile but it did. My girlfriends (all 2 of them) were extremely supportive of my phobia and as they are both still my friends they are still are there for me.

[Galadriel]

My husband is really good about it. He knows and tries to help some where he can. Mostly tho its just watching me sit up some at nite lol.

[nicki77]

My partner is so supportive of my emet. She is always right there to calm me down. Before I even tell her I'm having a panic attack, she'll say "your color is great~not pale at all...breathe for me" and then she'll getme talking about some random funny memory or running off to Canada to get married. I suspect that she gets aggravated at times, but she would never tell me if she did. She has encouraged me to do things that I wouldn't have dreamed of before, and was right there the whole time.

[andee]

My husband is great too. He understands for the most part and tries to understand what he can't. He is also great with the kids when they are sick. Wish their mom was.....</font>

[turtleiam]

John, I'm married to the male version of your wife. My husband tries to understand, but he gets irritated too. I know it is an annoyance for him with all of my questions &amp; then me freaking out if one of the kids is sick. Poor guy has to take care of us all.


- Susan

[jennyleigh1975]

You know, I used to feel really bad about my husband carrying the brunt of dealing with the kids when they are v'ing, but I can remember back when I was younger praying to God that the man I marry be able to handle v'ing kids. Good thing I did marry a man who can handle it. I couldnt imagine being emet and being married to an emet ........



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[crimgoddess]

My boyfriend is really the 'perfect' partner in terms of my emet-


He doesn't get upset with me (frustrated- yes, but if I was in his position I would be too), and also doesn't let me get away with not doing anything because of this issue. Being a nurse, he is the complete opposite of an enabler, and constantly puts things in perspective- it's really hard to contend that you have a rough deal with this phobia when he is dealing with people who are literally on their deathbed.


I am also extremely greatful that he DOESN'T do any of the rituals I suggest or that I do myself- I know that would only make my anxiety worse, as if he got in that habit I know it would escalate, and god forbid he DIDN'T do it on one occasion, I would freak. LOL- now I just tell myself that he is a nurse damnit, he knows more about the spread of illness than I do, and that I should leave him alone


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