alright, so tons of people always try to tell me that emetophobia isn’t a real fear and that it’s not the fear of throwing up, that it’s just the disliking of throwing up.
emetophobia is NOT a dislike. it is a complete and utter phobia. i’m gonna tell you some things that emetophobia is...
emetophobia is having full on panic attacks when someone says their stomach hurts.
emetophobia is asking “how sick” when someone says they were gone from school because they were sick.
emetophobia is freaking out when you have a stomachache and desperately trying to rationalize why your stomach hurts.
emetophobia is counting four hours after every meal to make sure you don’t have food poisoning.
emetophobia is not being able to take medicine because the side effects include nausea and vomiting.
emetophobia is checking the sugar on everything to make sure you don’t puke from too much sugar.
emetophobia is hearing a story in which someone threw up and thinking if that if you are in the place where they threw up, you’ll throw up too.
emetophobia is constantly worrying that the person you sit next to in class is sick and will throw up.
emetophobia is getting the flu shot every year and being petrified that it won’t work.
emetophobia is breathing with your mouth open because your mouth is watering and that sometimes happens when you’re about to throw up.
emetopobia is (for most of us) not knowing why you are so afraid, which makes people make it seem like a dislike.
emetophobia is a VALID PHOBIA. you don’t have to have a reason for being so scared.
i’m going to tell you some personal things i do with my emetophobia.
-once, my best friend threw up in Sears. i can’t go into Sears anymore.
-the thought of throwing up is, quite literally, ALWAYS running through my mind. if i have any symptom that is associated with throwing up, i’ll freak out, even if i don’t feel sick.
-i’ve become a major germaphobe since i have developed emetophobia (in 1st grade), and i can never eat or put my fingers in my mouth unless my hands are washed (even if i’m eating something with a spoon or fork).
-i don’t go on roller coasters because even though i don’t get motion sickness, the fear still lingers in the back of my head.
-if my mouth waters, i HAVE to start chewing gum/eating/drinking something right away or else there’s a big possibility of a panic attack.
-there’s so much more but i can’t remember everything
emetophobia is NOT just disliking throwing up. it’s a life-consuming phobia.
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