An emetophobic making the self-help and advice videos she wished she'd had access to, in hopes of helping others.
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i wanted to share my story. ive struggled with emetophobia since i was little, im nearly an adult now for reference. i struggle not only to eat but sometimes to get out of bed because the stress is immobilizing. i struggle to brush my teeth some days because i dont want to put anything in my mouth. id be happy to discuss someone elses experience with them if they send a reply in the comments.
Ive had it for 5 years and i start shaking and trembling everytime i have any thought of that ANY feeling in my stomach scares the hell out of me when i was about ten years old it started and it was so bad i cried sometimes because my mind wouldn’t un picture the scene of it happening. Yes to this day i do think about it and scares me. especially when i go out to carnivals or fairs because i feel someone is gonna do it bcs of nausea after rides. Once i was going to the pool and a cars door open and i saw someone do it right in front me im so traumatized i wanna cry and another time not too long before that i saw i kid doing it. And one time at the nurses office i saw someone say they were there because they thr*w up picturing it just makes my teeth chatter. One time it happened to my dad from some sharp pain in his kidney but i heard the sounds and wanted to run out of my house and never come back. I hate when anyone mentions it even as a joke but i was having a panic attack and it just felt so good writing thiss.
Im having some sort of panic attack because of this and I just want to thank you , this is really helpful and to whoever is reading this to distract yourself , I hope your day gets better
Thank you for this I’ve been struggling with emetophobia my whole life
I had a small bout of food poisoning at the start of this month and i cannot stop thinking back to how bad it felt. i feel fine most of the time but after I eat or when I'm too tired and even just before going to relax I get BAD nausea 😑👎 get so so anxious and get panic attacks and trembling legs almost every night now. is this normal ? how can i cope with such emetophobia when i really DO have some lasting nausea and stomach pain ? it keeps me up at night burning 🔥😢
BTW I habe had emetophobia as long as I can remember ever feeling anxiety, have always been very up and down with the anxiety and panic attacks
I know I’m late but I can almost 100% guarantee you (as frustrating as it is) the nausea is caused by emetophobia induced anxiety. A few things I recommend is one making a safe space, one that’s open with maybe plushies or other things that comfort you if you’re feeling anxious or having an emetophobia attack. For nausea I recommend zofran! It’s helped me personally greatly with ridding nausea. And if possible talking to a loved one or even a therapist/counselor is SO helpful!!! And a bonus fun fact: people with emetophobia are the ones who throw up the least! I pray you get through this!! It doesn’t last forever ❤️
Did you use an audio for the hypnosis? And where did you get it? Thanks for the content! Keep up the great work!
Hi! I found this channel yesterday, and honestly, I can’t thank you enough. My tight throat has been bothering me in different intensities from november 2022 after a bad panic attack in class. I’ve been watching so many of your videos since yesterday, and they’ve helped me an awful lot, which I didn’t know was possible with my stubborn brain. I’ve been battling more intense nausea for the past few days, for whatever reason (I’ve started taking iron supplements just in case it could be anemia) but I’ve been trying my very best to cope, especially when my mum is at work (separation anxiety has hit hard recently). I’m 16 now and I’m hoping to win the war against emetophobia some day soon. Thank you so much for all of your help!!
this is so eye opening. My physical anxiety is the worst and so d trembly hard to deal with
Really glad your back 💞 Your videos have helped me out alot!
Thank you and I'm so glad! I hope you're doing a bit better now 💖
missed you bro so happy to know you’re living you’ve helped me quite a bit to keep pushing thru and feeling seen wishing you the best!!
Thank you so much and I'm so glad I could help! 💖
This video is exactly what I needed today. Thank you for taking the time to offer support and encouragement to me and everyone else who watches your videos, I’m so grateful. You provide a safe space for me when I feel like I have nowhere to turn, and it means so much to hear from someone who can empathize with the sometimes confusing, exhausting experiences of emetophobia. You’re wonderful, and I hope you’re doing well ♥️♥️
I discovered this channel not too long ago. I’m 30 and had this phobia since I was like 2 years old but I’m at my lowest right now… been in a dark place for the last 7/8 yrs, to the point where I just wanna give up so I needed to hear this. This was nice, thank you 🫶🏻
Welcome Back! It's refreshing to hear that you are alive and well. Nothing resonates with me more than the statement, "its much much better. still have intrusive thoughts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week" feels like something straight out of my head. I loved your video on "How to get rid of a tight throat", while I only watched it once or twice, the amount of comfort it has brought me is immense. I find your videos to be beautifully constructed, the wording precise and annoyingly convincing... <3 To preach my story a little, I have been all consumed by this fear for a maybe nine years now, only in the last three or so did it decide to up the anti. It really is brutal sometimes. So many aspects of my life become so contorted and difficult. I feel like I have undergone a vast amount of suffering, that is incomprehensible to most, and I have nothing to show for it. I probably have some other mental health conditions. My psychiatrist suggested OCD and ASD, and while I am certain I have some level of both (They are of course a spectrum), I didn't like the diagnosis, and all my interactions with those in the mental health department have felt lacklustre to say the least. I think outside of my emetophobia I am difficult person to understand, and nothing makes that more blatantly clear than therapy. Which is why I thoroughly enjoy and appreciate your videos. It shows that someone out there, understands something of what I have been through. Knows the pain, the thoughts, the loneliness. And that makes them all a little better, to know I am not so alone. I'll admit that I am scared to watch your emetophobia story. I feel as if it will hit too close to home, maybe it could spike new worries that I am living in blissful ignorance of. Maybe it would just give me reminders of my own pain and tough times, thing I would like to put behind me. But I am sure it is a grand tale, and I would like to congratulate you on making it here, a huge achievement. Anyway, sorry for a bit of a ramble :p The most important part is here: Thank you, truly thank you, for all that you done for everyone like us, thank you for the comfort, the advice, the honesty that you have shown. You have had an abundant positive impact on the world <3 I wish you nothing but the best! I hope all of us continue to become just a bit better than we were yesterday, and when we fall, we will continue to climb back up, stronger and wiser!
Hello and thank you! I’m glad that resonated - I don’t think it's something that's going to disappear altogether but you can definitely bring it down enough to live a normal life and be happy! I’m so glad the videos have been helping and are a comfort It does that doesn’t it? You can live with it for a while (years) with it being relatively low-level and then something will trigger it to get much worse. Yep, everything you’re saying completely resonates with me. The suffering used to be absolutely unbearable. I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with it. That’s interesting though, why didn’t you like the diagnosis? Or was it maybe not correct? I can understand that though, health departments can not always be the best of help. Thank you, I’m glad you can take some comfort from them. The people in the comments too, so many people have been through the same thing, it’s amazing how common it is. Don’t worry about watching my story. I think if you’re worried, it’s probably better to not push yourself and instead watch them when you feel ready (or not watch them at all). They are my direct experiences and triggers, so probably best to leave those for the time being. But thank you, it’s been a wild ride haha! Thank YOU, I’m so glad I was able to help a little and I wish you well on your mental health journey 🙌 Yes absolutely - When we fall down, we get back up. If we can’t get back up today, we try tomorrow, or the next day. When we can’t get back up at all, we get help 💪
@@EmetophobiaHelp Hahaha, I feel my relatively low-level would still be considered high by some, but I suppose no one knows that better than you and the other commenters. In a way its beautiful, the way we twist and transform our problems to elevate the emetophobia, a twisted form of coping. One that remains long after the initial incident subsides. As to why I dislike the diagnosis, well, the full story is too long and too personal for KZread comments, but I can give you the TLDR (still pretty long :p) as my last comment was slightly misleading in its wording. I completely agree with the OCD element, I see it a lot within my coping mechanisms for emetophobia, as I am sure many do, because at it's core emetophobia is a fear of lack of control. To say he suggested ASD is slightly misworded, he insisted ASD. His argument was that as I have OCD, GAD, and depression, I must have ASD. I am not sure if it is correct, its something that has lingered on my mind for a long time. But I harbour a lot of resentment for the psychiatrist, and thus the diagnosis. I appreciate that despite you may be anywhere along your emetophobia journey, you place yourself towards to an end, to give hope to those who are further behind, that things do get better. And while I am not convinced you are necessarily there yet, you, like me, have true faith that there is another side, and you share that to everyone you can. And of course, there is, and everyday we get closer to finding a way to be at peace. I will share with you one of my favourite quotes, "Nothing ever last's forever" (from "everybody wants to rule the world" song) At first I saw this as a pessimistic phrase, structures will collapse, kingdoms will fall, relationships will end, lives will end. But I realised it applies equally to the opposite, fear will end, pain will end, suffering will end, these things can't last forever. It reminds me that no matter how bad something may feel in the moment, nothing will ever last forever. Time passes. Things change. Life is beautiful in that sense. You have a random pain in your hand today that is continually on your mind? In a couple days it will be long gone. Some things take longer to heal, and heal in unique ways, but the pain, the suffering, the struggles, will all pass. Accepting that quote, for its good and its bad, its hope and its fear, has helped me value my time and allowed me to appreciate life and find more beauty in it, and I hope it does the same for you.
aw im so glad to hear from you again! your videos used to be the only thing that helped me when I was doing really bad over this past year. Many nights were spent pacing around my house worried and panicking, and I would just put your channel on a repeating playlist and listen. I swear your videos were most often the only thing that actually helped me be able to successfully calm down enough to sleep. Thanks a lot and glad to hear you're doing well!
Specifically, your intrusive thought relief video as well as your how to reduce emet with CBT skills video have literally saved me so much time and energy usually spent panicking. I was living alone and falling into a really bad place with my OCD and health anxieties, never found a video/channel as effective or helpful as yours. Finally medicated and doing much better myself! However, I still find myself coming back to your channel occasionally when I need it. Thank you again. Seriously, thank you.
Hello! I'm so happy to hear this, so happy to know that they really helped! 😊
@@connorm1181 I'm so glad! I can understand that too, I think particularly when you're starting to spiral, living alone can be quite difficult if you've got no one to comfort you or talk you down. I went through the same thing when this all started. I’m so, so, SO happy to know that you’re doing better! A massive well done from me, you should be so proud of yourself! You are more than welcome and I wish you well for the future 🥰
@@EmetophobiaHelp you’re an amazing soul!!! And have inspired me to share more openly and help my friends :) your reply warmed my heart. And for everyone here watching/flipping thru comments IT DOES GET BETTER!!! It gets so. Much. Better!!!
@@connorm1181What a wonderful comment, thank you so much, you've made my day!! It really does get better! 🥰
Welcome back! and welcome to the sertraline squad, looking forward to new videos :) take care ♥
Haha thank you and thak you! It's good to be here with the sertraliniez, fingers crossed for the future 💕
I just used your intrusive thoughts meditation the other day! It’s been a while but I’m so glad it was there to help me 🤍
I also feel like I have OCD!
That's wonderful, I'm glad I was able to help! How has your head journey been going? 💖
@@AutumnMarie97Ooo I wonder! Do you think you'll try for a diagnosis?
I have used your videos in the past few months a lot recently with my emetophobia becoming more prominent with a few life situations. So cool to see you are still about! Emetophobia is such a common phobia and it’s also common to be very intrusive. I’ve found a safe space here for sure.
I'm so sorry it's gotten worse, it'll definitely do that with very stressful situations... Power on though, you've got this 🙌 It really is so common, just not talked about! I'm so glad you feel safe here - sending much love 🥰
Your videos helped me so much with the struggle!
I'm so glad I was able to help! I hope you're doing ok 🥰
You're aliveeee! It's good to hear an update from you! I hope you're doing alright. You also helped me a lot through my struggle. And I really appreciate your videos. Please take care. 🤍🫶
Haha yesss!! Yes I'm doing good thank you - are you doing ok? How's the head? I'm so glad the videos were a help and thank you! 🥰
OH MY GOD GIRL IVE MISSED YOU🥹 im so glad you’ve been doing the whole life thing! your videos have made such a difference in my life and i can’t express how much comfort your videos have given me for the past three years of my life🫶
Hehe hello! Oh my goodness, I'm so glad I've been able to help and thank you so much! How has your head been doing? Has it been a long road? Are you still on the road? 😊
Thank you so much for this! I’m currently 16 weeks pregnant and have been really struggling with morning sickness but this video has helped me so much❤
last night as i was trying to fall asleep i felt like something was off. I turned around for a while until i felt like my heart was beating out of my chest...it was a panic attack. Idk how long it lasted but when i felt a bit better (better enough to get up and get my phone) i searched for distraction techniques and found your video. Even watching it from the little screen of my phone made me feel better. Thank you. It feels great to be understood and that you are not alone and it is also wonderful to be reminded that the panic attack will end. Thank you so much for this amazing video. Lots of love
I’m 11 and my mum was throwing up today bc of a roller coaster in this vr and she felt sick and threw up and I heard it but I’m proud of myself bc usually I would be worse and cover my ears but I didn’t cover my ears I just let it happen and my heart was beating but after I was like I never threw so I’m fine and it’s so amazing I feel like I can get it over without therapy and ur vids helped me so much so I’m not scared of sleeping at night imma keep watching them!
I suffer from extreme emetophobia and this always helps.
Anyone else get different kinds of nausea? Like when i havent eaten Im not afraid of THAT kind of nausea bc i know its easily solvable, and never ends in sickness. Whereas, nausea when i have a flu or something is way more real and i cant tell if it will end up in sickness. It’s ironic, the moment (right now) I distract myself fully I dont even notice it. Makes me doubt how I feel. Here are the things ive always done to help: Wearing motion sickness nausea wristbands - mostly placebo but it helps me Eating bananas and soft foods like pastas with little to no sauce Consuming any form of mint (i cant use gum, but i always try to have mints or a literal toothbrush and toothpaste bc it provides me with some relief.) I have a problem where I am unable to burp therefore when I do it almost simulates the reflex of being sick but my body isn’t actually trying to be since once I have burped nothing else happens besides a lingering nausea feeling.?
i come back to this a lot and i just wanna say thank you for making this. i’d love to see you make more videos some day, these are my saving grace lol
You are incredible. After waking up today crying from nausea and inability to eat anything for 2 days I just finished a pack of saltine crackers. Not a crazy about of food but having gone from 'I can't eat anything' to that it massive for me. Thank you again you are really chaning lives with your videos.
thank you so much for your channel you are a wonderful person
I do not eat From reasurants. And i dont eat Alot of chicken methods.
PMS and ovulation is a big one for me too 😿😵💫
This video is life saver, thank you so much💗 I have been struggling with eating so much lately and it has gone worse and worse... I almost can't eat anything at all
I feel sensation in mouth like vomit but not vomit when I think or not I think it is nothing but sometimes it like vomiting and created some fake thing like what I say I can't express my words..If you have any social media please tell me..please..
THANK YOU EMETOPHOBIA HELP!!
Thank you sm, I was struggling to eat today because I have a cold but the cold is making me feel similar to certain situations and i was struggling to eat my fav meal. I did it though and I appreciate your channel sm
You need to learn to challenge the thoughts not just distract. We teach how to in Thrive
Hey, i just want to say thank you so so so much for these videos I just turned 15, and my mom and therapists are having a hard time figuring out how to help me eat - but these videos really help me feel better about it! Thank you!!
I just found this page at 5:30am which I haven’t slept due to nausea. It’s so soothing and calming.. really helped a lot. I have my gallbladder removed & dealt with emetophobia since I was 14 (8 years ago) and I have nausea for 17 months and occasionally now since surgery. Thank you for these helpful videos
Hello!! I’m sorry but i hope you are able to see my comment:(!! I’m not sure if this is possible but are u able to post the hipnosis tape that you received or recommend any other hipnosis clip on KZread maybe to get rid of this phobia :(?? I’m sorry if this sounds kind of personal since it was a clip from someone you know . But I’m kind of desperate to find a cure for this fear 😞 also hope you are having a nice day ! Your videos are amazing 🙁
Thank you for sharing your story, I have been dealing with this for 15 years and this is a type of CPT I need in a video. You are a blessing to the people who deal with this. I have looked everywhere and no one shares their stories. I hope everything is going well for you🙏🏼
Am going to try emdr now
im so scared bc i was in school and i felt something in my throat come up and i felt like i do when i throw up but i took pepcid which is antacids and now im just hungry but im still scared
i’m watching this at 3am as i got woken up by my brother being sick. Idk why and this time last year i was actually being sick with covid so its deja vu. He throws up when he’s anxious and he’s just one of those people who throws up over everything but 3am seems like a weird time for it to be random. It also means everyone’s a sleep so i can’t text anyone to find out and i don’t wanna leave my room. We only have one bathroom too , i wish i hadn’t woken up
Helloo <3 what kind of hypnosis did you used? I have another question. Are there any chance that new videos will be uploaded? Your videos are such a comfort for me <3
i’m struggled with anxiety for about just over a year it started when i was 13 and now i’m nearly 15. i’ve also been emetophobic since i was little and that contributes to most of my anxiety especially in winter months. tonight i woke up for the first time in a while to a panic attack and i forgot what to do but so happy i stumbled across this video. it’s really calmed me down. when i’m anxious i don’t want to eat anything and that’s led to bad physical health last year. i’m really hoping i can overcome this soon.
I have never heard anyone else describe what it's like to be emetophobic; it is very validating. Thank you for these videos
I'm so nervous because school starts in a week and I can't even go out of the house. I want to do a lot of things but my anxiety is keeping me from doing it. I was really a person who can do anything before like I was just good at everything but now I feel like I already failed in my life. 😥
Did you get over it
I listen to this anytime I have a panic attack and it’s really helped me - and I actually HAVE implemented this mindfulness technique in my day to day life! Thank you 💗
The problem is my IBS makes it feel like I have the flu, symptoms like Diarrhea, feeling hot, dizziness, shivering, cramps and nausea.
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.<33
i’d first off like to say thank you so much for making these videos. i’ve had emetophobia since 2nd grade and i’m 15 now, but im going through a particularly horrible period right now. i wanted to ask some of the other people in this comment section: does anyone else have a really difficult time recognizing nausea? i honestly don’t really know what nausea feels like because of how screwed up my mind/gut connection has gotten at this point. i always tell myself that i would know if i felt nauseas, but sometimes that isn’t enough. something that does make me feel better is that my doctor prescribed me anti-nausea pills, and when i take them i still feel what i think is nausea, which must mean it’s anxiety. but still, any time i feel anything in my stomach, i worry that it’s nausea and i cannot recognize it. does anyone feel the same or have any advice for me?
It’s 1 am and I had to calm down, I was starving and I ate a lot of crisps and I felt scared and guilty but this helped me so much and I feel asleep
i like this... :)