r/EmetophobiaTalk

It's day eleven of my twenty five day water fast (no food, just water and some electrolytes) and for the past few days I've been feeling terribly nauseous. I'm not afraid or panicking, I understand the reasons why. I very rarely feel nauseous and so the thought of this sensation continuing for the rest of my fast is not comforting...

I'm just wondering whether anyone has any non-medicinal methods for comforting themselves when they feel nauseous? I'm reminding myself that this is a short term sacrifice for a long term transformation but that's just the motivation to endure - if there's any way I can make the ride more comfortable I'd be incredibly grateful.

Potentially triggering! Vauge mentions of throwing up

I've had emetophobia since I was seven. I got this terrible stomach flu and threw up, and have been deathly afraid of it since. I developed ARFID that year due to the fear, lost a ton of weight, etc.

I've been doing some healing in therapy and I got both an autism diagnosis and an OCD diagnosis which have made a lot of sense, but I also got chronically ill, (long COVID and POTS) when I was eleven. (15 now.) I'm permanently disabled and go through a lot of stuff with it, and I developed a fear of sickness along with my emetophobia. I still get horrific panic attacks if someone throws up/has a cold, or if I do.

Anyway, the success!! Today I had a friend over, at some point during the hangout they went to the bathroom, and let me know when they got back that they threw up a bit. They're very considerate and asked if they should leave or if we should go outside. (They're very prone to throwing up, pretty much always from stress. They also don't get hunger cues and had just eaten a bunch of fruit, that was probably just too much and they didn't realize.) I stayed calm!! I just asked if they felt sick, they said no, I asked if they were stressed, they said yes. I said that we should be good then, and I haven't panicked at all!!

I even took a bath later in the same bathroom (after spraying some disinfectant) but still! I'm so happy, I'm not freaking out at all! Very proud of myself and progress, I can't wait to tell my therapist!

I have BV but I’m refusing the Metro pills or gel because I haven’t thrown up in almost 13 years and I refuse to to the point where if it happened my safety and life would be at risk.

This drug is especially problematic because it interferes and causes profuse v* when taken with MiraLAX and I need the latter every day for my IBS C. I really just can’t take it but I got a vaginal reaction to the boric acid I tried to use where it stung and I bled a bit.

I am a virgin and I got this copper IUD for the sole reason of avoiding morning sickness that could happen resulting from SA or a future relationship that hadn’t happened yet and now it is like I feel like things keep popping up in life when I need to make adjustments not to tu.

I even kept my wisdom teeth and contracted gallbladder because I won’t consent to general anesthesia.

And I trained my gag reflex years ago to basically not exist so I’m kind of worried I would die anyway from aspiration if my body tried to do that. I always keep zofran or nauzene around and pepto but I just don’t think I can take this particular drug especially since I can’t be without a BM for that long anyway and it’s also not good for my epilepsy.

My boyfriend is recovering from Norovirus - his last symptoms were Tuesday afternoon so we are around the 72 hour mark. I haven’t gotten sick but I don’t know how to go back to normal. I keep cleaning and washing my hands and not letting him touch things. I don’t know when we can go back to normal. I see conflicting things…48 hours is okay but then other places say 72 hours but then they are contagious for 2 weeks? He’s getting frustrated with me for following him around and disinfecting everything like crazy. I feel like if I didn’t have this phobia we would be back to normal but I just can’t, nor do I know if it’s even safe to.

So im staying over at my aunts and she had a july 4th party thing today. Its almost 12am rn, and i ate at 3 but when i ate a burgeri took one bite and it was pink and felt off.. and i swallowed it because i was too shy to spit in front of everyone. A minute later she saw it and said oh let me put that back in the oven so clearly she agreed it wasnt cooked and it wasnt just me being silly. Im extra freaking out bc im not even at home and one of mg biggest fears is throwng up when im not home 🙁 idk if one bite will make me sick though

I just need to rant. Ive been seeing TikTok videos about this parasite that’s spreading through water and produce that causes really bad explosive diarrhea, about a week long? and there was a map showing where it’s affecting people like which states and mine ofc was shown to be one of the ones where the illness is showing up… tbh I think I mightve had it like last week bc for around 4-5 days my bowel movements were really weird and I had to keep popping pepto and such and even then it barely helped. even so, I am pretty scared especially bc I just ate a green pepper and had some cucumber last night and I’m wondering if I washed it well enough? even if I did I heard that even washing infected produce doesn’t get rid of the sickness on it… so I’m just kinda stressed. atleast nausea and vomiting aren’t the main symptoms and are more rare, especially vomiting.. but I still am worried

i smoke and eat junk and get scared every time it makes me n* after. i’ve been cutting back but thought today would be okay now im bloated and feel so n* and i keep thinking im gonna v* i cant move i cant sleep

on Sunday night my parents and I went out to eat, my dad got a rare burger for context btw, and yesterday evening my mom came and told me my dad has been sick all monday and was dizzy and having diarrhea. today is now Wednesday and I never saw him those whole two days since he was out of town but now he’s back home and we have a single shared bathroom. I don’t know what to do. my mom said he was fine yesterday and even ate something but when he got in this morning he seemed weak and immediately went and laid down.

a part of me is so angry because I don’t understand how he got sick which is selfish. everyone is saying it was food poisoning but my dad eats crazy stuff and never gets like this, and his stomach is still unsettled as of today so I feel like it’s noro. I’m trying my hardest to clean properly but I share this house with 4 people who don’t understand this fear and are not mindful/considerate. I feel like I’m playing a horrible horrible waiting game till I’m sick. I’m already at ends meet with my ocd and I know this will send me on a tailspin. I’m so scared and nothing I do feels clean enough, I feel trapped in my own house, I can’t stay with anyone else, everything feels contaminated no matter what I do. please anyone, I just need to hear that maybe what I’m doing is enough, not even reassurance seeking. I’m just so scared. I have a trip I have been looking forward to for 4 months now officially one week away and I can’t miss it and I don’t want to miss it because I’m ill.

This is kinda tmi but its important to my issue
I cant sleep so ive just been to a concert and afterwards in the car i had slight stomach pain and farted a couple of times and they smelt pretty bad but other than that i was alright
Once i was home i continued to fart a bit but the pain went away and i even was half asleep for an hour then i woke up and had pain again, have farted more and now feel like i might have d* if this continues which is stressing me out because i associate that with v* and that is like worst case scenario
My throat also feels strange im trying to sip water as this usually helps when i feel bad but i have nothing else to help me someone please help somehow any kind of reassurance or even advice on how to not panic literally anything please

I’m having one of those days where I just can’t seem to calm myself and distract myself. Yesterday I woke up with a very dry throat and I’m pretty sure it’s just hayfever because my step dad has very bad hayfever too and his throat is dry too.

I was coping with it okayish until I went to sleep at 3am and woke up the next hour taking a emetophobia attack and nearly making myself v from anxiety, that’s when I tried my hardest to snap myself out of because I wasn’t going to let myself get to that stage which I was proud of. I was also proud that I wasn’t even crying or hyperventilating which I usually always do.

I’ve not slept at all since that 1 hour I got last night so I’m really tired, my throat is still dry and I’m getting pains time to time in my chest from being anxious. I know myself I don’t have any bugs or even the cold because other THAN my throat I feel absolutely fine like I’m 99% sure it’s just hayfever but the throat feeling is really triggering me right now and I would guess most of you guys would understand that.

Im going to my boyfriends soon to stay for 2 nights which i think will really help me because he is my safe person and his house is my safe place, im not even scared of the dark there! He helps me so much with my panic attacks and lets me ramble to him which keeps me distracted

Do you think the only thing I can do is just wait the dry throat out now? I’ve had 2 cups of earl grey tea, a lemsip, and an antihistamine + keeping very hydrated, I’ve drank almost my full 2 litre bottle today which I’m proud of myself about.

I didnt eat for a while because i literally dont have any food at my house and i have no money and i feel very nauseous becouse of it and i think i just need to eat but i cant and i also dont have any drinking water and im very scared and i cant sleep because my stomach hurts and i dont know what to do

I just ate some chicken tenders that are fully cooked from frozen but are supposed to be heated to 165 f. It says to microwave for 1:30 but I did 2:00, most were super hot but one wasn’t as hot and I fucked up and didn’t temp them. The “cook to 165” is more just a liability thing right? And it could’ve been 165 in the microwave?

I currently have mono. Was diagnosed a week ago. Today I started feeling n, and my legs feel weak and I’m going to the bathroom a lot. I’m panicking so much because my brain is doing what it does best: jumping to worst case scenario in under a second. What if I do v? What if I v and can’t stop? What if I have to go to the hospital and they have to do painful invasive things to stop the v?

My mind is just everywhere right now and some reassurance would be great. In the meantime I’m trying to use distractions but the second a particularly bad wave of n hits, it stops working.

I did a horrible mistake and I feel doomed

I was sooo proud of myself after not posting about my phobia for so long🥀

I was washing a plum at a work bathroom and it suddenly fell on the floor (not where the toilets are but under a paper towel dispenser). For some dumb reason I took that plum and washed it again for like 20 seconds, rubbing it with my hands under running water. Then I wiper it with a paper towel and BIT THE PLUM. I changed my mind almost immediately and spit it out but I’m positive I did swallow some of my saliva. I washed my mouth about a minute after.

Lemme say I’ve been RESTLESS since it happened. I feel like I CURSED myself. I feel so tense and afraid. Oh God. If someone has words of reassurance to me I’d be glad… I’m on the verge of crying really. I want to believe I washed it well enough but I’m not sure and it’s killing me inside.

I hate how quickly it made me lose my mind and feel actually physically bad.

When I was in eighth grade I puked the day after having tacos with box taco seasoning. I think it was from acid reflux because I’d feel the acid when I burped and was uncomfortable the whole day. I just ate tacos at someone’s house and am worried it’ll happen again, even though I’m better with spice again. I have something I’m really excited about tomorrow and if I puke I won’t be able to go. Do you think tums would help not have acid reflux/heartburn

Last night I ate at a grad party and tonight ate at a potluck and then at a Japanese restaurant but only had miso soup and some dumpling things. I’ve used the bathroom twice, both diareah, but hours apart. I feel sick right before and then it comes out the other end. I’m scared I’ll get sick from something I ate. I had a cream cheese filled roll thing because it was 4:30 and the event started at 4 and I assumed there would be no way it wasn’t unrefrigerated for more than two hours. I did also have a hot dog, cookie, brownie, and pie, so that might also not be great for my stomach. I’m just scared

So I don't even know why I'm making this post, I guess I just want to talk. Having the absolute worst nausea since this evening. Spoilering the next parts because I'll be talking about physical things I felt. >!I felt it was about to happen since I was burping a lot, like there was so much air that needed to get out. I sorta just accepted my fate but I panicked and managed to swallow it down. !<

edit: accidentally posted too early.. I'll continue

>!now my throat feels dry and like it's burning. I don't know what to do. Scared the nausea will come back. I think I'll wake up someone. Anyway it feels like I physically cannot get myself to throw up, does anyone else have this?!<

Something I don’t see a lot of us talk about is how much food we waste because of our phobia. I’m really curious to see your answers. Please don’t shame anyone though!!

So I had woken up feeling fine and mid morning I had extreme cramps and bloating and when I went to the bathroom only hard small stool pieces came out I have been super constipated for a very long time after that I had liquid diarrhea and had another episode hours later I’m not nauseated or anything and I’m still having diarrhea and I’m so scared I’m gonna end up throwing up even though I haven’t all day I’m so scared

That phase of feeling like everything is gonna make me sick ultimately evolved and now I honestly can’t really tell you the last time I had anything to eat. Tried my absolute hardest to just pull through, but I felt like I was purposely missing hunger cues, and didn’t even want to think about food anymore.

It hit me like crazy today upon just waking up. I assume my stomach might be entering some sort of shutdown because it hurts like crazy. I feel viciously nauseous. I can’t stand up at all because my body just feels so heavy, there’s pins and needles in my feet and hands, my chest sort of hurts. It’s crazy because about two years ago this probably must’ve been my normal, and now experiencing again really puts into perspective how unwell I actually was at the time.

I don’t know how to feel about this relapse in honesty. I’m trying to take it with some grace, but I’d been doing so well, and now I just feel like I’m back at square zero. Truthfully I’ve been crying about it for the last hour because I feel like it’s so much harder at this stage to ‘bounce back’ so to speak.

I want to put a ‘fix’ into motion before it gets any worse and I know that starts, or at least I assume, with trying to get a meal in by today. I’m afraid my stomach is going to hurt worse and that’s been a large justification to not eat, but I’m just at the stage where that doesn’t really matter anymore. I’ve told a family member and they offered to help by making what’s typically one of my safe foods for dinner to have, at least a little bit of.

I‘m scared, I’m anxious, and I just kind of want reassurance it’s gonna be okay despite how childish that might sound. For those who have got here, as I presume most of us had, what steps did you take? Did it start with a small meal that same day like this? What were your methods?