Hey everyone,

So I've been dealing with emetophobia for more than a year now. It started when I got s* after a very heavy day of work, eating, modern dance class where I totally overworked myself and coming home in a house smelling of burned food. All this thus led up to me getting s*.

I practically lay on the couch for 2 months after that, terrified, exhausted, and weakening myself by barely eating anything. I was forced to go back to work and life and have been able to pick it up bit by bit, but I still have my worrying overwhelming me by times, and it never truly leaves. For example I'll never leave the house without diet coke. I know this is not the healthiest thing but it's the only thing that calms me down.

Anyways, ever since then I stopped going to modern dance classes. I miss them a lot but I'm too afraid to start them again, I can't do it. I know I should exercise but because the last time I got s* was (in my head) because of exercise, I don't dare to anymore.

But I have heavy health anxiety and I know I should exercise, because it'll make me healthier and feel better, etc. etc. I'm just afraid my body won't be able to handle it or that I'll go too far, or that a tiny bit of exercise will already make me s*.
Does anyone have tips for me? I know yoga would be a good idea to start off with, but even that idea scares me. Though I know that it'd be way healthier than drinking coke every day, my mind won't get to it.