Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: round 2 -warning don't read if you're emetaphobic like me!

Im happy you did not take my post as criticism and just my opinion on the matter as such... I fully understand what your going through i once debated the same thing... but for me it was to learn ways to cope with the anxiety and the anticipation of the action was what i was most interested in learning...

im still not cured by far but it does not consume my life anymore... i still look for ways to ease the anxiety so that when the act does happen of it own will be it stomach virus or of anything else that i would be more prepared to deal with it

most people who are emetaphobe even state that once they do get sick that they were calm and did not freak out yet a few months later are back to freaking out if they feel the slightest nausea...

I understand what you mean about the sexual abuse reference that you mention but the way i think she meant it is that although the situations are quite different and that throwing up is a natural bodily function, to some one like me or you it can seam like a horrific trauma to even think about it happening, a trauma that not everyone can sympathize and understand.

you said so yourself that people who are afraid of heights (usually because of a fear that they could fall) DO learn step by step to go to high places and face their fear but they don't jump off... same should be for us in my opinion meaning we should learn step by step to get through the anxiety buy desensitization(and EMDR Therapy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMDR) meaning pictures, being able to watch it on TV, learning to deal with the level of anxiety each of these things bring to you learn ways to cope until eventually you have 0 anxiety when faced with these pictures ect....
to better be ready to deal with it when the act truly happens

I idea for me in my journey to get to a point were it doesn't consume my every thought and don't obsess over it and I believe im 80% better at it now.

I truly respect you for getting this far and for trying to get over this fear by any means that you feel is right for you, its not easy to do but it is possible.

PS.. the site that i was referring to was http://emetophobics.proboards83.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic as i had sen someone with your username join a few days ago and even sent that person a message, if it wasn't you, sorry for the confusion :P

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