2006-07-12 20:11:40 · 9 answers · asked by minneyme 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Why reply if you don't suffer from this??? Thanks for everyones kind answers and buzz off to the ones that don't care
2006-07-12 21:34:44 · update #1
If you don't suffer from this then you can't understand it
2006-07-12 21:35:18 · update #2
OH MY GOD! i am so with you. i am mortified of people vomiting, i freak out everytime. people who haven't seen my reaction say that it's not a phobia. but it is because it affects my life. eg. i don't eat/stop others from eating specific foods before long car trips like dairy and i panic or get passive-aggressive when people say they feel sick.
2006-07-12 20:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by jo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I actually have the phobia (emetophobia sounds about right though - I didn't realise it had a name!) but hearing, seeing or even thinking about someone else being sick makes me feel really quite unwell. It's possible that (before it gets to the phobia stage) that it's a natural reaction to pre-empt getting rid of whatever's making the other person ill from your own system.
If you do tend to feel sick when other people around you aren't too well, try eating ginger or ginger beer, that'll help take your mind off it and is a natural anti-emetic (helps prevent nausea). Also good for travel sickness.
2006-07-13 06:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Phobia of Sick??
What next...a Phobia of Condoms? How about a Phobia of Catalogues? Maybe even a Phobia of Credit Cards?
No I haven't suffered from this phobia but I don't like being sick because it makes me sick. Then again, smooth (no bits) Orange juice (like Tropicana) always makes me better instantly.
:-)
2006-07-13 04:32:50 · answer #3 · answered by The Techie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am terrified of being sick, and cannot watch anyone being sick even a family member or a tv programme. I will never ever eat anything i am unsure about - just in case it makes me sick. I won't drink alcohol as i have been sick one time on it and never again. I think this all relates to me having a stomach pump when i was 2 years old after i ate a box of anadin tablets - urgh the thought
2006-07-13 11:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fear of vomiting is called emetophobia. I suffer mildly from this. I don't feel like I will choke or anything like that, I just hate being sick and will do anything to stop it.
2006-07-13 03:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it happens when u get obsessed with your ailments whoch is actually only in the mind, these people suffer from a lot of psycho=somatics ailments. I used to be in it and have got out of it, Thank God
2006-07-13 03:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use the NLP Phobia Cure pattern to cure any phobia fast.
Look up your local NLP practitioner.
2006-07-17 06:52:46 · answer #7 · answered by internetoptimiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can't remember the name but it's a real phobia.
2006-07-13 03:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up hypocontriac
2006-07-13 03:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by muffin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋