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Has anyone had treatment for emetophobia?

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FizzyPink · 28/07/2019 21:02

Ive been an emetophobe for as long as I can remember, maybe all my life. However recently I’ve noticed my anxiety around it has become much more noticeable. I really struggle on planes and have recently had quite a few panic attacks around being nervous of someone being sick near me.
I always thought it was something I could get around but after feeling nervous after seeing someone take some pain killers on the bus earlier I think I need to do something.
I’ve got a very very long flight to do later this year and I’m already worrying about the flight. I’m also not a nervous person in the slightest, it’s literally just this issue.
Wondering if anyone has had any kind of effective treatment?

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Crunchymum · 28/07/2019 21:14

Hi, I'm currently having CBT (for GAD) but that will soon be over and my therapist will refer me for some therapy specific to my emetophobia.

Its exposure therapy!!

Zaphodsotherhead · 28/07/2019 21:16

Sorry, I've lived with this all my life too and haven't had treatment. However, I have found that age (I'm nearly 60) has made me far far less panicky. I have no idea why, whether it's exposure (I had five kids with concommitant vommity episodes) or just the hormones kicking out post menopause.

So I can't help re treatment, only offer a modicum of reassurance that it can get better on its own. To the extent that my son was telling me about going to a performance of 'Shit Faced Shakespeare' (they perform drunk) and one person holding a bucket in case of the main performer being 'taken ill' and I thought it sounded interesting, rather than running away with my fingers in my ears!

FizzyPink · 28/07/2019 21:20

Yesss my friends love shit faced Shakespeare, there’s no way I could sit through that!
Interesting that yours is getting better, I feel like the older I get the worse it gets but could also be the time of year involving lots of flights etc.

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