Emetophics?

[AnonymousGirl99]

Any emetophobes out there? If so and you don't mind talking about your struggles, message me please :)

Particularly, what do you do when your body is your trigger?

Ella

 

[Friday]

Any emetophobes out there? If so and you don't mind talking about your struggles...

Yep. Although it's gotten a lot better in recent years.

Particularly, what do you do when your body is your trigger?

How so?

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

Well when you're emetophobic, it's not like you can escape your body. Say you were afraid of heights or flying, you would avoid heights and planes. You can't do that when you're emetophobic. The most frustrating thing for me is that nausea is my body's way of responding to stress and anxiety at times, but it's also what causes my stress and anxiety. I can't escape my body. I hate it.

 

[Ronin]

what do you do when your body is your trigger?

Focus on literally anything else & how to make the body do what I need it at the moment, or any close to that.

Like not puking. I can be still the same self loathing and triggered and awful feeling, but at least I'm winning in the land of will, if losing everywhere else.

 

[Friday]

The most frustrating thing for me is that nausea is my body's way of responding to stress and anxiety at times, but it's also what causes my stress and anxiety.

Yup. That's what I was looking for. My mind went about 6 different ways with that, and I wasn't sure which way you meant.

Personally, I call anxiety puking the 'cycle of badness' :wtf: As each feeds into the other making the next round worse, which makes the next round worse, and the next round worse. Super fun.

In an ideal world I'm a huge fan of Zofran when I'm in the early stages of anxiety puking, or antianxiety meds if I'm in the later stages. In the real world? That just means that sometimes I spend 2 days puking if I have a therapy appointment coming up, or miss things because I'm helpless & fighting myself in a parking lot 50 feet away.

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

I'm winning in the land of will

I like that! Very warrior-like attitude. Usually I'm crying in a corner somewhere, but it makes sense to shift the focus somewhere else. Give yourself the power back.

Yup. That's what I was looking for. My mind went about 6 different ways with that, and I wasn't sure which way you meant....

You're incredibly brave! I actually only get nauseous, I never go all the way. But it's a constant nausea that lasts all day. It's horrible! I'm in week two right now. I do have Zofran, but it doesn't seem to help me, which to me seems to make sense that it's anxiety-related? I don't know where that rationale comes from, but oh well.

 

[Ronin]

Usually I'm crying in a corner somewhere, but it makes sense to shift the focus somewhere else.

It's what I do... while crying in a corner. :sneaky: