I DID IT!

[sunshine16]

OMG I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!


I can't believe I just did what I did...


I told my best friend about emet.


She is my neighbour, best friend, and I have known her since we were 1. She's the most understanding person.


I have wanted forever to tell her, but have always been too scared, you guys know the drill.


Finally we were confessing some stuff to each other on msn and I was like, 'Jill I really want to tell you something that I've only told my mom. It's really embarrassing for me, and probably will sound stupid to you, but its really terrible to me. I want to tell you, and have wanted to tell you, for a long time, but I just didn't have the guts'


So I said to her, Jill I have this thing called emetophobia, it's a terrible fear of seeing or getting in contact with anything to do with puking (and i actually said the word! Had to, she wouldn't know what v* meant!) and I gave her a website address that I thought explained emet very well ( http://www.emetophobia-online.co.uk/....php?p=5&p no=0for those of you who want to know) and told her she should read it. She read the site, and she was like, 'wow laura, that's not good! You poor thing...' she took the news soooo well. I told her it was a secret and that I was embarrassed, and she's like, it's okay, you don't have to be. Then I said, 'well doesnt it kinda seem weird to you...?' and she was like, 'no' and then she started asking lots of questions about it, how long have you had it, does it upset you to see it on tv, to do it and what not, she was really interested in it. And then everything just came out. I figured, she is taking this sooo well and being sooo nice about it that I just told her about my ocd, anxiety disorder...everything. And she was interested, sincere, and soo amazingly nice about the whole thing. And at the end of our convo, she said to me, 'it's good you told me, thank you'


It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder. NowI can really really be myself because I know that she understands me completely. Its so great. And i am so proud of myself. It's a huge triumph for me. I am soo happy!

[2jo2]

Horray for you!!! That is the hardest part! I told my husband about it about 6 months ago, and I swear it took me about 45 minutes to say the words.


Good for you! Expand your support system. She'll for sure protect you it sounds like.

[s.a.l]

WOW, that is FANTASTIC. I am so very very happy for you! It is great when people just understand, or a willing to learn and understand about it. I went skiiing the other week (yes i am in the Southern Hemisphere so our winter is just ending, we had a great snow season this year for down here for us, but not whencompared to what it is like elsewhere)and was terrified, btu then i learned that one of the guys on the trip his partner, girlfriend whatever is also like me so terrfiied and suffers emet! i was so wraped that someone else there had an understanding and now i can't wait to meet this guys partner! It made me feel a alot more at ease and safe, to know that there was someone there looking out for you on some level! I am so happy for you that is great news. good on you for telling her!!!

[wing]

That's great! I just told one of my best friends [there's 2] last week. She sleptover and i told her in the morning. I was so nervous before that but when i told her she kind of had the same reaction of your friend. I didnt even have to give my friend to read the stuff from the website she asked to see it and when she read it she was like "this is interesting" and asked me so many questions.I wanted to tell her more but igot nervous again, butthat night when everyone else went to sleep, she was like "sodo you want totalk about it still?". I was so happy~!We stayed up until 3:40 the next night talking about it and other things.

[sbias]

CONGRATS little lady..... I am so proud of you.

[sunshine16]

Thanks sooo much guys! Emet dont have the best of me anymore!


And congrats, wing, on telling your friend as well. I was nervous too, but I think that's to be expected. Its a big step!

[Jenneh]

thats absolutely fantastic. i really hope the support from her is enough for you to beat this thing!


Jen xxxxxxxxxx