Don’t know if this is the right thread….help?!

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So I have emetophobia and my little one has had a bout of throwing up tonight/ this morning…how do other emetophobes cope with this? Any advice would be great as I am sitting here physically shaking watching the baby monitor like a hawk 🥴

I have no experience of this so mostly boosting your post. Obviously not helpful right now but have you tried CBT? Or mindfulness? I found both helpful with anxiety and ptsd. For today is anyone there/available to help?

I've done CBT therapy, exposure therapy and hypnotherapy 🥴 my brains just broken it seems haha!

Sympathies op it’s awful - I’ve been up all night with mine who was sick 15 times in 3 hours. My other child is prone to sickness bugs too and when we first started getting them I was a nervous wreck, I’ve struggled all my life with the fear but having kids has been the biggest challenge.

thing that helped me was training them to aim for a bowl/toilet as soon as they were old enough to understand. That made the clean up a whole lot easier.

the other thing was just exposure. If you had told me a year ago that I was going to have a night like last night I would have put them up for adoption (jokes obvs but it was bad). But a few bugs later I cope so much bettter, to the point where I no longer stop eating or dread every single cough I hear.

it will get easier but I know it’s really horrid

Aw no what a shame!! Fingers crossed they're on the mend now! My little one is full of energy like he isn't even I'll but will randomly stop cry then vomit so god knows what's going on there. My other half's taken over so I can finally get some sleep so earplugs in door closed and white noise on full blast for me 😂