Get Over My Fear Of Throwing Up

I’ve had the fear of throwing up since grade 7. Its never been too much of a problem until the summer I was (and I now am) going into grade 9. I’ve had horrible anxiety and fear of throwing up. When I told my parents, they couldn’t beleive there was such a fear. So I had a couple f doctor visits and I have anxiety.. nothing specific though. This throwing up fear has goton to the point where I can’t live my everyday life. I wash my hands so much and use hand sanitzer and try no to breathe in when I walk past people on the street or in the halls incase they are sick. I won’t eat meat or any other food unless I or my parent has prepared it. I have also had the symptom of nausea with this anxiety.. and since Im so afraid of it, it makes it even worse.. like a vicious cycle. Im trying to get over it, with ways such as writing in a journal(an exercise my doctor gave me).. but it seems every night I write the same things over and over. I try to tell myself “im not going to throw up” but it doesnt work!! I also havent thrown up for about 5 years and I try to say .. “its an uncommon bodily function, you have to have a reason to.” I go over what I ate saying “oh that wont make me sick.” I can’t even live my life. Its horrible. I just want to never think of it agiain but its IMPOSSIBLE. please, its already a releife to see so many people who have the same problem .. but please I really need help. this is taking away my life! HELP!

I never realized how many other people feel the same fear I do. I am completely scared to death of throwing up, and it consumes my mind every single day. It was never a problem as a child, I actually went to a very low income school and was sick every single month with a new bug and threw up all the time. Then I moved to a new state and got away and didn’t do it for about 9 years. My doctor put me on a pill one day and I was allergic so I threw up, 6 times in 3 different bathrooms. And to make matters worse I wasn’t even at my own house, and the drive home was 45 minutes. Ever since that night almost 3 years ago I have been petrified. I haven’t thrown up since but I scare myself sick every day thinking about it. I have anxiety attacks every time too. I hate it so much it’s hard for me to write about it. One day I hope to get over it, but for now I think I am stuck living in fear.

I am 13 years old and frightened of throwing up. I used to throw up a lot when i was little and it didnt bother me. Now it has taken over my life ! Whenever i see someone throw up it runs through my head everynight, and all day for a year. I start shaking and freaking out. My mom always tells me everything will be okay and that i wont catch what they have and it calms me down. But if i feel like throwing up her house she freaks out because she cant hear or see throw up either. I haven’t thrown up since i was like 5 or 6 so i cant remember if it was bad or just ok. My friend also hates throwing up, but shes fine with it. If someone throws up in her house she shakes and stuff. But i asked her because one day i thought i was going to throw up and i was on the floor shaking and crying and i said to her, how do you deal with it? and she said i just tell myself its allright and that ill be fine. I feel better after throwing up and its just something that happens to everyone. It made me feel better for a second but i still have a fear of throwing up. Just about 3 weeks ago , it happened that i thought i was going to throw up. I then got a fever and i couldnt eat ANYTHING ! or else i would feel like gagging. So i went to the doctor and said how i was feeling. They gave me some medicine and said that it could be an ulcer in my stomach ! So i freaked out even more cause when i get a stomach ache i feel like im going to throw up ! And to make matters worse the next day was my 3 hour dance rhearsel(my mom wouldnt be there to help me and i would be jumping all around with no food in my stomach) and the next day was my dance recital ! I was freaking out and crying because i was afraid i was going to throw up. I never did luckily but i still take the medicine. I dont know if i should do the operation where they look in my stomach because the only way if sticking tubes done me. Please help !

I am terrified of throwing up. I have not thrown up since i was 3 or 4 and I am now 19. I think I am so afraid because I can never remember doing it. I am always afraid I will catch the stomach flu or something so I always carry hand sanitizer around with me and never touch my face with my hands. I cannot be around anyone that feels even a little sick.
If my stomach hurts I get panic attacks and shake and freak out. All because I think I Will puke.
Im so tired of living in fear. I want to be normal. My stomach always hurts now because its all I ever think about. There has to be a way out.
No one seems to understand, they all say that throwing up isnt bad at all, I wish I could accept that.
So far the only way I get thru the panic attacks is talking myself out of them. I tell myself that I will not throw up and I pray. Its helped me a lot but I still have a far way to go.

I hope one day they will just invent a vaccine that stops all throwing up forever.

Glad I am not the only one out there that felt this way. I though I was losing my mind.

I can’t tell you how bitter/sweet of a moment this is. On one hand I have read these testimonials and felt an overwhelming sigh of relief knowing that there is others out there with exactly the same symptoms I have towards throwing up…. On the other I know how hard it is to deal with this and suffer in silence, it’s something i’d never wish upon somone else. I have had this irrational fear,, no I mean overwhelming life consuming fear of throwing up for as long as I can remmember. It’s at the point where I don’t go out to restuarants to eat cause i’m affraid of being sick there and basically anything outside my own home related to eating or being stuck in a confined place puts me in a state of panic just by thinking about it cause i’m affraid i’ll get sick why at a play and everyone will know or i’ll get sick and have no private place to retreat to. It controls my life so much I don’t even eat dinner with my family most the time, I usually end up making my own small meal I can eat slowly to avoid getting to full fealing. I find it odd that something so natural is what i’m most affraid of. I used to not get on rides cause when I was a child I saw several people get sick from them so I had panic attacks in lines to board em thinking I was gonna get sick… although to bring some perspective in my life of what I truely was affraid of I woke up one morning when I was 18 and without any plan of action I jusmped into my car and drove to the nearest airfield and within 2 hours of waking up I went skydiving at little over 13,000 feet. I learned that day that it wasn’t rides I was affraid of it was the thought of what would happen if I did go on the rides… I realized my greatest fear of al was throwing up.. When I discovered this I was embarresed and ashamed. I never told anyone what I was feeling and alwasy made people believe there was an actually physical condition making me sick all the time so I could avoid doing things that made me panic and feel sick,, which was mostly everything.. i’m 27 now and i’ve lived with this phobia for to long. As I said before it feels good to hear others talk about the same fear I have, and I Thank each one of you for taking the time and having the courage to speak about this cause I know it’s not easy.. I recently told the first person of my true condition/fear and it was my mom, it was very difficult but it feels great to finnaly be honest about it.. Btw Google Fear of throwing up and check out the sites that come up, there is many that offer solutions to getting rid of this Phobia I haven’t tried one yet but I plan on it asap, I hope that atleast 1 person can read this and feel comforted and inspired to look into these sites and programs I hope and believe it can change our lifes… this is maybe not recommened but i’m going to put my e-mail for anyone who wants to talk about there condition and also if I have any info that can help or if you have any info that can help me, I’d love to exchange…...... Hughes111@live.com

Wow! where to start! I had this fear since grade 1..when I got really sick! at one point of my life.. Throwing up like for 5-10mins..Till then I never wanted to have the aweful feeling ever again.. I never eat out anymore or at my friends house! fearing that I wanted get sick again! The fear went away, when I was going out with my g/f for 5 years.. she always there for me….till me and her broke-up! and the FEAR Came back to me again…I felt lonely/scared/depressed/sick.
I got this pills to help me relax..but they don’t seem to work..

I got hard time sleeping at night…get up about 3-4 times to look at the clock to see how long I sleep..I wake up shaky and sweaty and I had hard time breathing..my heart was pumping fast..then I wanna get sick…when I try to sleep…I worry if I’m going to throw-up so I stayed up half the night! sometimes I think I wanna throw-up all the time…all day…I gag almost ever day..I think to myself I puke now…I can get over this…But itsn’t true! I find it just makes things alot worst! I cry over the phone talking to sister! telling I’m tired feeling this way…and I think mom is getting tired of seeing me this way…But I know she will never give up on me…The fear!!!!!!!! can be control with love ones!!

Plzz anyone reply to my story..I really want to know what you people are thinking about it,when reading this!

I’m a junior in high school and I’ve suffered from the fear of throwing up, or emetophobia, since the 3rd grade.

As some of you have said, I, too, remember when it started like it was yesterday. It was the night before the 3rd grade play and I woke up in the middle of the night and got sick. to this day, I don’t know why this one time triggered my fear, but it did. I thought I would get sick at night, so I would stay up all night with the light on reading. I had panic attacks if I thought to much about it, and would feel and think I was gonna throw up, but I never did. I also used to freak out when other people threw up, I’d plug my ears and cry, and just avoid the situation altogether.

Eventually it got so bad that my teacher complained to my parents and I had to see a therapist. I was diagnosed with anxiety and prescribed meds that I’ve been on to this day.

I still hope that one day I’ll be able to get off my pills, but the fear still affects my everyday life sometimes. I don’t freak out when other people puke now. it still grosses me out and shakes me a little, but doesn’t bother me nearly as much as it used to. But I still get scared of me, myself, throwing up.

This fear has pretty much almost run my life for 8 years, I would really love to know if there is some sort of solution out there.

I’m a highschool student and this has ruined my entire outlook on life. I’ve had this fear ever since kindergarten when my friend puked all over the cafeteria right next to me. Now whenever someone tells me they have a stomach ache I go into panic mode thinking they’ll throw up on me. I stress myself out so much that it’s ruining my life and I’m making myself sick. I don’t understand why no one else is scared of this, it actually is a really big deal, just the thought of it makes me cringe. I’m terrified of getting the flu and puking in public, also. I rarely go out to eat in public for fear that I’m going to vomit, or someone else will. I won’t take certain staircases in school because they smell like vomit or someone informs me someone vomitted. I reallly need help with this, it would be so much easier if no one ever vomitted. :(

I’ve had a fear of throwing up as long as I can remeber. My dad drank a lot and so did his friends. One of my earliest memories is one of his friends throwing up over the side of our back porch.. I guess becaause of drinking. My dad passed away when I was 10. That’s when it really started to get bad. Sometimes I tink I’m crazy because I know it’s stupid to be afraid of a normal bady response. My family and fiance don’t understand. The only person who does is my grandma. I’m afraid when she’s gone theres not going to be anyone who gets me and can calm me down from my fear. I take medicine for anxiety but it doesn’t help. It effects every part of my life. I carry around hand sanitizer everywhere I go. My life is basically controlled by some irrational fear.
It feels good to know that I’m not the only one suffering from this. I feel really bad for everyone else who does though. If anyone knows anyway I can get over this or try to control it I woud definatly appreciate the help. It’s definatly taking a toll on me. I need to talk to someone who understands.

I’m in highschool and I haven’t had this fear of throwing up for long. It was more of a quiet fear which I never really addressed in my head. I haven’t thrown up since like 3rd grade and before third grade, I threw up allllllllll the time . Until about 4 months ago everything was fine. Then I got sick and had to take cold medecine which made me really anxious and jittery and nauseous. By that time, I was so afraid of puking at school I couldn’t even stand to go there. I tried so many things. Reading books about thinking positive, drinking tea, relaxing my mind, turning to OGd. I stopped smoking pot and drinking because it got so bad. I was like on the verge depression at some points. It went away for a few days but has recently come bck. I’m beginning to learn how to over come my fear.
If you’re gonna throw up you’re gonna throw up. I mean you can’t stop it. Everybody does it. It’s gotta happen sometimes.I wouldn’t say try hypnosis or anything but you should just try to change the way you think. I read a few book sthat have really helped me understand: Psycho-Cibernetics and What to Say When You Talk to Yourself.
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