YES! IM NOT CRAZY!

[jeros]

THERE IS A FORUM FOR THIS!


Wow im so glad i found this forum, i have sufferd from a fear of vomiting for years, i think it all started when i got car sick one day with my mum and hey boyfriend, and even since then i have been so scared of vomiting, and since then i have been scared even tho have not vomited since, er , what 1997ish i think, or could be 96.


Myfearcomes out in other, crazy ways, obsessive handwashing, doing things 4 or 2 two times, cos doing somthing 3 times will make me puke cos 3 is part of 13 and thats unlu.....WTF, yes i know how crazy it sounds, but it has all been piling up over the years, getting worse and worse, now im trying to recover, im only 6 almost 7 stone and im a 21 year old male,i have to stop my eating problems for my own health.


Iconstantly worry about eating too much, for instance i would eat a whole chocolate bar even a king size but not eat the last bite or even the last corner cos that would mean i have eating the whole thing!......stupid i know, luckily my Fiancee is very understanding and is helping me though this, the eating probelms, the handwashing, the 4 thing, its all gotta stop, and im gonna make it stop, trouble is i keep going back to my old ways, oh well, on the plus side i am so determined not to vomit it has given me a extremely strong stomach with the whole "i wont let myself throw up" thing (tho half the times i feel sick are proboly in my head).


Oh well i battle on


Ilook forward to getting to know you all

[neesy]

Welcome - doesnt it feel great when you find that you are not the only one!![img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[jeros]

Welcome - doesnt it feel great when you find that you are not the only one!![img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

Yes, i had heard of the phobia but i thought it was a really really rare thing

[neesy]

You will read through so many of the posts and think to your self - 'god, I do that; wow that sounds like me' etc etc. It's a brilliant site and so many great people on here even tho you don't actually know them personally!

[violet]

Hey there and welcome to the site...


Glad to have you here & hope you find it as supportive as I have


Take Care


xVx

[tcsarah]

Welcome to the group! I went for the first twenty-one/twenty-two years of my life (I've always had emetophobia as long as I can remember) thinking I was really weird being terrified of what is essentially a natural bodily function. And I kept it a secret from everbody, as I thought people would think I was crazy! The relief I felt when I first heard others felt the same way was amazing, then finding this group and discovering so many of us feel the same way....well, it really helps.


Funny you should mention the thing about the number three - I'm the opposite, if I get obsessive (suffer with OCD mildly now and again) I have to do things in threes! I say things to myselflike, "...and a third for good luck" or "If I do it one more time [to make three times] I definitely won't be sick." And I've always found the number 13 to be lucky for me!


It's good that you have a supportive partner - it helps enormously. Have you been to see your doctor at all - you are obviously being very badly effected by emetophobia and OCD, I think you really need to see somebody for help.With the rightmedication and/or therapy you can conquer this [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]


Tracey

[Babydoll]

no, your not crazy... crazy people don't realize they have a problem


welcome and I hope you stick around!

[Galadriel]

Welcome! Its so
great to have a place like this isn't it? I was amazed when I found
this forum, I could have cried I was so happy!</font></span>

[asagao]

It's so great to see a male emet like me. Welcome to the forum.