Re: Support from family
My father is definitely my biggest support. My mother is a support as well, but she gets very easily frustrated and angry with me while my father doesn't. My boyfriend is also really good about it. When I told him it took him a while to understand (I'm not totally sure that he will ever completely "get it"), but he loves me and tries so hard to support me and make me feel better. I do worry sometimes that this phobia will drive him to break up with me, but I try not to think about it. Neither he or my father make me feel bad about being emet.
I also have a great group of friends. Most of them know about the phobia, and if they do judge me they don't show it. A few of them are extremely helpful, and will help me when I'm feeling nervous or sit with me and help me to eat.
I have to fully trust people to tell them about the phobia, so I don't tell many people the extent of it. Because of this I haven't gotten much negative support, besides people saying "nobody likes to throw up". But I can only imagine how I would feel if someone I trusted thought I was a complete loon. I feel terrible that there are people whose families are unsupportive.
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