My Emetophobia Story | How I Overcame My Emetophobia | Rhiannon Salmons
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hey everyone, thank you for watching this video. Please be kind and considerate, emetophobia is a REAL fear and it's absolutely debilitating, it's not stupid or made up, it can completely cripple the sufferer, so please try to have empathy and be understanding. Emetophobia is something that has hugely impacted me and controlled so much of my life, it's an absolutely terrifying and exhausting phobia to live with - and as I explained, it links into my anxiety and panic attacks, therefore it's always a vicious circle. I know that so many people struggle with emetophobia, and that's why I wanted to make this video all about my experience with it as my first instalment of Mental Health Monday, because I want to help you to feel like you're not alone and that I seriously understand what you're going through. And I hope that my advice / summary at the end helped you also, I know that it's not going to pay off overnight but if you keep reminding yourself of all the little positive affirmations I threw in there, over time it might start to help you because I know it did for me. At least I hope it does for you too. I am so glad and so happy that I've overcome a lot of my emetophobia - or at least the anxiety that was fuelling it has gone. It makes life so much easier and I felt like I was in a good place mentally to finally film this video.
Feel free to leave a comment down below with requests for my mental health series and things you would like me to talk about next - I'm totally open and happy to talk about anything, because mental illness and self-confidence and everything like that is something I'm so passionate about and I give my whole heart to it.
If you don't have emetophobia, I'm sorry that this video is irrelevant to you - hopefully one of my upcoming videos for this series with resonate more with you and will be able to help you (hopefully).
I love you all so much and please know that it does get better.
Mwah
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I hate that having emetophobia is incontrollable. I get anxiety so much and i can't bear it. I think I'm gonna throw up every night
Im the exact same, its horrible, here for you
I feel the same all day everyday and it's ruling my life
Sofia Cuevas me too
Me too omg guys
Every night I think I'm gonna throw up. I keep thinking that if I say to myself I'm not gonna throw up, I'm fine, it will make my throw up. It is horrible.
I have emetophobia. I've had it since I was 4-5, It all started because I was having a sleepover with my best friend at the time. She had been eating snacks all day and wasn't feeling very well, well in the middle of the night she woke me up with four words: " I just threw up" I had to get her parents while she was over the toilet and they just told her to sleep in her sisters bed. I was afraid that it would happen again so I slept on the floor. Every time she coughed during the night I jerked awake,scared,cold and shaking, hoping she wouldn't throw up again. Ever since then, when someone else gets sick or says " I feel sick" I will start sweating, feel sick, and I will close my eyes and plug my ears so I don't hear or see anything..and worry so much that I'll almost cry. When I feel sick, I have a mini panic attack. I shake, I can't sleep, and I'm constantly checking my temperature to see if I have a fever. It's horrible 😣
I do the checking my temperature thing too! My generalised anxiety disorder means I get a lot of physiological symptoms, one of which is shaking. Actually did that this afternoon.
Happy Kitty this is literally my story to😭
Happy Kitty - Seriously I'm the same way, and I'm 25. It's absolutely horrible to live with. I sleep in the same bed as my boyfriend now and I worry constantly that he's going to get sick.
I do the same. exact. thing. it makes me feel better seeing that other people go through the same exact ting. I hate living this way
Happy Kitty same
I used to think "the longer it's been since I've thrown up, the more likely it will happen today". How crazy is that?
Danielle Patrice same and i absolutely hate it
SAME I usually throw up once a year and this year i didn’t so IM SO SCARED HELPANSLSNAKXJKSJSJ
Danielle Patrice Same, it terrifies me
Danielle Patrice I think that all the time 😓😣
I think about that nearly every day like the exact thing
I have SEVERE emetaphobia. Just wanted to say I’ve made it through an entire pregnancy, c section, and 5 surgeries without getting sick. I’ve had it since I was 5. Just in case anyone was looking for hope that is afraid of these things. I almost didn’t have a baby because of this fear but I’m so glad I did. It’s definitely possible 🙏🏼😘
Same
Did you vomit during the pregnancy? That sounds so hard not to! But good job facing your fears!
OMGG that’s one of my biggest fears getting pregnant with this severe emetophobia that I have but I think if you made it I can too😅
@@lucy_goose Not once. Didn’t even get nauseous
@@Daniela-sp5ud I definitely made it! My son just turned 10 and I have also made it through multiple stomach bugs that he’s had without ever catching it. His dad did have to deal with that part of it but he knew that was his job if it ever happened before we even talked about having kids 😂 A few times I left the house and stayed at my moms while he stayed with my son. So there’s ways around that as well ☺️
This made me cry... I have the exact same problem and it hurts me
Rock On ME TOO
Lizzy :D same
same im crying right now, i've been dealing with it for basically my whole my life :(
Ellie Rose same and I'm dealing it with right now and I know I'm gonna get sick but I don't want to 😭
Sfx Queen me too I don't cry often but hearing someone who finally gets everything that I've dealt with for years just finally makes me feel like I'm not alone
This is 100% me ... I haven't been ill in so long that it's just too much for me to handle rn
The thought of it is terrifying. And I feel like the longer you go without getting sick, the greater the fear becomes. :(
+Rhiannon Salmons yes definitely! I had to have an endoscopy and the lead up was horrible because just the thought of having a tube down my throat made me gag and it was horrific... But I'd say my emetaphobia has gotten a lot better :)
Anja Melissa same
Search about a book called Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive. Understand you better.
This is actually very accurate! When I was 14, I hadn't thrown up in about 4 years and it made my fear of sick, a huge anxiety. It got worse over the next few years to the point of losing many many nights of sleep. I am now nearly 20 and have been ill 3 times since (2 self indulged). Right now I am in the best place I have ever been. Trust me, you just think 'oh my god that was nothing! why was i worrying' and it makes the next time easier and the next time even easier. Just yesterday, after having too much to drink I literally just woke up and tried to lay there and contain the nausea, the moment I realised it wasn't going to happen I made the decision to get up and get it over with. That is the biggest achievement for me because if you saw me those years before, I was a wreck even thinking of it. I'd rather have died. Exposure I believe is the way which nobody wants to hear- Trust me I know! Of course it is not pleasant but facing it is the only time that you will literally think to yourself, what on earth was I so scared of. (I too was one of those people who wasn't triggered by words or videos / photos. Just the experiencing it)
My mom vomits at least once a year and she gets to angry at me because I run and hide when I hear her start to gag.
I have never related this much.
People in my family tease me about my Emetophobia a lot because it causes me to do crazy things. Once when we were in our car my older sister who was sitting next to me got sick and threw up and I unbuckled and climbed over the seats and was legit about to open the car door because of it. I've had so many experiences I could go on and on but this is the one my family always goes on about.
yes i actually leave the house or have a panic attack
I hid from a chemo patient because of my emetephobia not my proudest moment
It’s scary because I want to help but I can’t and I’ve had the experience where you can’t be there
I witnessed my bff vomit twice today in my house. I walked to her and saw she had thrown up on. The floor, I ran into the corner on my living room (not the same room she threw up in) and walked back in forth crying and shaking infront of my dad, mom and my bff, I couldn’t get the image out of my mind and kept have flash backs. She went home and I was scared to touch anything that she touched so my mom cleaned almost everything... she even asked me to come to the grocery with her just to get out for a while and forget it, but people with this terrible phobia understand that it isn’t so easy to just ‘forget’. She asked me in the car, “did you see anything?” And I nod and immediately started crying my eyes out. I still can’t get rid of this fear... any advice that helps? I feel like I’ve tried everything.
Maybe read up on EMDR. Interesting story about a 47 year old lady who had suffered all her life and her life was turned around by it.
Gracie B oh my god.When I was 8yrs old there was this kid named Richard.We went on a horrible field trip.We went on such a long hot sweaty hike.And one of my friends had allergies.When we were getting ready to go home I had dropped my markers near a trash can.So I was picking them up and Richard was putting his head in the trash can.I thought he was looking for something so I didn’t mind.He started to vomit.I ran into the corner of the room.In a curled ball crying up and down.People were laughing at him.I was furious but in pain.No one came up to me, not even my bestest of friends.I went up to the teacher crying like my mom died.She asked me what’s wrong.I explained,She said “why are you crying?” I said “I d-don’t kn-now.” Crying horribly. My friend gave me my markers and I got to sit behind her desk and she gave me some of her tissues.That day traumatizes me.
a boy in my class threw up and i obsessed over it for two days and had nightmares
@@kirstymacrae278 im taking EMDR right now
im continuing it online
I didn't know a word for this existed! I have had this since such a young age and I've been told to "just get over it".
Lunaric same 😭
Same! Whenever I try to tell my mom about it she just tells me to stop thinking about it but I CAN'T! It's not in my power to stop it.
Ikr 😭
Lunaric same my parents don’t understand
OMG OMG OMG. SAMEEEE.
I'm bloated right and feel sick. I'm panicking plus I'm 26 weeks pregnant it makes it worse. I can't sleep.
I'm so sorry...
How are you now? x
I'm only 13 but I'm am scared of pregnancy when I'm older because of morning sickness
@@tahliac8568 same
Tahlia 1245 omg same 😔
It is so comforting to know that someone has the same triggering point as me
this is so touching. especially the part with remembering what clothes you were wearing and all of that plus the experiences from your childhood you shared were so familiar to me as i struggle with emetophobia myself since i was a kid. thank you for making this video!
emi95yt the clothes thing is something I do also. :/
Warning! Might be triggering!
I know that I'm here really late but thank you for your video.
I'm 16 and I didn't know that something like that exists before watching this. When I was younger, like 7 years old I had really strong symptoms of that phobia. It all started when I was on vacation with my parents and cousin. We were sleeping in a tent and one night I got sick and in the middle of the night and had to run out of the tent barefoot and you know... It was absolutely terrifying. I cried while throwing up, begged it to stop and tried to keep it inside. It was so traumatic that I couldn't sleep for the next few months after we got back. I was panicking every night, refusing to go to bed without having this huge plastic bowl (?) near and I was constantly swallowing saliva to the point where my tongue was dry and hurt. It was a really hard time in my life and it continued for about a year. Fear stayed for much longer. I still remember what food caused this and I can recall all of the feelings. Little me promised herself not to throw up ever again.
The "funny" thing is that the night after I got sick my cousin did exactly the same except that he had thrown up all over our place and it was so scary that after that accident I couldn't bring myself to speak to him for a long time.
All of my elementary school I was absolutely terrified of bus rides. I was getting so stressed before our class was going somewhere that the only thing that I could think about before a trip was that one of the kids could get sick. I was afraid to sit next to others and when someone actually said that they were sick I would panic so hard and shake. I was trying not to show it tho. I always thought that my fears were irrational and didn't tell anyone about it. I thought I was weak and silly. I tried to overcome it so hard that with time, after all the years I get ahold of my fear. This video reminded me of the past and I think that this still exists somewhere, maybe not even that deep in me. I haven't thrown up after that accident and I just noticed that I'm still doing everything to avoid situations like that. I control what and how I'm eating really carefully and whenever I feel a bit sick I feel anxious. Mentioning throwing up is still a bit triggering for me and I don't know how I would react if someone near me would do it. I wasn't paying attention to this so it means that it doesn't control my life anymore. These are just old habits I guess.
Anyone else has similar experience?
One time my cousin threw up and i was terrified. I ran out of the house and stayed outside for hours he was throwing up for like 10 minutes and i couldn’t go back inside. and when i had to get my stuff in the house i didn’t touch anything. right now i feel really sick and i’m scared of gonna throw up and i tried to make myself throw up but it didn’t work
when i feel like i have to throw up i cannot tell anyone and if i absolutely need to end up telling someone i have to wait till the last possible time to tell them
Same, it’s almost like a confirmation that your going to get sick
Thank you so much for going through all that! I am lying in bed right now freaking out bc my friend today said the reason she had been off school was because she had gastro... I was freaking out and thinking oh god did I get to close to her today egh, oh god I think my stomach hurts, oh god... You know the feeling anyway I searched up fear of vomiting and it brought me to you! This video has really calmed me down and made me realise where my anxiety is sparked from- that loss of control. Emetophobia is like a constant washing machine where in your head you start thinking about something which sparks some anxiety which then makes you feel a bit sick and then that makes you more anxious which then makes you feel more sick and so on. Anyway I'm gonna sleep now!! Thanks xx
Our daughter had a lot of success with this book: www.emetophobia.co.uk/
Haven't been sick since June 1 2016 and it's making me more scared its as if all of my emotions r building up to prepare for the time I am sick
I love cats I am 13 and haven’t been sick since I was 6
once i got really ill from chicken and this developed my emetophobia. i used to stay up for 12 hours since i had last eaten meat, because i was terrified of getting food poisoning so i've now become veggie because it scared me so much. now, anything can make me worry, if i overhear someone out of context, or someone is feeling unwell. not a day goes past when i dont worry about it, and it's also sort of started a weird panicky insomnia which is when i cant sleep because of the fear i will be sick. its so hard :(
the exact same thing with me thats why im not asleep now x
sophia youve become “Veggie”?
Honestly I would just become vegetarian at that point
Oops I didn’t read the full comment
I'm on the 2% side.... thanks for this video
Me too man
I’ve had emetophobia my whole life and I try to hide it as much as I can and I can relate to this so much and I’m only 12
Same 😔
Same😭
I have this terrible phobia and its not easy ;-;""
I found out when one of my classmates threw up. It was terrible. I got hard anxiety, stomach ache... I almost cried and I stopped eating properly because it wouldnt go away from my mind. Anyway, thanks for this video... stay strong gurl
Watcing this video has given me so much releif to know that other people out there have emetophobia like me. Thank you so much by making thus video you have helped me so much.
I cried so much watching this. I have struggled with Emetophobia and had no one to relate to, I have felt so embarrassed. One time someone was sick in my school and for the rest of that year I didn’t want to go to school, I had panic attacks everyday before school but I was too embarrassed to say why. Thank you for opening up! xoxo
i didn't realize i had emetophobia until very recently, but it started when i was 7. now i realize how much of a problem it was, even then. i threw up on a thursday, and a few years later, also threw up on a thursday again. after that for about a year, i would be afraid of thursdays because i was so scared of throwing up and thought i would just because of the day. i also couldn't say vomit or throw up, i would have to say "get sick" because the words themselves bothered me. if i saw anone on tv throw up, i would feel nauseous for hours after, much less someone in person. both times after i got sick in elementary school, for the rest of the school year, i would either have visible panic attacks in class or go to the nurse every. single. day. this year, for months on end, i would just be sitting in class and have an overwhelming feeling that i was going to throw up with no nausea. this would happen multiple times an hour, every day, and i am just starting to get over this now. i am so happy that now i've found other people that share this so i can learn how to overcome this fear because it's something that can have such a huge impact on someone's life.
I have a fear of thunder storms. If it makes you feel any better. If there's a thunder storm at night I will stay up until all hours waiting for it to end. Then I feel like a wuss. Everyone is afraid of something and I think those who say they don't are either lying or haven't found the thing they fear yet. Not saying that thunder storms are my greatest fear but you get the point.
I have a fear of passing out that's about it
This is crazy. I always though my whole life, prior to this year, that i was the only one who felt this way or that I had something rare. With you explaining what you went through, I realize that Im having a super similar experience. Thank you so so so so much for this video
fermit kermit me too. I’ve had it for as long as I can remember.. I’m 23 this year. Tonight is the first time I’m diving in and finding people who struggle with the same thing. So sorry you have this. But I am glad to know I’m not alone 🦋
Thank you so much for making this video, it’s so comforting that somebody else can relate to issues like mine. I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety since age 7, and I just appreciate knowing that I’m not going through Etemephobia by myself.
Emetephobia+
I empathise and sympathise with each and every one of you writing comments on this upload. My emetophobia started in 1999. I'm 47 now. I had just graduated as a mature student, terrified of my first job in teaching. I lost 2 stone. Not anorexic, which people then assumed I was due to the weight loss ( how do they throw up??? Soooo brave). I've no worries about anyone else feeling ill/being ill. It's a fear of nausea and ultimately throwing up. A vicious circle, yes. The last time this happened to me physically it was 2007. It's now in 2019! Nausea is a trigger, and the fear of nausea causes nausea. I don't eat rice, pasta or curry. Only rice caused a bout of severe sickness..with 15 hours of nausea! I miss out on all the food I love. I loved working with young children, I never caught a bug ever, in 20 years..though I can't work in the childcare environment anymore. I went through a pregnancy without nausea! This is rare. So I'm not a sicky person. It's the lack of control I'm scared of
I have the same problem it makes me sick to hear the V word
Me too :(
Same 😭🥺
All my family knows that I go crazy when I vomit, because once it happens,it affects me so much that I am unable to eat,sleep or do anything except for thinking about vomiting again.Basically if I vomit once,I keep vomiting until I visit the doctor. One day I started to scream out of fear after I vomited,my father didn't take me seriously,my sister suggested that I needed a psychiatrist.Only my mom sat next to me the entire night and made me realize that I am emetophobic.She asked me to calm down and think about other things.After some time,I recalled how I had screamed,it made me laugh and somehow helped me that night.I am not very sure if I overcame my phobia since that incident happened recently and I didn't vomit after that.All I learnt is that everybody needs atleast one constant support who doesn't judge,a support that can listen and a support that tries to understand and help.
I’m 27 and have had this phobia since I was literally a toddler. My mom is a “loud” puker and had horrible morning sickness with my younger sister. She says, that I walked in on her getting sick one morning and that’s when we believe it started. I don’t fear vomiting myself, I fear hearing/seeing other people vomiting around me. It’s absolutely debilitating.
I have never seen or heard anything as relattable as this video. I cannot thank you enough for making it. What you have said is 99.99999% accurate to my experience. For me, 2020 has been the roughest year with my emetophobia and anxiety. I have been seeing a therapist since last March, and she has helped me a lot. Today was the first time I ever watched videos on it though. I cried almost all the way through because I cannot believe that there are other people just like me. THANK YOU ❤️
*relatable
I have the same thing and nobody understands me but it’s been taking over my life
Camille Trimble It’s the same for me, my parents won’t believe me, and the worst thing is, this kid at my school is always sick. I can barely survive there ;(
I almost cried watching this video because you described exactly what I've been experiencing and it made me feel so seen! I got sick earlier this year and came so close to throwing up, closer than I've come in YEARS, but I didn't. However, ever since then I have developed a full-on anxiety disorder and I have panic attacks constantly because I'm so scared of being sick. It's exactly as you described, I notice the smallest symptom/feeling in my body and start thinking I'm getting sick and then my anxiety ramps up and just makes my nausea even worse. It's been so hard and it's made simple things like going to the shops and going to work so challenging. But I'm starting exposure therapy with my therapist and I'm really hoping that in the coming months, I'll start seeing positive results. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!!
This video was so so so helpful. It brought me to tears at some points because I've never heard from anyone else who suffers from it.
I have being feeling sick for the past hour and was having a major panic attack and I found this video, I’ve suffered all my life with emetophobia and this video just made me feel so much calmer thankyou!!!!! ❤️
I have emetophobia too. It is really hard been with friends at parties and stuff. One thing I always avoid is amusement parks, because I am so afraid to see someone throw up. My emetophobia started when I was really young, when I heard the sound of my dog vomiting, I would lock myself in my room and cry. Actually Yesterday I was on the airplane, and a guy behind me said “I need a vomiting back”, and I started freaking out, because normaly I just run when people say stuff like that, but I was stuck on the airplane. Thank you for making this video, this helped me so much
Thank you so much! This video was so so helpful. I haven’t been sick in years but it worries me every day and it sucks :((
I avoided being around children at all cost. Especially at birthday parties, amusement parks, and when they have the flu. I would be afraid to eat certain foods, travel, and even use handrails. I HATE dealing with this because I really just desire a normal life. It even gives me anxiety to get pregnant and raise children, being afraid of morning sickness, or my future children getting sick. It has progressed for me in a way because I’m not as afraid if I have to throw up, but I’m still afraid of others getting sick.
I’m up at 10:30 at night. My sister brought a bucket in the car when my mum was picking me up from dance. She said “I don’t feel well” I’m so scared of her throwing up.
I understand completely. Be strong. Pray. You've got this!
Watching this, I felt like you were explaining my life!! Everything you say I can relate to and it is so nice to know that I’m not alone and I’m not crazy.
thank you for sharing this story!! I always felt so alone and like i could never tell anyone because they would make fun of me or not understand so this video helped me so much and i’m watching this video as i’m trying to not feel anxious about my emetophobia right now. But shoutout to you for finally talking about this issue
This is 100%. Everything you said. I am 30 and am currently having my first proper stomach bug. I turned to your video so I don't feel so alone.
When I was very little I got food poisoning from a restaurant. I woke up in the middle of the night and just threw up all through my bed, but it didn’t really bother me. I went and I woke up my mom and told her and everything was okay. I threw up multiple times that day. I can still tell you the exact clothes I was wearing, but I went on with my life. I have never thrown up sense. Recently I got extremely nauseous and dizzy in a public place with no where to go or hide and I also just don’t know the feeling that well. I kept telling myself “you’re not going to throw up you’re not going to throw up”. Now, my anxiety is through the roof. I’m not scared of throw up, I’m terrified of the feeling, and as a grown up I feel like I can’t just go wake up my mom anymore, or I can’t just throw up and be like oops. I’m a grown adult I should know better. I’m terrified of even leaving the house, I have felt nauseous for days and days at a time. Little things trigger my anxiety and make me feel sick. I don’t go out and see friends. I do nothing. I am beyond terrified of the feeling and losing control. That’s it
This is extremely helpful, I never knew that this was a thing. I have struggled my entire life with this phobia. I can relate to everything you have touched on in this video! Thank you for sharing!
Part of the 2% great. Glad I only have manic depression and not suicidal depression because I'd not of been here today. Thanks for the video. This is s*it to say the least and I hope others recover as well as myself of course and we can finally move on with our lives and not have to put up with this.
I am a ten year old girl I have had this my entire life and it controlles my life. My mom and Dad don’t know that I have this. I have never known other people with this except myself. Reading the comments makes me cry so much. But now I know I am not alone. Also. I have had More than one person say to me it’s my a bit of sick I feel so emotional and embarrassed.
I’m so glad I have stumbled across this video. Every single thing you said I have felt the same since I can remember! Makes me want to speak out about my phobia now. X
Good for you.
I have Emetophobia, and whenever I get sick I PANICK, when we went to vacation, my brother got sick I also PANICK....
I have it and my grandma got mad at me on Christmas because my cousins were throwing up and I was crying through the whole thing. When they left I was fine. Idk why she got mad at me for that 😑😑
I'm on the 'control' side of emetophobia. It hasn't manifested in other phobias because I'm too stubborn to let my feelings stop me from doing basic stuff. But my anxiety still sparks up anytime someone gags, and I'll shut down completely if I hear someone vomit.
the type of emetephobia that I suffer from is where i have a panic attack or feel super anxious when im away from a bathroom or unable to get to one. its more of if im going to have to vomit then I want to be alone and not have people watching. then once i get to the bathroom i feel more calm, but then the orgin of the fear sets in where i am still completely terrified of throwing up and i have a panic attack. I have had emetephobia my whole life and i go through phases of it in different levels. one year I will be very anxious and my emetephobia will be at a all time high, then the next year I wont worry about it to much. Ive realized that it is a control issue, ive always wanted to be in control and when im not i get scared. luckily I dont get triggered by the word vomit or having people be sick around me.
Don’t worry your not the only one suffering in through emetophobia. Whenever I see people being sick, I freak out and start crying. Once when we were practicing our play, there was this girl and whenever she went hot she threw up, like the time it was my friends party at laser quest, the girl got really hot and threw up on the dinner table and legit, I ran down the stairs and went crying behind a door. When we were practicing the play, she got hot and then she kept coughing. I kept falling off the stage in case she would throw up, so she had to go near a window. Emetophobia really effects my life too and makes it harder to go through life when I see people throwing up or feeling sick. When I feel sick sometimes I always get worried and ask my mother if I would be sick and she would say no, the last time I was sick was 3 years ago so I’ve been rather lucky. My biggest fear is when I go up to high school in September. I’m worried I might run out the room during assembly’s. On the induction day there was this girl who was sick outside during her he assembly but she was like, near the door and I actually didn’t know until 2 weeks later! So I was rather lucky for this. For those who are suffering from emetophobia, just remember to stay strong and be yourself, it will be hard.
Edit: I just realised this was too long sorry!
I haven’t been sick for lots of years, but now there is a stomach flu around my house and I honestly feel like I am in hell. I haven’t throw up but my parents have and the anticipation that is might happen is driving me insane
I felt so alone but I no longer do. This reassured me that I’m not crazy! Thank you
I have never related to something more in my life
This hit me so hard
I absolutely love this video! ❤️ I actually cried watching this because I have it too and have been really struggling lately and it’s just nice to know I’m not the only one dealing with it!
Whenever someone says they feel sick I wanna run away from them but if I’m stuck with them I start having a panic attack
I haven't thrown up in 16 years. I'm thinking maybe I should force myself to throw up and get it over with, I'm tired of being afraid.
tbh same. i’m in recovery from emet and i just wanna see if my progress i think i’m making is real. i nearly did it the other day and the only think holding me back was my eating disorder (i canf eat much at all due to the stomach pain my restrictions have given me) and i knew if i threw up then i would lose all the calories i tried so hard to force into me
I hate having emetophobia. Mine started from me being sick in the summer for my first time at 10 years old! I used to watch videos and vlogs where someone was sick. It was a weird obsession where all I watched was sick! I don't watch that anymore as I'm too scared! I don't know what to do as for it is uncontrollable. I have panick attacks so often and say I coughed I would have a panick attack. I get scared to go to bed every night and I get scared to wake up in the morning in case I'm sick. I can't think to myself that I will not be sick because I think that if I think that then I will. Like a jinx. I don't worry about losing control I worry aboat the feeling in my throat, the look and when I am sick people staring at me. When I was sick I was with my grandma and now I worry about going with my grandma! Someone is coming to my house tomorrow to talk to me about it. I didn't realise how many people actually had it! If anyone has any advise please leave it in the comment box below and I wish you all good look!❤️and I'm sorry this was a long comment.❤️
When someone throws up, I go through stages.
Stage 1: Proccessing. I start realizing.
Stage 2: Desesperation. The first tears start to come out.
Stage 3: Cry for help. If I have a phone, I just call my parents.
Stage 4: Calming myself down. I stop screaming.
Stage 5: Accept it. I stop worrying but still won't go near the person until weeks later.
Stage 6: Recovery. I kind of forget about that incident.
Right now I'm on stage 5. The first 5 stages are through the day. The last one is on weeks.
By the way, for anyone who doesn't know this, here are some tips to not get sick.
1. Wash your hands frequently, especially before eating and after using the restroom.
2. Touch your face as LITTLE as possible.
3. Get plenty of sleep (this boosts your immune system)
4. Eat healthy foods, and don't skip meals (I know from experience. Once I got a fever of 105 and i was so scared that i would throw up that i didn't eat or drink for days. I had to go the ER. This was in second grade.)
6. Drink lots of water.
Hermione 10Gaming I appreciate where you’re coming from but I also think that giving people tips on how to not get sick is actually just perpetuating the phobia. It’s feeding it and almost letting it win.
This is totally me, I can relate so much this really helped me!
I have emotophobia but I can still say and hear Vomit (it doesn’t trigger me) thought it’s really severe and I have to see a psychologist (my parents used to think it was a silly little thing but it’s really serious ) anyone who has it and it’s affecting them tell someone that will understand 🥰
My parents too they think I'm weird because they Say it's normal for a person to... You know 😭
I didn't shower for 2 days because I saw a little vomit on the side of the bath...I hate vomit 😭
I used to pray every night not to throw up and when i would wake up I took a sigh of relief
When I was in the second grade, I was at my friends house to spend the night and the next morning we decided we would play Call Of Duty with her older brother. As we were playing, she was telling us that she didn’t feel good and she walked in her moms room. A few seconds later, I hear her mom curse loudly and run with her towards the bathroom, but the door was closed and her older sister was showering, so instead they ran to the thrash can, which was definitely worse for me because I hate the noises, like most people here. That triggered my anxiety, and I was shaking as I was trying my best to ignore what was happening and to just focus on the game. She came back to the living room and for awhile she was fine, until she got that look on her face and started saying stuff like “I don’t feel good” I got scared and hid in-between the two couches and played like that. My grandma came to pick me up, and since the trash can was by the front door, I was forced to walk by it. I always knew I had this phobia, I really just tried everything to ignore it. This kid always had to throw up and each time, I would look away and shake, while everyone would laugh.
This is me. I think I started fearing vomit when I was young, but I don’t really know why. But every time since, I remember everything I ate when the events happened. I remember what I wore, (the last time I was wearing a pink t-shirt and now I am scared to wear it because I fear it would be still contaminated). When I hear that the flu or stomach bug is around I literally start freaking out and avoid crowed places. I am afraid of the before part of throwing up, I feel dizzy, my heart starts going crazy, I feel like fainting, it’s horrible, really horrible. Every time I get even a bit of belly/stomach ache I start panicking, praying it won’t be vomit. We are not alone.
Mine always kicks in at school because there's so many people and it's just so embarrassing like it can ruin my reputation and just AHHHH
I get so stressed out thinking that I might throw up that I get nauseous🤦♀️ I think about throwing up a lot throughout the day but I am too embarrassed to tell people. I don’t like planes or busses because I don’t want to be near any sick people. I totally understand the associating things with being sick! I still can’t drink root beer floats because of a flu I got in grade 5😥
I find that when someone throws up my hands sweat. It is really annoying. I can’t even go on long roadtrips without feeling sick.
I have had Emetophobia since first grade.. and it sucks! It’s the worst period.
Do you still have the phobia?
@@kathilagac4728 yes I still do.
Honestly never related more, like your reading the story of my life !!!
Everything you said ... omg ... two years ago I had typhoid fever and I was terrified... I still remember every detail of that day ... now every time I go out I smell the Chicken and avoid salads or raw vegetables. It’s horrible.
my brother, his friend, my dad, his girlfriend and i were in there car on our way home from a concert. my brother and his friend got drunk and when you get drunk you throw up right? well i was IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM and all of a sudden my brothers friend, brecken started gagging and i screaming and cried and whined because i thought she was going to throw up and my brother knew about my emetephobia and said “why don’t we all throw up! i’m down for it!” and that triggered me so much i was screaming and crying and it was horrible. i still regret it to this day and wish it never happened.
my fear of vomit isn’t necessarily me throwing up (although that terrifies me) but it’s more other people. People drinking alcohol terrifies me and i’m hyper aware of every sound someone near me makes. I get so anxious when i hear that someone feels sick and it affects me everyday. My girlfriend understands luckily and she tries to avoid drinking around me. i just really wish i could get some help for it because it causes me a lot of stress
in grade school, I would get rising anxiety or a rising something warm in my esophagus every time someone would talk about them feeling sick, vomiting, being scared of it or anything. i kind of risked my life on one of those gravitron rides before. it was a gravity ride that was open air, you stick to the wall but you still wear a seatbelt to make sure you don't go flying off. when i got on i stood by myself with a space in between me and this girl my age because i didn't trust kids with rides and vomit. a man and his group of friends had walked in next to me on my right and a man has took the spot next to me which i was mostly fine with, i assumed he could keep his vomit in his mouth. he didnt. i had my eyes closed at the time, enjoying the spinning (and later when i got off the ride my aunt told me she heard a loud collective ''ewww'' from the riders which i didn't hear) when i feel a few droplets of liquid on my jacket and face. i keep my eyes closed and wipe it off just thinking it was rain or something. i open my eyes and look to my right and see this guy with stomach acid and tiny chunks of food all over his face and shirt and immediately my joy turned to going through the whole fight or flight thing and i FLEW. i immediately unbuckled my seatbelt and scooted over to the next seat while the ride was in the air SIDEWAYS because this man threw up on himself. my cute grey gap jacket is ruined and i don't get on that ride at all anymore or any rides at the florida state fair. thanks for listening lol
I have this too, and I use an essential oil called "aromaease." It smells like ginger, spearmint, peppermint and cardamom and it is meant to reduce nausea. It has helped me so much when I start feeling sick or feeling a panic attack coming on.
This is literally me 😞
- I wore a part of nickers before that I was sick in I have never wore them again.
- A boy was sick in Poundland and it was purple I can’t eat purple things.
- If someone says they feel sick whoever that is I just avoid them.
- My sister was sick on a ride before I will never go on that ride again.
I have loads more situations I hope I can speak to people comment if you want to speak.
Also is it just me but I don’t really like funfair rides as people are sick on them. 😞
Whenever I feel I’m about to throw up. I hit/punch/slap/bite myself very hard. The pain distracts my mind of thinking on throwing up. All of this happens while I’m in a panick attack .
I check all the dates all my food and if it's past the use by date and someone tells me it's ok I still won't eat it my anxiety gets worse and worse everyday it's so upsetting and I'm only so young 😭
Oh my lord! We are EXACTLY the same!!! Even down to the panic attack symptoms!
The only time my phobia got better was in early pregnancy because I was vomiting that often I got used to it... but here we are almost two years later, and I’m back to square one! 😔
My phobia started when I had eaten seafood when I was 5. I had gotten terrible food poisoning that lasted a week. My mom got really concerned and took me to the hospital. Now I can’t eat seafood without thinking about vomiting. When my mom makes fish or any other seafood, I just can’t eat it. It sucks since I really loved shrimp but I can’t shake the feeling of vomiting :(
I have the same problem I always feel sick and I hate it, usually I just try and ‘ sleep it off’ although it never gets better thanks for the help 💙
Ever since 2015 I stopped getting sick. But I am still scared to get sick idk why.
Once when my dad said he was going to throw up I panicked so so much because I can't listen to anybody throwing up I go into panic mode I press my ears so hard to not hear a thing. Im olso really scared on going on trips especially with my school because ofcourse somebody will throw up and I can't look at it or listen to it happen. Im really glad I haven't thrown up in awhile,i'd do anything to not throw up even when I have the biggest stomach aches. My parents can't mention the word "throwing up" word when I have stomach aches or anything really. Its honestly so so terrible.
I have Emetophobia but if I compare myself in the last 8 years it's getting better. I've shared a room with at least one of my sister's for my whole life. (I'm only 14 now so that isn't long.) I remember I wouldn't even sleep in my room because I had this mindset that my older sister might throw up in the night. For me it's not normally about whether I'LL throw up, unless I had an upset stomach. I know some people are very cautious about eating under cooked food, I'm not like that. I do however eat a smaller amount the normal because after I feel even remotely full I stop eating because I'm afraid I'll throw up if I eat too much. I don't know exactly when I got Emetophobia but it was some point between 1st grade and I think around 3rd grade.
I have this too. weirdly enough i am actually okay with watching v*miting scenes in movies and TV, I am okay with watching other people be sick especially if the cause is alcohol related as opposed to sickness related. my biggest trigger is probably either hearing someone retching or vomiting, or being sick when it's an illness. also when you were talking about avoiding wearing the outfit you wore when you were sick, the food you ate for dinner etc. that is me as well, I remember the last time I threw up at night I had eaten a spicy chicken pasta salad for lunch the same day and I remember for like three months after that I wouldn't eat a chicken pasta salad. ik that sounds irrational but I feel like it's something you'll only really understand if you have the same thing
My brother has the stomach virus and I’m literally balling my eyes out at 7:00am because his mom threw up and bathroom is right across the hall and I heard it and I’m shaking
I feel your pain. Great vid btw👍
Here’s a list of things that I uncontrollably do because of my emetophobia
1. I WILL NOT eat with out washing my hands because I don’t want to get sick
2. The clothes I wear whilst I’m sick I will never wear again
3. If someone in my household is sick at night I will cry myself to sleep and walk up and down the hall way (in the middle of the night) to pass time.
3. I’d rather swallow my own v*mit than than admit to myself that I’m going to be sick.
I love you Rhiannon your the best UA-camr ever
someone literally threw up in PE even tho i didn’t see it i saw her bending down and the idea of it gave me a panic attack kinda like the feeling when a plane goes up and down then up. i started closing my ears and my eyes even tho i was like a football court away from her. i wouldn’t go to her even after she finished bc i was scared she would do it again. Then i started crying bc i was panicking but everyone thought i wake being dramatic.
thank you so much for making this video.
The worst phrase people say is 'Well no one likes vomitting'
I'm not even going to start😂
Olivia SO TRUE
I know right !!!!
They just don’t understand 😤
Oh my word tell me about it! I think you would appreciate this video that I just put out: ua-cam.com/video/wWeLJc2Jkbo/v-deo.html
seriously tho!! everyone says this to me
Omfg I HATE when people say that it's like "well yeah duh, but that doesnt make me feel better"
This is 100% me ... I haven't been ill in so long that it's just too much for me to handle rn
Have you looked into EMDR?
I am scared to go to sleep, I feel like I'm going to wake up in the middle of the night and vomit. Does anyone else have this problem?
Edit: 3 years later, still happens from time to time 😐
bo brown I do it's horrible 😩😩
Only when im sick
bo brown I do, I'm terrified of waking up in the night and being sick it's horrible
I don't get it all the times but on the nights where I get really stressed and nervous I can barley sleep.
bo brown me. It's so terrible
I don't get on roller coasters because of emetaphobia
Yh same I don't even ask my friend for sleepovers
Same
I'm the same way! And until recently I hadn't been on a rollercoaster In 9 years. And last Summer I went on some really mild ones and I really had fun! So next year I'm going to slowly work my way up. Even though I was so scared waiting in line it was fun! And I'd recommend considering it!
Yvelisse Nunez same
Yvelisse Nunez same I go on itty bitty rc s only no upside downys
Who else is watching this shakeing because they feel like throwing up 🥺
Mommy Gothic me right now 😭😭
Mee
Me and I'm so scared...I don't want to throw up I'd prefer to die right now then to throw up...
Meeeeeeee
@@佐藤ミア what's your name on Instagram
My biggest wish in the world is to get rid of my emetophobia, or in some way make me never throw up again in some way
OMG SAAAME
Exactly the same like I wish throwing up never existed
Yes. For some reason everyday I feel like I’m probably going to throw up! Especially when I’m going somewhere important. No I’m not pregnant, I’m 12😂😭
I have GERD, so I have nausea everyday. And I have extreme emetophobia. And I totally understand. But I’m getting a surgery and 95 percent for eh comments say they can’t throw up anymore , ever again
@@mariannaandsage8093 I have GERD too and it's horrible with my emetophobia. You have stomach pains everyday, you get acid reflux burps that scare you so much and it just sucks. It's been 14 years since I've been sick and I cant stand the thought of it now.
I'm scared of vomiting, every time I eat i think that I might get sick , when it comes to my mind it makes me feel like I'm ill
I’ve gotten better over the years but I always thought that I would throw up because of me eating so I wouldn’t eat and I lost so much wait I almost had to be put in the hospital...
i was scared to eat at restaurants (still am) bc of it... i was scared i was going to get food poisoning..
I have a emetophobia, Also last year I didn’t eat for 3 days because I was so scared that if I ate I would throw up, I lost 5 pounds and had to go to the hospital and the day I was at the hospital I had lost 2 more pounds. And I would miss so much school and they might have kicked me out.
DNKN DONUTS 300 oh my gosh.. never related to something more..
DNKN DONUTS 300 same omg