To wonder what the point of nausea is?

[DMCWelshCakes]

I'm feeling very sorry for myself tonight as I'm properly ill for the first time since about 2015. I've had nausea all day & multiple dashes to the bathroom convinced I'm about to throw up, only for it to come to nothing.

What is the fucking point? And what can I do to make it all better?

[lightthebrightone]

Fellow emetophobe here.

The point of it is to warn you that you are about to vomit or that you have ingested something toxic.

But I agree with you that i’d much rather spontaneously vomit and not feel any nausea, than have all the build up.

[UpstartCrow]

If it has a point, it's to stop us making the same mistake twice. It can be pretty effective, most people I know who dont drink Pernod have some bad memories of the day after a binge.

Get well soon

[sproutsandparsnips]

Wait it out. I had this issue when I got a vomiting bug off the dcs - I too, worry about such things - took all day but once the vomit came, au bush a relief

[sproutsandparsnips]

Was such stupid autocorrect

[BellMcEnd]

Upstart you are correct. It was Pernod and black in 1994.

NEVER AGAIN

Hope you feel better soon, OP

[StarShapedWindow]

Poor you, nausea is really horrible. The best thing to do is go to sleep or lay down watching tv. Hopefully you’ll drift off and feel better when you wake.

[Sitranced]

Cannabis is the best cure for nausea.

[WhitePhantom]

Fingers down the throat, chuck it all up. Only way to get relief.

[iklboo]

I've had vomiting followed by awful nausea for a week. About 20 mins after I eat anything except ginger nuts or pistachios I start feeling horribly sick - vomiting has stopped, just wicked nausea now.

[TrinitySquirrel]

Its a signal from your liver a lot of the time.

[Vitalogy]

Oh it's the worst, whenever I get it, very rarely thank goodness, after so long I get fed up waiting to throw up so stick my fingers down my throat.

[SingaSong12]

If you have a lime or lemon scratch it and sniff and that might help a bit.

[DMCWelshCakes]

I'm not particularly worried about being sick, j just don't ever seem to do it. DS is the same -
even as a baby he never threw up.

I think I would feel better if I hurled. I'm getting bored of running back & forth to the bathroom!

[DMCWelshCakes]

Yay! Finally threw up and I feel a lot better now.

I can cope with the rest of the flu, just not nausea.

[Ilovetolurk]

I once had to wash my bedding as a teenager having vommed all over it with pernod and black

The hot aniseed smell when I opened the washer door will stay with me forever

Have not touched aniseed since

Glad you’re feeling better OP

[DMCWelshCakes]

As an aside, I don't understand Pernod. I've never managed to get over the horrible smell of it for long enough to actually get close enough to drink it. Nobody else i know can stand it either.
But there must be enough people out there who do like aniseed to make it a viable product.

[QuickSod]

We used to drink cider pernod and black. Called a redeye lovely going down, not so much coming back up. 😷