Hey guys! I’m a teenager dealing with pretty severe emetophobia. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, it’s the fear of getting sick or seeing others get sick. Mine is around getting sick. Puking terrifies me, and it’s been getting really hard to deal with. I don’t go out in public anymore for fear of getting sick randomly or catching a sickness, I barley eat, I won’t take new medications unless I know for sure there aren’t any side effects of nausea or vomiting, and basically I just stay home in bed all day. I barley finished senior year because of staying at home. I am in therapy once a week, one hour sessions, but I seem to be the same.
If anyone else is dealing with something similar I’d love some feedback! And if you’ve beat this phobia I’d be sooo grateful for some tips. It’s really changing me as a person and controlling my life, making my depression really show itself.
Much Love,
Claysha
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Welcome to our community. Hopefully, you will find folks here are very supportive and have a wealth of experience to share from. You sound like you have been having a difficult time of it, and it is good that you are in therapy.
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