I didn’t even dare to go out

First check where the nearest toilet is or don’t you dare leave the door. The fear of vomiting severely limited Daniel’s life.

Daniel (32), mother of 5 son:

“When I was about two years old, my father vomited a lot in front of me. He had alcohol problem He had drunk himself that day. Perhaps because of this event, she unconsciously formed a lifelong fear of vomiting: emetophobia.

vomiting phobia

For example, my mother still remembers it during Pregnancy My brother made me vomit, and as a four-year-old I was crying in the fetal position with my fingers in my ear. I’m not afraid of getting sick, but I’m afraid of actual vomiting.

“When I went to visit, I made sure I knew where the toilet was, in case I vomited”

This fear has greatly limited my life. When I first went somewhere, I made sure I knew where the bathroom was, in case I vomited. Although this did not happen. In adulthood I didn’t dare leave the house anymore, because I was afraid to vomit if I was on the bus, for example.

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trauma treatment

I went to therapy and took the edge. Like my son Sam illness He spits, I can now sit quietly next to him. Then I patted his back and asked him to get rid of him. Then my maternal instinct is so strong that panicked thoughts disappear into the background. I stand strong like a spring from tension when he’s lying in bed coughing. I’m so afraid it will turn into a spit.

Recently I have here trauma treatment It has helped. The great moment hasn’t come yet, he doesn’t spit then, but I feel more comfortable about it.”

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