First book on emetophobia (fear of vomiting)

[DJFyrewolf36]

I used to be majorly nervous around anyone vomiting, and I would absolutely NOT want to be the one doing it! Having my stomach pumped as a teen made it all that much worse. Now I'm kind of ok with it having to deal with a little one...for some reason when Nick spits up it doesn't bother me lol. But if its other people or the cats even I run for the hills. The worst part about it for me is the sound...ugh.

Its actually nice to know that this is a legitimate phobia! I thought I was just being a complete wuss about it. Maybe I should read this book too!

[Kirsten]

Is there anyone that likes the sound or the smell? HAHAHAHA Who knows there probably is.

Certainly not! LOL But for an emetophobic, it's even worse than that. You'll have all the symptoms of a panic attack (trembling, sweating, nausea, hyperventilation et.) People would often say to me "well, nobody likes it, so what's the point?" But everyone's understanding as soon as an arachnophobic freaks out when he's spotting a spider...

I would not make a good mom.

Well, same here. A friend of mine has two kids, and they throw up all the time. Every time I talk to her, somebody in her family seems to have a stomach flu...

I run for the hills.

When I was a child, I jumped out of the car when my sister vomited. Luckily, my father was already slowing down, so I didn't get injured. Needless to say, I got scolded by my parents for that. But I couldn't help it, I just had to get out of there, no matter what.

Its actually nice to know that this is a legitimate phobia! I thought I was just being a complete wuss about it.

So true! Until a couple of years ago, I was thinking the same. It was actually here at Pet Talk that somebody told me there's a name for it.

Kirsten

[Twisterdog]

You learn something new every day. I had no idea there was an actual phobia of vomitting. Hmmm ....

Personally, I don't know of ANYone who likes it. Everyone I know avoids doing it, seeing it, cleaning it up, etc. A lot of people I know get ill themselves if they have to deal with someone else throwing up. To me, this is normal.

I don't know ... seems to me a true phobia involves something that someone is truly terrified of, but that others have no problem with or actually like. For example snakes, spiders, leaving the house, heights, being in a small space ... most people aren't terribly bothered by those things, and some people really love them.

Vomiting just seems a little different to me, in that NOONE likes it.

[Kirsten]

Well, like I tried to explain in my post above, it's a difference between "not to like" something or to panic over something. Like, when you jump out of a driving car because somebody in the car vomits, or like being terrified for days when someone around you had a stomach flu, and you cannot think of anything else... The book described the case a woman who got pregnant and even though she wanted a child, she had an abortion because she feared the morning sickness... It's a real phobia, and even worse because you cannot stay away from the things you fear. Like they say in the book, you can run away from spider, but not from your own stomach...

Kirsten

[Taz_Zoee]

Wow, I also never heard of this phobia. But I guess there is a phobia for everything if you think about it.
It's a good thing I don't have a problem with vomit (not that I like it or anything). Working with children for 12 years, I would have never made it. In fact, I had a baby that acid reflux. He would throw up after eating all the time if he didn't get his meds at the exact time he should.
I worked with a girl that couldn't even stand to wipe a childs nose. Then she got pregnant and I was like - oh dear, how are you going to manage? But as someone else stated, it was all fine with her own child.

So does this book teach you how to deal with it? Or is it just a book of other peoples stories who suffer from the same thing? (Sorry, I didn't look at the link.)