I think if we think logically and rationally we all know we shouldn't get angry at these people but when we are afraid our adrenaline is going, we feel threatened. This person has violated our safe space, upset our day and possibly exposed us to perceived danger IE vomiting.

Think about it this way, the way our emet works and the way fight or flight response works exposure to vomit is like someone pulling a gun on us.

So you're going about your daily business and doing ok and suddenly BAM someone pulls that gun and its there and our hearts are racing, the adreniline is flooding and all our sense are telling us to get the f*ck outta there. And it makes you angry how DARE this person cause this reaction, it makes us vunerable because they have upset us so much and in some ways it makes you feel so so threatened.

Because we have this phobia. We cannot think logically about it sometimes in that situation. But I bet in the case of most people who throw up in public, they feel pretty terrible. No one wants to be doing that with other people watching. No one wants that! If they could be at home snuggled up by the toilet bowl I bet they would be.

Our responses got messed up somewhere along the way because in reality it's nothing like having a gun pulled. Vomiting is just one act that will most likely pass quickly.

Edited by: hippychick