Re: Does society think emets are selfish?
Eh, all humans are selfish. I'm not going to hold the hand of my vomiting boyfriend and risk getting it myself. To him getting sick is like taking a pee, it's just something you do to feel better. Unless it's a young child, they don't need help. I know most would prefer to be alone anyway.
Of course if I was sick, I would like my mom to comfort me but that's just because my phobia gets me all worked up. If I didn't have it, I would just be like any other adult and go and get it over with.
We are all selfish and for different reasons. I don't bother worrying about it. I do worry about when I have kids someday, but I hope to be better by then.
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving. We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins. We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive as our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers. We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.”