[Dharma]

I've never read about EFT so I don't know if it's hokey or not, but part of what you need to work on IS in the emotional body. Many people on this forum talk highly of EFT, so I would definitely look into it.

There is also work to be done in your mental body too. I assume during a panic attack there is really nothing to panic about in your outside physical environment. You are reacting to a reality in the emotional or mental body.

You are reacting to what could happen or to what could go wrong. And that thought is in the future, a place where there is no power to act or change the moment.

That thought about the future is pushed away, more thoughts are added about the possibility of vomiting in the future, and those thoughts are pushed away as well. Now the emotional body will react with some undesirable feeling in the belly if you let this go on too long. And if you ignore that, it will go physical. Do you actually ever vomit? How do you feel after that? Relieved? Victimized?

The next time you feel like vomiting or the next time you start feeling a panic attack coming on or you feel some rumbling in your belly, say to yourself, "I am having this feeling now to remind me I am not in the present moment with my thoughts and/or feelings. What do I feel emotionally now? What are my thoughts now?" You may want to write this on a piece of paper and keep it in your pocket.

The feeling in the belly is the emotional body raising a big flag so you will notice what is going on inside you in the moment. Its not there to embarrass you or punish you. It is actually supporting you in getting over this phobia. Take a cue from it and stop what you are doing and see where you are at inside.

This is a first step.

If you need support for being in the moment with yourself, I recommend Eckhart Tolle's "Power of Now", either the book or the CDs.