I think it is appropriate that before I go into what my life is like dealing with Emetophobia, we should start as square one...
What is Emetophobia???
*drum roll please*
Emetophobia is the fear of..........Vomiting!
Yup you heard me right. It is the fear of vomiting (ie. get sick, heave, hurl, puke, ralph, throw up.) Now I know what you are thinking, nobody likes to vomit. It sucks! But Emetophobia is more than that! As a sufferer of this fear I will go to extreme measures to avoid being sick or being around people who have been sick (wait till you hear some of my stories) Yes its irrational, and NO not thinking about it will not make it go away, I've tried millions of times.
So yes I know it's weird, I honestly would rather be afraid of ANYTHING else in this world. Try to imagine how many times you hear about people being sick...Now imagine that when you heard someone talk about it, your body breaks out into a sweat, you go numb, fight or flight takes over, and you start to feel like you can't breathe. Yup it's not fun! Not only that but even the tiniest twinge of pain in our stomachs send us into a full blown panic sometimes, in fear that we are coming down with something! And what makes it worse is that many times when people panic in general, their stomach begins to hurt...vicious cycle then starts again.
Believe me I have not even scratched the surface of what it is like to live one day with this phobia, but now that we know what it is we can move into more detail.
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