Re: What do I do?
This might be a stupid question, but is your son the one with emetophobia, and that's why he's keeping you up?
I had this when I was twelve and did the same thing your son did. Eventually my mom just told me to suck it up.
At the time I thought that was the most abusive and neglectful parenting ever, but I did outgrow the phobia not long after she (and others) stopped enabling it.
Whenever I felt ill at school, I would always go to the health office and call my parents. At first I'd be picked up and be taken home, but eventually they either made me stay in the nurse's room the rest of the day or go back to class.
Once again, at the time I was really upset about it, and thought life was completely unfair, but the "suck it up" attitude prevailed in the end.
Make sure he goes out and does things - sports, clubs, social activities - whatever he can to distract himself. And whenever he has one of those anxiety attacks, ask him if the threw up the last time he felt ill (assuming he didn't).
I hope that's helpful, even though ignoring your kid can't be easy and he'll probably be pretty upset with you to start with. Just make sure he knows you love him, but he can't keep doing this.
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