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Having therapy for OCD/emetophobia and I'm feeing sick - help!

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StrangeSenseOfCalm · 29/09/2025 20:04

I'm on 200mg of sertraline and have been having ERP therapy for emetophobia since the start of the year. Things have been going well, but tonight I'm feeling really sick and I don't know what to do. To put it in context, the last time I vomited was probably about 10 years ago, and I've had SO MANY compulsions in place to try to reduce the risk of becoming unwell/sick, which I've had to gradually reduce over the course of this therapy. So I haven't felt sick for years, and it's awful.

Stupidly I hadn't discussed with my therapist what to do if this happened, and I'm feeling anxious and scared and alone and just want this nausea to go away.

OP posts:
Pricelessadvice · 02/10/2025 21:23

What’s interesting to me is that the last few times I’ve been sick, I’ve not had that horrid nausea that I sometimes get when I don’t actually throw up.
Generally when I do throw up, the feeling before hand is more of a ‘something isn’t quite right’ and then boom, I vomit with very little warning.

The dreadful nausea feeling I get, I’m rarely actually sick when I feel like that. So I try to remind myself of that. For me, vomiting is quite an unexpected thing that happens when I’m not really sure what I’m feeling like!

Pricelessadvice · 02/10/2025 21:25

Also autistic!

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