Psylogical fear of....?

Question

so i know this is going to sound totally wierd, but i think i have a "phobia" of throwing up...i currently haven't done that gross thing in..well going on 9 years (yea! i have a record!) is this normal?? i mean..to actually think that you are going to die if you throw up? i just need to make sure that i am still sane here...

Answer 1

Hi there! I remember hearing about this on 60/60...believe it or not. It's actually a phobia and it effects quite a few number of people.

Emetophobia is the irrational fear of vomiting, being around others who are vomiting, and/or the vomit itself.

In worst case scenarios, people with the phobia tend to avoid eating out, socializing and going to parties. They may hardly eat at all and that's why many are often diagnosed as anorexic, but not bulimic as this illness involves the induction of vomiting. Emetophobics will go to extraordinary lengths to avoid becoming violently sick or seeing someone else becoming sick.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I have astrophobia and the "phobia" of throwing up.

Yes,

      It could be normal.

Answer 3

No, that's nothing serious.  Throwing up sucks, and I am a little afraid of how much it hurts (my record was five years...yeah, I counted too).  Once it happened (alcohol + lots of asprine = bad morning), it wasn't as bad as I thought.  I still don't like throwing up by any means, but I don't completely dread it.  It just happens sometimes.

Answer 4

thats not normal you psychopath. freaky leaky deaky schneaky weeky beeky heeky. alfonso!

Answer 5

it's totally normal .. i have the same fear... you just learn to deal with the fact that it happens to everyone and you won't die when it happens even though it is completely disgusting and horrible at the time .. lol good luck! <3

stephanie  

Answer 6

Girl dont worry that is one of the most  common phobias.  I have had 2 friends and my mother who suffer severely due to the immense fear of throwing up.  Fortanatly my best friend has learned to cope with it, my other friend would get so worried when she had a stomach ache that it would make her sick and due to it she wouldnt go out for days would run to the doctor for everything!  As for my mom she actually recently made her bf pick  her up from a cabin that she was at with her friends because the one girl threw up (6 hour drive) she cries and even kicks us out of the house if me or my siblings get sick.  So dont worry your totally Sane.  hang in there i know what its like to have an irrational fear!

Answer 7

nah, you just dont like to experience it.. i feel a little the same, i hate it and it just kills me when it happens! so, yes, u are sane! :D

Answer 8

omg i have the same fear. i have record of mine too. i was in 11th grade that was 1994  then didn't throw up again until about 1yr ago. and 2007. i was a nervous wreck when i got pregnant but i lucked out and prayed very hard that i would not get sick and i didn't with either of my boys. the only thing is now with kiddos it is you that has to take care of them when they are sick and yes you do have a better chance of getting the throw up bug. i still have been lucky with that (knock on wood) but no you are not alone at all. i hate that feeling and hold it in as long as i can. lol