I needed the words "Just a few moments of grossness, you have nothing to be scared of"

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked that. Our brains make it out to be something that will never end but in reality it'll only be a few moments and then it'll be over!

The way I get rid of a tight throat is either chewing gum or ginger candy and water personally. But I'm glad to hear about your way.

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, used to do chewing gum too. Didn't know you could get ginger candy, how interesting!

@CheesyTornado

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmetophobiaHelp The ginger quite helpful!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

@@CheesyTornado Yeah I imagine it's probably great for helping nausea too! I'll have to remember that one.

i have been getting the tight throat feeling for years but ive never been able to decribe it to anyone. your description is so accurate and my experience finally feels validated :) i just wish i was able to make it disappear simply by asking myself “whats the worse that can happen”, you make it seem so easy! oh well i probably just need more practice. thank you for sharing :)

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm so glad I could help! Yeah it took me quite a while to realise what it actually was, so I don't blame you. Aah yes, it won't go over night, it takes practice to be able to really sit with the feeling and just observe it rather than push it away - wasn't easy by any means! Keep trying and see if it helps, but don't push yourself 💕 No problem!

Thank you for this I’ve been struggling with emetophobia my whole life

i feel very similar to you. my emetophobia also started in year 5 at primary school, it’s currently so bad that i haven’t left my house in over a year, i have severe ocd because of it, it affects every part of my life. i relate to the things you said SO much. in fact i don’t think i’ve ever found anyone that relates to me emet as much as you did. i’ve had cbt, exposure therapy etc but none of it helped. i’m currently in a very dark, horrible, and incredibly painful place. but this video helped ease some of the anxiety. thank you. i’ve noticed you haven’t posted recently, i still hope you will read this x

@EmetophobiaHelp

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your message and I'm so, honestly, insanely sorry that you have to deal with this! I too had CBT (I go into that in my next video) I found it great for short term help, but long term required something else. Have you ever tried EMDR therapy? I'm currently having sessions and I would definitely recommend it if you can, it's amazing the effect it has on the way you think. I know what it's like to be terrified to leave the house, it's a slippery slope and so easy to do. If I have learn't anything from this phobia though, it's that you have to fight it. If you can do one thing that challenges your fear, even if it's a tiny, small thing, it will start to alleviate some of the anxiety. Like, walking 2 minutes out of the house. It may be terrifying the first time, yes. But if you do it again the next day, it won't be as bad. I promise you that. The third time, even less. Then maybe, when you feel ready, you walk 5 minutes out of the house. Challenge the fear, but don't push yourself. Know your limits. if you need a day to recuperate after that two-minute walk, do it. If there is one bit of advice I can guarantee to be completely true (because I've proved it to myself again and again and again), it's that the SECOND time of doing something terrifying will NEVER be as bad as the first. Never. I am telling you this because when you are at your worst point, when every waking moment is filled with fear, pain, and anxiety, challenging yourself, even a tiny bit, will alleviate that. It takes guts, absolutely. A heck-tun-god-load of guts. But it is 100% possible. And you WILL survive. Apologies for the essay, so difficult to get everything across without monologuing, haha! Do stay in touch though. If you have any questions or if I can somehow help in any way, please don't hesitate to ask. Stay strong, because you are GOING to survive this!!!

@CosyKat

4 жыл бұрын

Emetophobia Help thank you so so so much!!! i haven’t ever had emdr therapy but i’ve heard a lot of people recommend it, definitely one of the things i want to try :)) i don’t have words i’m so thankful for your reply, sorry it took so long for me to reply back

@EmetophobiaHelp

4 жыл бұрын

@@CosyKat No worries at all, glad I could help and good luck!! Let me know how it goes and if you need anymore info :D

hi! i just wanted to come and say thank you for this video! i really appreciate your posts, and your videos has helped me countless times. i only just found your channel about a week or two ago, but it has already helped me a lot when i get anxious. having somebody else calm me down helps way more than myself!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness you've just made my day, thank you! I'm so, so glad that the videos have been helping! 🥰 Keep at it, you've got this 💪

@vysharts

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmetophobiaHelp i’m glad i made your day better, you deserve it!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

@@vysharts Oh my goodness the flattery, thank you 🥰

I have to save this video, it’s so comforting, I hope I’ll have access to it the next time I have a panic attack. Thank you so, so much.

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome, I'm so glad it helped!

Hey, thanks so much for this! I struggle a ton with tight throat from my emetophobia and relate heavily with it getting much worse after a period of stress. Did you ever have trouble with dentistry as a result? I desperately need to go, but a combination of fears and panic make it impossible!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

No worries at all! Weirdly I haven't had problems with dentistry but then I haven't needed to go for a while 😅 If you squeeze your right thumb within your palm though it's supposed to stop the gag reflex, so I wonder if that might help? I've used it several times in the past as a last resort and it seems to do the job. It's particularly recommended for people that have problems with dentistry would you believe!

i got diagnosed with anxiety-induced mild gastritis and my emetophobia makes it impossible for me to get better, because i just can't stop feeling anxious. so half of my symptoms are physical, and the other are psychosomatic. and the throat tightness... yuck. i really want to feel better, and i hope everyone in the comments feels better as well!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

Oooo that's so annoying! I'm sorry you're having to go through that... Give my 'Intrusive Thought' video a try, I'm wondering if it may help to relax you a little more, particulourly if you're having to deal with physical symptoms as well. It may not feel like it, but I promise you, there's always a way to make thing easier/feel better, you just have to find what works for you and slowly work on it 💕

I'm having really bad throat tightness right now, but when i try to relax the muscles it feels like the tightness gets worse!! I tried doing this video but i felt more and more like i would gag/throw up? Should I keep trying to breathe through that feeling?

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

No worries, don't push yourself, maybe take a break and come back to it later when you feel ready. But yes, if you can, try and sit with that uncomfortable feeling and just observe it for what it is. Don't try to relax it (sometimes forcing relaxation will make it stay longer, it has to happen naturally), just watch it, notice the muscles being used and how that affects what your brain is telling you. Sit with those feelings for as long as you can. Don't attempt to relax, just observe 😊

@sophiaroselle

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmetophobiaHelp thank you so much!!

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

@@sophiaroselle You are most welcome!

Please tell me imma alright I want this to be over I never had this before 😔😔🥺

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

I know, it's just the worst isn't it?! You can absolutely get rid of it though, I promise. But you will have to face it, pushing it away will not help. It's a battle and it takes guts but you CAN do it! I went from having it all day everyday to basically hardly ever, so I know it can be done. Stay strong, you can do this 💪

Wait…After you throw up you will feel sick for a few minutes? Won’t the nausea stay with you for days?

@EmetophobiaHelp

2 жыл бұрын

Usually once you're sick (say for instance, a stomach bug), your body doesn't have any reason to continue to be nauseous because it's gotten rid of the substance that's making it ill. Unless you're taking medication/pills/antibiotics or you're putting something into your body that is causing continuous nausea. This is as far as I have experienced personally, I am, of course, not a doctor 😁

I got my covid vaccine on Saturday and it’s now Monday, I felt so bad with it like the side effects was horrible, I couldn’t leave my house. My mum stupidly asked us to go out camping ( we go like 2 times a month ) I was really unwell with the vaccine and she asked me calmly if I wanted to go and it’s okay if not and I said no but i don’t wanna ruin it, she started going all mad and said she’s selling the camping stuff and she’s gonna turn the wiFi off and not pay the tv bills. and I said it’s fine. Right later on i went downstairs and I was shaking and sweating and I said I could hardly breathe and I was paniking like very bad I was crying. She said “maybe if you came out of your f*cking bed.” And I was like what 😃. And then she told me to take this numbing thing but I’m not sure that would help so I said no and she started getting mad at me about the whole camping situation and was yelling and I started crying and I said that I can’t deal with this rn and this isn’t the right time even tho I literally told her I could barely breathe like 5 mins before she was yelling. she started yelling and me and calling me rude and a b*tch. But this video helped me SO much. your vids have helped me through a lot of panic attacks. Thank you.

Would you actually gag ? Or you felt like it would make you gag

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

Never gagged (gagging is terrifying to me) but having a tight throat made me suuuper aware of my gag reflex and my head would constantly tell me that it was going to make me gag.

@Fixiefre123ak

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmetophobiaHelp and I’m the same now I never gag but I’m so aware of it and sometimes I feel like I am going to gag. Hopefully I don’t gag because I’m super scared

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fixiefre123ak I know, it's so difficult isn't it! I've found the best approach is just to sit with the feelings, rather than avoid/push the sensation away. I can absolutely say though that after having throat tightness for several years, I don't have it anymore! 🥰 They also do this same technique in CBT therapy.

Did you ever get sick from doing this ?

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

I have 100% never been sick from doing this. Never ever 😊

@Fixiefre123ak

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmetophobiaHelp okay thank you so much haha I’m scared because I don’t want to get sick

@EmetophobiaHelp

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fixiefre123ak I can definitely relate, I was the same before I did this for the first time haha! The video is very relaxing and all you have to do physically is deep breathing - that's it! You can stop at any time but I would recommend seeing it through if you can. Let me know if it helps at all!