Age first noticed phobia

[mistydb27]

Hi Everyone,


It's been a couple of years since I posted last but I need a favor. I am seeing a new therapist and I need to know about what your earliest memory is of being afraid of this. Was it something you started being afraid of as a teenager or maybe 8 yrs old?


For me, it is my very earliest memory. There are no memories before it so I was around the age of 2 or 3.


I will check back later for your responses. I really appreciate any info you can give.





Misty

[Jenneh]

my EARLIEST memory of being scared of v*, was when i was bout... 6?


i was at my tutors house, she taught me maths and english, and i suddenlty felt quite ill..... i was very very panickd, and i kept pulling on my ear (smthing i still do now) and i was so frightened. she called my parents up right away and said that i looked so panicky, smthing was up..


thats my first memory really!


not until about... 5 years later did my phobia fget out of hand tho


Jen xxxxx

[mistydb27]

Do you know why? Because I think I have finally figured out why I am.





Misty

[Jenneh]

its a mixture of things....


but i put it down to being abused in the past. made a very anxious person, and this is how my anxiety has manifested itself.


Jen xxxx

[wing]

I think i was about 4-5 years old. I used to get sick often but i never liked to tell my parents staight out. They would have to figure it out. I was uncomfortable mentioning it. i think that was it...

[rachelle]

Hiya,


I cannot really remember wen abouts I noticed I was afraid... maybe around 8/9? My life was absolutely "normal" if u will and this phobia never interfered until I was 15 and my parents took me to see a counsellor. Things got better after about a year and now i think its back under control again. [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]


Rachel xxx

[mbs730]

I
know that after my horrible experience with syrup of ipecac I was
completely phobic of it and I was 4 at the time. I would be scared if
someone said that he or she was not feeling well and I got scared when
I felt sick too. I know before I was 4 I v'ed the odd time and when I
did, it happened in my bed, yuck. I am now 29 and I am still as phobic
of v like I was back then. It hasnt gotten any better since but I want
to find a way to tackle this.



Miriam

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[mistydb27]

Thanks for your input.


I am 31 and I believe mine started as a result of sexual abuse around the age of 2 or 3 and it has grown progressively worse over the years. I am very lucky that my family and friends arevery tolerant although it took my husband several years to realize it was not something I could just blow off. I have a 9 year old son who I am unable to take care of when he is sick which of course makes me feel like I am the worst mother in th universe.


The new therapist is using a technique called Theophostic Ministry. She is my 5th counselor. I am hoping for something good.





Misty

[Jenneh]

i have never heard of that technique? do u think u cud explain it a bit?


dont worry if u cant... i cud always look it up and see what info i can pick up!


Jen xxx

[mistydb27]

It is hard to explain. If you go to Google and type it in search it will pull it up.


Theo is Greek for God and Phos is Greek for light. God's Light. I don't know if it will work but my depression has been spiralling down and I am willing to try anything at the moment. It sounds weird and I'm still in the skeptical stage but she says she has helped several emets overcome their fears. (is that hope i hear?)





Misty

[chloe]

I was about 6/7 and there was a girl who would v* whenever anyone burped at parties and stuff - I can remember puttin gmy fingers in my ears, shuting my eyes and shaking...I may even have been younger - but that was the ages when my OCD of hand washing and brushing my teeth kinda got going. I cut the teeth brush down when I was about 14 and now, at 22 I've cut the handwashing down,


I'm not really sure what triggered my phobia - it may have been this girl - v*ing "on cue" as it were...I'm not sure. I'm hoping hypnotherapy will help me find out the REAL trigger so then I'll be able to know the reason behind the way I am...if that make sense..

[sarahg]

I was in my early teans when it all started - but I couldnt understand what was wrong with me then. Its only as I have got older and read about it that I know its not just me being silly (as my Mum would call me) but there is an actual name for it.


Don't know what started it, can only presume its something to do with being ill as a child and experiencing bad times at school and at home .... Like Chloe, maybe if I knew exactly what has triggered it all I might be able deal with it.

[sage]

Misty,


Sexual abuse is consistent with developing any anxiety disorder...and emetophobia can surface as a specific phobia for any number of reasons. No matter what the cause, the treatment is the same.


Be sure to take advantage of the information at the top of this thread on "sticky topics". Especially my piece on how to choose a therapist. If you have a good relationship with this therapist, you may find some success. But if you do not, don't give up - there is lots of help out there and thousands of people have been successfully treated for this phobia.


Good luck!

[nwyrkgrrl]

hmmm I know mine started in 3rd grade when this kid moved down the road from me. He had a something wrong with his stomach that caused him to v* daily. He was on my schoolbus and the teacher sat him at my table. At first it didn't bother me too much but he was a nasty rotten little kid and started pretending that he was going to v* on me. From him doing that to me on the bus and in class, I guess I just developed a fear of it.


Now I feel like a schmuck because when my boyfriend's daughter is with us and she's sick I can't help her. Instead of comforting her like I know she needs, I panic. I hate being like this. I feel as others do - like I'm a bad person for not being able to help and remain calm.


But the definition of Phobia is "A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous."


I need help finding resources to overcome this. Please tell me any successes, failures, anything anyone has tried that I might be able to try.

[sage]

Check out the sticky topics at the top of this thread - lots of help and resources there!

[SullyMel]

Ever since I was little, I was always afraid of vomiting. I would always cry when it happened. I first noticed something was wrong with me was when I was in third grade. I think I was 9 then. I remember everything. It's so weird.

[r311dude]

I was in the 5th grade...now I'm 20 years old and ajunior in college hah Edited by: r311dude

[maryp]

Misty,


I was about 8 or 9 when I first started with this emet. I was sick one time and I was fine about it at first but then I got sicker and all my cousins were over at my house and I remember being locked in the bathroom crying and v***. And after that, I had like this lump in my throat for like months. I now know it was my nerves but I would never go anywhere because I would always tell my aunt that I gonna be sick. I can feel it. It's stuck in my throat. She kept on telling me that it was only my nerves and to try and preoccupy myself and keep my mind off it. But for the longest time, that lump was there. And finally, one day, it was gone. But everytime I feel nauseaus or my kid or my husband is sick, I can't be anywhere around them. I can't touch or care for them or anything and I also feel like a totally rotten mom and wife. I just wish I knew why I was so scared of it. It is like nothing i have ever felt. I think I'm not even as afraid of death as i am of v***. It's so weird. But I think I remember seeing that you were from Louisiana. If so, what part are you from? I also live in Louisiana. And it's so good to know that there are people like me so close. I hope I have shed some light.


Maryp

[stephiewephie05]

i was 8 &amp; in the 2nd grade. don't want to go into the details to vivid for me.