I have a vomit phobia is there something I can do to get over this I am now having panic attacks?

Question

I can not be near someone who is vomiting It is the sound that bothers me the most. I also have panic attacks when I vomit or around someone who is vomiting.

Answer 1

its called emetophobia.
If you wanna meet people others like you just go to emetophobia.org
I know what you mean,its hard to get over it,ive had my fear for almost a year now,and i know someone who have this fears for almost 12 years and she goes to a psychiatrist.I get panic attack everyday,i dont wanna hear the word puke or vomit,anything related to it.its really hard.the only thing that makes me get rid of the fear till the day ends is when i plan to go outside i dont eat or i have to eat 2-5 hours earlier before i go out because thats the time when the food gets out of my stomach,thinking i have nothing in my stomach makes me feel good that i wont throw up anything since my stomach is empty.everyone have their own ways.I thought before to not to think about it cause its just fear,but didnt work for me.I hope you get over it,before it gets worse.Cause emetophobia invites other phobia,like social phobia claustrophobia and you might get anorexia.Me not eating when i go out makes me scared that i might reach anorexia.Good luck to both of us..(T_T)

Answer 2

I really was suprised when I saw this post I never thought I would hear anybody feel the same way I do I have had my phobia for as long as I can remember I don't have a problem if I vomit myself i rarely ever do it though I try as hard as I can to keep it from coming up! but when I was little I can remeber my mom telling my to plug my ears if someone in the house was going to be sick. If I am in a house with someone that has a stomach ache I won't use the bathroom my most recent incident was new years day I was at my boyfriends house and he had a pretty bad hangover and was puking all day by the middle of the day he was so weak he wasn't sure if he could make it to the bathroom and so I sat there stressing so bad I was even starting to get tears in my eyes because I was panicing so bad I even had to leave his house. Its a strange thing to have a phobia of but thanks to your post I know now that there are more people like me out there!!!

Answer 3

I'm am with you on this one!! The mere sound of vomiting generally causes me to begin to heave and seriously kicks my gag reflex into overdrive. Have never had a panic attack from vomiting myself nor from being near someone else doing it, but have thrown up because someone else was near me doing it. I also cannot clean it up. One hundred rags would not be enough; I can feel the slime aspect of the vomit, no matter how many layers of cloth or toweling is between it and my hand. This also happens when I try to clean up raw eggs(same consistency as vomit I guess). It was tough having a new baby. What finally helped was when my grandson threw up all over me. My initial response was to throw him across the room as I dashed for the bathroom to GET IT OFF!!!..Then I caught myself and reminded myself that I could not toss my grandson- he did not do it on purpose he was sick. He was not big enough to clean it up, so I was going to have to do it. I'm still not fond of vomit, but at least now I can somewhat tolerate it.