Kirsten you made my day. I had no idea there was such a thing as being phobic about throwing up but the way it's described fits me to a T. I'm going to have to read that book, it might just help me. Due to a health problem I can have 2-3 days where I throw up every half hour which lands me in hospital on IV, not pleasant at all. But I've always had a problem with this and I think it did turn me phobic because if I get that queasy feeling I turn cold as ice, sweat pours down my body and I feel like the ground will open up and swallow me. If I hear someone throw up I will soon be doing the same. When my kids were little I wanted to lock myself out of the house when they got sick and I had to clean it up because I used to throw up while cleaning it up.
Amazing what you learn on a dog forum. Fortunately, these bouts have ceased for 7 mos.now and I'm floating on air. I want to read the book for the next bout, might help me feel a bit better or give me ideas on how to just cope better. I should bring the book to the hospital for the nurses, they might feel better reading it because they just stand there feeling so helpless not being able to control my bouts even with Gravol. They know it will eventually stop but they try so hard it makes me feel guilty.