anxiety/emetophobe

[anxy26]

Hi everyone,  

 I'm really struggling with my anxiety/phobia around vomiting. I have a 17 month old son and the last 5 weeks he has been vomiting and had diahhorea. I'm falling into a bad place living in constant fear of him vomiting, having to clean it/him, worrying I'm going to catch something that'll make me vomit etc. I'm waiting to see a psychologist about it but that is more than a month away and every day I'm alone with him I'm tense worried and dissolving into tears due to the stress. My husband is great but can't always come home from work and I have no other family here that can help. Has anyone been through something similar? I feel like I'm slowly drowning....

[Chris_B]

Hi anxy26, welcome to the forums. Please have a look through the following threads to find members in similar situations:

Vomiting phobia

How do I help my partner understand? Will he ever?

Fear of being sick

Not coping

Anyone struggling with food related anxiety?

My anxiety is pulling me down

[kaylen]

Hi anxy26,

I have been diagnosed with emetophobia, and have had it for about 30 years. Due to the fear of morning sickness, I never had children. In my opinion, you are so brave to have had your children to begin with-something I will never do!

I have found that medications help in the short term but definitely don't cure it. Trying to think more positively about vomit helps more i.e. no one likes to vomit, and it won't kill you. One day I hope to spend at least one day not worrying that I will be sick!