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Emetophobia

User Profile: sociableBunny2755
sociableBunny2755 October 10th, 2018

Its so hard to deal with :( I can remember the day that I started being terrified of vomiting. I tried to see a therapist but I work full time and they are not available when I am. Its been getting a lot worse lately, too. Im feeling really depressed every day and Im losing motivation to do anything. My job also includes working with kids which just adds another element to the fear because kids are always getting sick. On top of the anxiety I feel Im also getting OCD-like symptoms like obsessive hand washing and also hypochondriac symptoms as well (example: one of my kids found a tick on himself today and I immediately got paranoid that I had a tick too and therefore had Lymes disease). Has this happened with anybody else? Its literally destroying my life and if I dont do something soon Im gonna lose it. Any tips and tricks? Ive been suffering for about 4 years now so I have a few of my own. Thanks for reading

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User Profile: DavidEss
DavidEss October 14th, 2018

@sociableBunny2755

Lots of people feel like you do, I can assure you.

It would be a really good idea for you to see a therapist. Also I would suggest that you immediately engage with mindfulness like your life depended on it. There is loads of stuff on that on this site, and you can do it in private.. .