Aweee, mine too, I just started seeing a new guy and he keeps telling me that im not actually afraid of throwing up ! And hes saying that Im ch oosing to be this way and all that! He doesn't get it, I was reading this article and it said that often psychologists don't understand how to help and they treat it like a regualer fear, and how we don't choose to be this way, we can't help it! Sometimes when I'm at school and someone feels sick and their sitting near me, I have to go home cause Im too worried to stay and be near them!

I haven't thrown up since I was four too! My psychologist isn't really helpful in terms of emetophobia, neither is my doctor. They obviously don't really understand. My psychologist is convinced my anxiety is because of what a jackass my dad is... not related, at ALL. It's so frustrating. It's useless to see my psychologist because we're talking about thing that aren't even what I stress/freak out about. Two of my friends are emetophobic, but not as severely as I am. Enough to be classified as emetophobic but not enough to need treatment or anything if that makes sense... one of my friends has come down with something and the three of us were basically hiding out and dealing with panic attacks lol.

Awee Its nice to meet you too !

I'm so glad some other people are in this too! I've had it forever too! and I haven't thrown up in ages like since I was 4 maybe, and I don't know anyone else with the same fear! I've been seeing some psychologists and stuff but sometimes Im not sure they know exactly what its like!

Hi Courtney;

Yup! I'm a little better now though- not completely but I went out the other night and spent some time being who I used to be and that made me a little better. Still battling this awful fear though, especially today. I've been emet since as long as I can remember but the major panic attacks really kicked in this past summer, I'm on Zoloft now and everything

Nice to meet you