People who call themselves emetaphobes - are they for real?

[haychee]

I hadnt even heard of this until a thread i started which mentioned the word puke produced an effect on some that they coudnt even come on to mn until that thread had died. They couldnt even bare to read a word?!

Another thread running now, is talking about how some are affected by this phobia. Some of them i can see it is a real big problem and for them i do have sympathy. But some, who like me, do not like to see others being sick but are classing themselves as emetaphobic - this im finding difficult to comprehend. I dont like it at all - i avoid being too close to someone (eg kissing dh or dc if they have been ill in the last few days) for fear of exposing myself to a possible bug. But im not emetaphobic - please tell me im not.

Early Autumn is beautiful.

Wonderful colours.

Light a turf fire in the evening and read a book or listen to a play on the radio.

Glad you both feel happy

I'm ok.

France was good.

Have you moved yet, Expat?

Where did you camp, Starry?

Or going out on a clear night with your telescope and a hot toddy or cuppa tea.

The cats sleeping together in a lump up against the heater in the morning.

Lighting the candles of an early evening.

Making stews, soups and heavy cakes.

Raking leaves.

Moving in about 3 weeks here, TnOgu.

Glad you got over to France!

Expat you have soul and I love that.

I read some of your posts and they are like poetry.

Thank God you exsist on here.

Thanks, TnOgu, I was just about to ask if I could CAT you. Seeing as that when we move we'll be net-less for a bit, well, depending on when BT sets us up - out in the sticks, BT is the only provider.

TnOgu, I have done Marathon Camping, I think.

I Loved the serenity of the landscape on the Hel peninsula on the baltic coast, I have seen life and love play itself out over shades of beige and grey.

Dark heavy forests and lakes in the lake district of poland, with thunderstorms so violent I thought we would all fly away. Or get splintered.

Rowing in the hot sun, trying to put the kids to sleep by the gentle rocking of the boat so hubby and I could try and "get some".

Warsaw with the inlaws.

Germany and then Belgium. Did not stir my soul.

I wanna go stay at StarryStarryNight's cabin .

I will invite you once it is built, Expat. Now I fear I have to put dynamite into the very rocks I so love, to get the foundations done.

You can of course, Expat

LL - How is the driving going?

Starry - tis good to have you back.

Oh Dear me, I need to go and investigate strange sounds in the garden....

Fantastic, LL

Bet You don't know yourself.

Sounds an ideal car.

I'm delighted for you.

Have fun, LL.

It's a whole new world when you can drive.

I am not emetophoic. I border on it though to the point where I can't tend to my dc if they are ill and my dh has to take the day off work to look after them.

I just wanted to pass on a tip for those mums who panic at the idea of their dc catching a tummy bug. I am exactly the same and my dd used to catch most bugs going around and would be ill several times a year. I started her on probiotics about 21/2 years ago along with my allergic ds to help his allergies. Probiotics help maintain the good bacteria in the tummy and fight off the bad bacteria that comes with illness. It has worked wonders for dd and she has only been ill once in all of that time. It really works wonders.

Not making light of anything, especially those who suffer on a daily totally irrational basis (how many times have i said that on this thread?)!

Desi
Learn your fucking grammer?! Sorry, my deepest apologies if my grammer isnt 100% all of the time, but hey i think youll live. I will of course run every message past you before i post for a spell and grammer check!
And of course any thread i might want to think about starting, i will also run past you - even though it may be a topic which has fuck all to do with you (like this one), just incase you could be angry with me for it! Because of course you run the fucking show here? (never swear but am )

I still cant work out, how some emetophobes have been outraged with this thread and others have been cool with me. Seems a little odd how some have taken offence and others agree with me (all are serious sufferers) i wonder why i feel like im under attack by a certain few?

Ive apologised again again for anyone i might have upset and or produced fear in, but these apologies continue to be ignored - how unfair is that?

Anyway, its tough luck, because no one here runs the show, i/we/anyone can write whatever they like using words that could posssibly be the wrong ones. You cant seriously expect a newbie to be able to recognise how many and who is affected by either phobias or any other life dominating issues. I have learnt, and possibly anybody else who is new here may have seen the thread and will have learnt - surely this can only be positive???

It now comes to light that, some people cannot see positives, they can only look for and find and slaughter anything that could be negative i.e. i upset alot of people, i use incorrect grammer, i dont listen etc etc But infact there are always two sides to every story, ive heightened an awareness of the phobia, i have learnt more about it and maybe others have too.

"I still cant work out, how some emetophobes have been outraged with this thread and others have been cool with me. Seems a little odd how some have taken offence and others agree with me (all are serious sufferers) i wonder why i feel like im under attack by a certain few?"

that you can be so insensitive to not realise! You keep apologising but obviously don't understand at all!

Read back from the beginning and put yourself in other people's shoes. Oh, and start by reading the title of your thread.

And it's 'grammar' not 'grammer'.

ok, maybe i am insensitive - but only because i have little knowledge. Alot of people have said they have never heard of it (emetophobia) until comming onto MN. Me too. Apologies yet again. I did admit from the beginning i was naive on this one.

So, to clarify, shall i not use the P word (rhymes with duke) or the B word (B.tt..s), or any other word that may possibly cause fear in any possible type of phobic??? How far can we go with this?

You all know eachother, you know what is going on in eachothers lives, i am still learning about al of that. It is unreasonable to expect be to be sensitive to these types of issues when i have never encountered them and or realise that any here could be suffering to that degree. Now i know.

It still seems wierd that some emetophobes have not been at all outraged or disgusted when others have

Its going to be hard work upsetting me today - cos its the first day back to school and i couldnt be happier.

I don't see why it's unreasonable to expect you to be sensitive when it has been explained to you several times already, haychee. We've discussed below the fact that there are LOTS of posters on MN who would be upset by a graphic thread title about their phobia - you've been told this several times now - and it's up to you what you do with that information. But going on pleading ignorance is really lame. I had never met an emetophobe before I came on MN, either, but when I read a thread about it I didn't feel the need to start other threads questioning their problems and asking if they were making it up.

You are still implying people are exaggerating or fabricating - WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY DO THIS?

It's bloody insulting and hurtful to those posters who have shared their stories with you. Can you shut up now?