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Originally Posted by MadMac  Thank you to everyone for your replies! They have given me a few new directions to head in when I thought I was at a stand still.
EFT seems VERY interesting. I've read a couple quick articles and plan to grab a book or two. Any specific books or videos anyone would recommend?
Dharma. One thing that is most common with emetophobics (emetophobes?) is the fact that most have not vomited in many many years. I have read some research that has said emetophobics have a strange knack for controlling the vomiting center of the brain. Where it once was thought vomiting was involuntary, they are finding emetophobics have a very difficult time actually vomiting.
So unfortunately I cannot answer how I feel after I have vomited because I haven't vomited for over 15 years where as I have friends of mine who do it like 3-4 times a year either from illness or drinking too much or just nerves.
The fear is definitely caused by the thoughts of what MAY happen in the future. "What if I start to feel nauseous while driving a certain distance that would take me even longer to get home". Thinking like that starts a chain reaction. It's 100 time worse when there is someone else in the car. I can go further by myself than if I was with someone. Even if it's someone who knows about my phobia. |
I feel the exact same way. I have emetophobia as well. As a young child I was disgusted with germs and public places and it seems that as I grew older that problem slightly went away yet has been replaced with emetophobia. I read that it is triggered by a bad experience in your childhood. I remember being 15 and having a terrible stomach flu but i know it started way before that. It just seems to be getting worse. it's especially at it's worst when I am stressed. It has changed my sleeping patterns and at one point I had unrealistic ideas of not going to bed before a certain time because I only ever got sick at night in the past. I know it's irrational but it still does not change anything. Like you I have not thrown up in a long time. It's actually been since that awful experience when I was 15. I almost threw up last year but I struggled to stop myself for hours on end until I was so close, my body just gave up the nausea because i had fought it for so long. I feel ridiculous.
I just want it gone. Some periods are worse than others. What is EFT? I have not heard that term before.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It's so sad it seems like so many people suffer but it's not so well known that there are many successful treatments out there.