reasons for emet

[skactor01]

Hi, I'm just wondering about people's specific reasons for emetohpobia. I know that I am just scared of the gagging and the feeling right before you vomit, but I know some people who are scared that once they start vomiting they will never stop. Just curious.

[mistyeyes]

I am truly more afraid of other people V* than I am of doing it myself. It's the fact that they are not in control of their body that terrifies me. When I am doing it myself, I feel more in control because I KNOW how I feel. It's not knowing how the other person feels that terrifies me. Even if they reassure me that they will be okay, it doesn't help.


I should add that I USED to be just as scared of doing it myself, but I went through a couple of years of having upset stomachs all the time (I found out it was lactose intolerance) and being afraid to eat because of them. But during that time, I learned to force myself to eat, and learned to understand the signals my own body was sending to me, and somehow my fear of doing it myself lessened a great deal. It's not completely gone, but I can now think of ME doing it and saying to myself "Oh, well, if I have to, I have to. And it's only my body getting rid of something bad."


I just haven't figured out how to think that way when it comes to OTHER people.Edited by: mistyeyes

[*mandi*]

Fo me...its the Nausea...I absolutely hate that feeling...and the not knowing if your going to V* or not...and I hate the gagging...and thinking that if I do V* I might never stop.

[pretty polly]

I'm with you on that mistyeyes. The lack of control in other people.
The feeling of utter helplessness. I personally hate the sight of "it"
more than anything. If I knew I wouldn't see it, I would be fine.

[peachykeen]

I hate the n* leading up to it, but if I had to pinpoint one exact specific
thing that scares me most it's that feeling of not being able to breath
during the actual v*. The thought that a natural bodily function (v*) can
interfere with another natural body function (breathing) scares the crap
out of me.

[gubba]

I never actually thought about the thing that scares me the most...it all scares me. I guess not knowing when it will begin or when it will stop for me and then with others it is usually a fear that I will get it and then that goes back to the top line here that it all scares me. Wow...that is awful to think about since I guess I never thought about one thing that was behind it...it's the whole N* thing etc.YUCK!!! I HATE IT ALL

[stef]

im wit gubba... i hate it all.. the nausea, tha lack of control, the not knowing, the gagging, the sight, the smell, the sound,, the fact that i cant control when others will or wont or when theyre going to.. the aggressiveness.. EVERYTHING... <!--
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[sienna]

For me I really think it's the total lack of control, from not knowing when it
might happen to the nausea and the waiting to see if it does happen. And I
know I have bad associations from feeling ill as a kid. Didn't feel safe. So I
feel like I'm going to die.

[dord]

I wish I could pinpoint exactly what it was that I feared so much - then maybe I could get over it. I really sense the flight or fight feelings when I feel sick though there's nowhere to go. All I want is it to go away without having to throw up. Ihave to be very still and very alone! It actually makes me feel sicker if someone is around me.If I wake up feeling sick I will get out of bed as quietly as I can so I don't wake my husband and go out and watch tv. I do know the times I've V I have always closed my eyes and I never get too close to the toilet - close enough that I don't miss of course but I fear it splashing up on me.I can rationalize that I will get sick again over the course of my lifetime and that I will live though it but at the same time I panic whenever I don't feel well orif "it" is going around at work or my sons school.Anyway back to the question...I have no idea or why I fear getting sick or exactly what it is that I fear about it.

[jenneth]

i havn't a clue. its almost like every time i have been s* i can't remeber anything. but last time, not so long ago, i remeber it was ok and i felt better after, but that time my emet got worse after it happened. i really don't understand, as you lot say, it would probs help if we could pin-point it!

jen

[samara's on tv]

I don't know exactly what I fear about it either. The N* scares me and the gagging scares me, although I have a hiatal hernia and because of that it feels like I'm going to V* a lot. Food comes back up into my esophogus all the time and I just swallow it back down...a lot of people would just let themselves V* if that happened to them.


I fear having to LOOK at the V* after I do it. I also fear that I won't be able to stop V*ing once I start. The lack of control is a BIG part of it.


~Monica

[eve91]

im new here. Hello .today i was nauescious,and my heart was racing .i was so terrefied

i do everything in my power to make it stop. Even when I was at my
boyfriends house..he got the flu...And kept v*. I have to close my ears
everytime he'd go to the bathroom. Everytime hed come back id quickly
take my fingers out of my ears. He knows I have this phobia. But not to
that extent. He says he doesn't care. I think im just scared of the
whole experience..the nausea,actually v*. When I was little like
9 i held the proud record of only v* once in my entire life. [Hoping
never again] During my nausea i may cry. My heartbeat goes faster
i feel worried. I wish there was some pill you cant take to never do it
in your life...or a cure to this phobia. I dont think ill ever be
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[californiagirl]

Fo me...its the Nausea...I absolutely hate that feeling...and the not knowing if your going to V* or not...and I hate the gagging...and thinking that if I do V* I might never stop.

**DITTO**

[sassy]

The feeling right before you throw up. The moment, when your stomach contracts, you can't swallow, your nausea is at it's worst, You feel in a total state of helplessness.. Theres no where to go.


Ugh..

[crimgoddess]

For me the nausea is 10X worse than vomitting will ever be (because at least the vomitting part is over relatively quick- the nausea can last for hours/days).


But, my main fear is other people vomitting. I pride myself in being a fairly rational person- what is the absolute WORST thing that can happen is someone is sick around me? It can get on me- So what? It's not like I can't shower or wash my clothes- and when considering the sorry state our world is in, this seems absurdly trivial in comparison.


LOL.....butI still run like a frikkin' whoss if someone is sick around me. Am working on that


*amber*

[aar13]

The feeling right before vomiting is my worst fear as well as the fear of not being able to stop . . . like a horrible bought of the sv or food poisening! UGH! BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG - IT'S ALL JUST HORRIBLE!!!

[silver]

I agree with most here...The biggest thing for me is not being in control of my own body. I fear when it will start and when it will end. Not knowing how long it will last. Feeling helpless and the fear!! I guess that I fear the anxiety and fear the most.

[centipede]

I think my biggest fear is the nausea, my second is v* ina public place oroutside of my home. It's gotten to apoint that I won't leave home without taking ginger pills with me.

[kelli_michelle]

Wow, my fear is EVERYTHING. Other people. Me. I don't really know if it has to do with control or not... It has been many years (everyone knock on wood for me will you please...!!!!) since my last big badV. I don't even remember what it felt like really. (knock on wood again!!) I don't know if that is part of it or not. My husband (the drinker) is getting me over the thought of others doing it but not enough for me to not have the sped heartbeat and shaking leggs. I am told that when I was young I would often "feel sick" and stand over the toilet for hours saying "i'm gonna be sick." Though I never was. So that could be part of it too. Maybe....I just don't know.


ps forgive any spelling errors...i didn't double check my post!!Edited by: kelli_michelle

[mjewell]

I wish I could pinpoint exactly what it was that I feared so much - then maybe I could get over it. I really sense the flight or fight feelings when I feel sick though there's nowhere to go. All I want is it to go away without having to throw up. Ihave to be very still and very alone! It actually makes me feel sicker if someone is around me.If I wake up feeling sick I will get out of bed as quietly as I can so I don't wake my husband and go out and watch tv. I do know the times I've V I have always closed my eyes and I never get too close to the toilet - close enough that I don't miss of course but I fear it splashing up on me.I can rationalize that I will get sick again over the course of my lifetime and that I will live though it but at the same time I panic whenever I don't feel well orif "it" is going around at work or my sons school.Anyway back to the question...I have no idea or why I fear getting sick or exactly what it is that I fear about it.

You totally rad my mind. I think i may actually be able to handle V*ing if I was completely alone in my own house. Geez, even having my dogs around makes me feel worse.