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So in 2 days I have literally the most important job interview of my life. It’s the 3rd round, it’s in person, and it’s an hour away from home in public transport which is already super scary for me but I this is the biggest opportunity for me ever.
My bf just came back from work and told me that his stomach feels weird that he had to go to the bathroom 3 times today and that each time wasn’t a good time. I happened before that he would feel this way and end up being totally fine, but because I am already stressed about the upcoming interview, I am spiralling.
What if I get sick? What if I end up missing the interview? It’s a nightmare.
It’s awful but sometimes I’d rather be alone in a pristine cleaned hospital room because everything triggers me if I am a bit stressed already…

No joke I literally tell my bf « my stomach feels weird » every single day. Every single day I feel sick. Every single day I wonder if it’s the day I’ll throw up after 14 years of it not happening. Every single day. I don’t remember one day where my stomach didn’t feel bloated or achy or crampy or nauseous.
I have been to tons of doctors over the years and the conclusion is that it’s mostly stress which I agree with, it is definitely psychosomatic. Nevertheless it’s exhausting….
Today it feels like there is a brick in my stomach… yesterday evening I couldn’t fall asleep because everytime I would close my eyes I would get violent nausea, the day before I felt super bloated and my intestines were cramping like crazy.
I am tired….

Hi all,
So yesterday I had a big dinner of homemade vegetarian nachos (used tofu instead of beef, and had all of your typical nachos ingredients like beans, cheese -lactose free here-, homemade guacamole, tomatoes etc). I typically tolerate this meal well. The only thing is that instead of kidney beans, I used azuki beans for the first time.
Meal was very yummy, and I felt very full/bloated afterwards which duh I just ate way too much + had beans.
Today my stomach has been feeling super weird all day. Kinda TMI but I had insane gas all day long with absolutely foul smell, then my stomach would kinda ache randomly and then stop and go and off with the pain all day long, I went to the bathroom and I had a normal bowel movement, but it made my stomach hurt quite bad after. I also felt a bit nauseous all day long, which honestly idk what to blame on bc it could be the headache I have been having since this morning, the stomach or stress.
Now it’s been over 24h since it started and I still don’t understand what’s up. I am still having insane gas, my stomach still feels weird, and I felt like I was about to shit myself and then the feeling stopped after like 30seconds.
I blamed it all on the beans but I eat legumes quite regularly and I do fine with most of them except lentils for some reason. I also read that azuki beans are easier to digest than kidney beans so I am puzzled

Ok so randomly one morning my alarmS (emphasis on the plural here) went completely silent. The exact same alarms that I use every single day just randomly went silent. After some time I realised that they were all set to « none » as a ringtone (??? Wtf) I put a ringtone back. The next day I woke up, late, again, realised I slept through 3 alarms and that the 4th one was currently ringing so quietly I could barely hear it… I don’t understand.
I went in the settings and upped the volume of the ringtones and alarms and now I am hoping for the best lol…
I do not understand, it looks like some Gobelin messed with my phone at night, did this happen to anyone?
Do you think I can rely on my alarm today after changing the volume and making sure that there’s a ringtone? I really need to wake up early tomorrow…

Today I went to a zoo and saw a lot of different owls (I love owls) and I was absolutely blown away by the fact that very very tiny owls exist. Like a normal owl but super small, like barely the size of a phone. I think the sign on the enclosure said something starting with B but I am not sure :/ I was so excited I forgot to take a pic :/

During panic attacks I feel like I physically loose the ability to speak. It’s like if my throat is filled with rocks. I just can’t talk anymore. Doesn’t help that I also feel insanely nauseous during panic attacks.

It’s very difficult for my boyfriend… I usually go non verbal very suddenly and he often doesn’t understand what’s going on. It often happens when we are in the car and bc he is driving he cannot read text or look at my signs…

Any ideas of how I can make it easier for both of us?

Hi all,
For context: I am unsure I am lactose intolerant, I noticed that I sometimes feels bad after eating some dairy products, and I have been suspicious that lactose is the cause.
My boyfriend is severely lactose intolerant, and every time he eats the slightest amount of lactose he will be in the bathroom in the following 20 minutes. However I am confused bc I sometimes do not react at all… or the reactions are very different in intensity.
Last week I had soft serve ice cream and I was fine and today I had similar soft serve ice cream and I feel like my intestines are trying to escape my body… I am bloated, my stomach is cramping, it’s very painful, I am passing a lot of gas with little to no relief, my stomach is super bubbly and making insane noises it’s crazy…

What’s going on with me :(

Hello all <3 I hope you are doing well,
So here is my situation:
- Yesterday I had a migraine and felt off the whole day but I blamed it on the migraine and not eating much because of it

- Today I felt a bit off still, no more migraine but just nausea, not much appetite and a tight/weird stomach. I blamed it all on anxiety, as I tend to have those symptoms often bc of anxiety

- Today evening I met with a friend to have ice cream. Just in case I borrowed my bf lactase pills but I actually forgot to take them so I had soft serve ice cream without taking any lactase. For context here, it’s not confirmed that I am lactose intolerant. I noticed that I feel a bit off after certain type of dairy products, but because I had a very similar soft serve last week end without any problem I didn’t think much of it.

- Now I came back home like 2 hours ago (4 hours since I ate the ice cream) and my stomach started hurting so bad… cramping and feeling like I was digesting bricks. I am bloated, my stomach feels very bubbly, making weird noises and I am passing quite a bit of gas, but it doesn’t bring me any relief

As I am writing this I feel so stupid ahah like yea I have a stomach ache, it’s crazy how much I overthink things…

But I am so scared of stomach bugs or food poisonings… do you think it could be the lactose? Even though I was fine last week end?

So I haven’t puked since I was 11 or so, so it’s been over 10 years now. I never really burped in my life, and I have a very very very tight throat constantly.
I have raging Emetophobia since I can’t remember and I now realised that RCPD is probably a blessing and a curse because it made vomiting insanely traumatic but also I feel like I don’t puke easily. I know some people that would puke at the slightest nausea and thankfully that’s not me.
So I am wondering if Botox would make it « easier » for my body to puke in the sense that I would be more susceptible to puking?
I also assume that it makes puking more comfortable?
What is your experience with it?

So it’s been a few hours now since I came home from dinner. I had a starter, a pizza AND a dessert lol. It was very yummy but damn… I feel like a bag of bricks and I am a bit scared…
Restaurants are super scary for me, pizzas are super scary for me on top of that (last time I v’ed it was food poisoning from a pizza like 15years ago) and I hate feeling full.
It’s 00:30 and I need to go to the office tomorrow… :(
It’s like my body « stored » the trauma and its memory kicks in anytime I am in a situation that ressemble the one I was in the last time it happened

Hi all, I very very often have period like pain/cramps right after my periods. I obviously have terrible pain during my periods, on days 1 and 2 mostly and then no pain on day 4-5 and around like 8 days after the beginning of my period, when they are actually over, I will have quite bad period symptoms. I have cramps, leg pains, those infamous butthole pain lmao... the whole package...
I don't get it... does anybody else experiences it? Do you have an idea why?

So, I have dermatillomania, and I often pick at my toes without even noticing it. This time I did acknowledge it I was like « ok noted I touched my toes/feet » and moved on. Grabbed a piece of cake wrapped in cling filmed from the fridge, started eating while making sure that the cake didn’t touch my dirty fingers. I got to the last fucking bite and my thumb touches the side of the cake as I put it in my mouth and start to chew. At this point it was too tame I swallowed it, but I started spiralling. I started to think about how I walked in the bathroom where my cat’s litter box is and how she always puts litter everywhere, how I walked bare foot around my flat all the time etc etc and I am freaking out.
This level of OCD needs to be studied… I could have just washed my hands but I was too lazy…

I know anti inflammatories can fuck up your stomach. I took it with food, but still I am kinda scared…
I took 250mg before without any problem, but now my period pain is too bad and I had to take two pills at once.
Anyone has experience with this medication?

Hi all!
My boyfriend struggles with sleep a lot. It’s very rare for him to have a full 8 hours of sleep. Honestly he is scaring me, he is completely exhausted, has to drive on the highway to go to work and back, while being exhausted, which is very worrying, and he is just not being himself when he is this tired, I can tell he is suffering.

He has had sleep issues since forever and nothing really helps. He follows a sleeping routine religiously and I feel like he tried everything, melatonin, no phone, blue light blocking glasses, meditation, pills, magnesium, exercising before bed, and so on.
Today he woke up extremely early after waking up a lot during the night. He has a very light sleep and the smallest thing will wake him up and he will then struggle to fall back asleep. This time it was the cat.

I don’t know how to help… what would you like to receive from your partner? If I can’t make him sleep better, what can I do that will at least make him feel a bit better about it and ease his anxiety?

Hi all,

Earlier last week I was approached by a recruiter for a dream role at a very nice company. Everything is insane, from compensation to benefits etc

I went through the first round of interviews and now I am waiting to hear back from them.

As much as I try to put myself in a mindset of "I have the job" instead of "I want the job", I am still parasited by doubt and anxiety. My stomach is super tight, I feel incredibly tense, and idk how to get rid of it. Every time i try to get into the right mindset I have intrusive thoughts like "the more excited you are getting the worse it's going to be if they reject you"

Any tips?

It's hard to make a TLDR i am sorry :(((

Hi all.
so, I was contacted by a recruiter on linkedin (external recruiter, they are not directly employed by the company ultimately recruiting) for a job that is honestly my dream job in a very big well known international company. Right at the beginning of the conversation she mentioned that the salary is x amount which WAY above market standard for my experience and the geographical area. I had a call with her and she mentioned that she was told the budget for this role is that x amount and asked me if i would be ok with it (obviously i am wtf it's crazy.) It's nearly twice the market standard.
The next day (friday) I had a call with HR. Everything went super well, I match all the requirements for the role and I had a really great vibe with the HR lady. Then she said "I was told by the recruited that you expect x amount?" I said yes, instead of saying "well that's what the recruiter told me" and the HR lady clearly had a look on her face that said that it's surprising given my experience but she said "well.. it's within our budget so it shouldn't be a problem" and then told me about the next steps of recruitment and that she will talk to the hiring manager during the afternoon and that they will be in touch.

Right after the call I started to replay everything and felt so dumb because they will think I am crazy enough to ask for that amount when it doesn't match my experience and think I am arrogant or something, and that they will go with someone less expensive.

Today is monday, and I still haven't heard from them. I know that if i don't have a reply by tomorrow I will loose sleep over it lol.

Basically they were looking for someone with 2 to 4 years of experience, so I assume that why their max budget is within that range to account for people who have 4 years of experience, but I have only two years...

What do you guys think? Should I email the HR lady to tell her that the number came from the recruiter and that I open to negotiate it?

So, as every emetophobe on the planet probably, I am super scared of eating out, but on top of that, like all of us, I am terrified of sushi restaurants. Everytime we go, I take the most basic maki with only cucumber or avocado. My boyfriend’s parents love sushi and have a favourite sushi place in our city that they invite us to quite often, and, even though they have been going there for years, and always say how it’s the best sushi place in town, I was still so fucking terrified every time.

Last night we went on a date with my boyfriend to this sushi place. I was about to order my usual avocado/cucumber makis and he begged me to take something interesting. He started to say how it hurts him that I don’t trust him. He keeps telling me for years that this place is safe, that his family and him go there for years and yet I can’t trust it.

He has been very sad about my phobia and he is scared that I will never find a true will to recover. So I wanted to make an effort to prove him that I trust him and that I want to get better. So I got shrimp tempura maki. It was pretty good.

I was still super anxious. We went for drinks afterwards and I slowly stopped thinking about it. Today it popped up in my head from time to time but I managed to keep the thoughts under control. Now it’s bedtime and my stomach hurts a bit and my mind started racing again, but I’ll try to keep my mind as calm as I can lol.

I haven’t tried anything challenging in years. I am very proud of myself… it felt good to feel like a normal person enjoying a normal meal.