Zoe Oakley
26-05-08, 14:05
Hi,
I have been suffering from emetophobia now for nearly 19 years. It all started on 22nd November 1989 when I was sick in the classroom at school. I feel very angry with the school for not sending me home that day when I said I was ill as it has affected my life ever since.
At first my phobia was very bad especially in the winter months. At first I wouldn't eat or go out in fear that either I would be sick or someone around me would be sick. Every year on the 22nd November for about four years I would feel sick as I knew that was the anniversary of the classroom incident.
As I have got older (I am now 27) I can just about handle myself being sick (I am now seven months pregnant and thankfully didn't suffer with very bad morning sickness) however someone else being sick just sends me into a panic. I have nightmares about my boyfriend being sick on me whilst we are in bed together. I constantly have to wake him up and ask "your not going to be sick are you?" He is luckily very tolerant! I feel if I don't ask him then its tempting fate that he will actually be sick.
Thankfully I don't mind baby sick too much as its only milk and it always smells different. If there is sick on the pavement I feel a bit giddy but as long as it is nowhere near my house then I can cope with it. If my boyfriend has been drinking lots of alcohol though I am constantly on edge that he will throw up. A couple of times it has happened and he has to sleep on the sofa - I'm too scared to use the toilet in case I smell it.
I would love to be able to cope with the 'v' word but I just cannot seem to fin d a way of coping. I have got better compared to what I used to be like but it is still very much in my life.
:mad:
I have been suffering from emetophobia now for nearly 19 years. It all started on 22nd November 1989 when I was sick in the classroom at school. I feel very angry with the school for not sending me home that day when I said I was ill as it has affected my life ever since.
At first my phobia was very bad especially in the winter months. At first I wouldn't eat or go out in fear that either I would be sick or someone around me would be sick. Every year on the 22nd November for about four years I would feel sick as I knew that was the anniversary of the classroom incident.
As I have got older (I am now 27) I can just about handle myself being sick (I am now seven months pregnant and thankfully didn't suffer with very bad morning sickness) however someone else being sick just sends me into a panic. I have nightmares about my boyfriend being sick on me whilst we are in bed together. I constantly have to wake him up and ask "your not going to be sick are you?" He is luckily very tolerant! I feel if I don't ask him then its tempting fate that he will actually be sick.
Thankfully I don't mind baby sick too much as its only milk and it always smells different. If there is sick on the pavement I feel a bit giddy but as long as it is nowhere near my house then I can cope with it. If my boyfriend has been drinking lots of alcohol though I am constantly on edge that he will throw up. A couple of times it has happened and he has to sleep on the sofa - I'm too scared to use the toilet in case I smell it.
I would love to be able to cope with the 'v' word but I just cannot seem to fin d a way of coping. I have got better compared to what I used to be like but it is still very much in my life.
:mad: