WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE EMETOPHOBIA

[@batestube3790]

I am 12 years old (so I still go to school ) and I have EMETOPHOBIA so when ever I go on a school trip my anxiety kicks in because people get travel sick and also when someone is feeling sick in the classroom I get upset when ever I tell any one I fell wired but now I have watch your videos I understand more about EMETOPHOBIA thank you

[@thebeatlesdaysnight3684]

Im 15 and SAME HERE!!!!

[@zoeymcdonald1030]

I'm 11 and I have sever emetophobia someone was sick on the coach and they were on next to me and my friend my friend tried to calm me down but it never help't I was so scared

[@mtxusic1969]

Same here and then people are just looking at you like wtf is wrong with you

[@evysworld227]

same I’m 12

[@notbb14]

Oh my god I thought it was just me 😭

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

Listen i just had an attack yesterday night but I started to realize that this is nothing but a wave. Ik my symptoms. And I started praying.. and it went away Concentrate and strengthen your mind and the body will follow.💪🏾

[@toni-michaelasenyszyn3903]

I’m the exact same with saying the fear out loud. Like if I physically say out loud ‘I feel sick’, my brain tells me it’ll happen! Glad I’m not the only one that feels that way xo

[@ChloeBridge]

Toni-Michaela Senyszyn it’s exactly the same for me x

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

Toni-Michaela Senyszyn listen I don’t know you know if you believe in god but I cane with some comforting news to help you get over this fear... God doesn’t give us the spirit of fear but of love POWER and a sound mind..💪🏾 repeat it and believe this when u say it and I promise you it will leave.

[@roxanneharrow6486]

nope im 50...had emetophobia from 8 years old until 45...that's how it worked for me. I got healed with spiritual healing as I was finding Christ. I am here because I had a dream that was slightly unsettling.

[@CatEyeZ]

I thought I was weird I tried to tell people how I feel but they would never understand and recently its really started to affect me in school so I decided to search it up and im so glad that im not weird and its acrually a thing Im going to try and get rid of it.

[@HayleeLouise]

I have a phobia of being sick or seeing and hearing other people being sick, I just can’t handle it at all. Then if I’ve had a stomach bug it then fills me with dread that my family will get it too. X

[@ChloeBridge]

totally with you on the dread of catching stomach bugs - it's the worst x

[@lucys7299]

Wow, thank you so much for this video!! I can relate so much, especially as a fellow mum of 3 children. Everything from keeping the family closer to home before big events (Christmas being the biggest worry, followed by birthdays, trips, etc), not wanting to voice the source of my anxiety out loud for fear it will all become more real, my brain shutting down in the event of a stomach bug (literally have trouble thinking beyond that day and I'll get really mad and upset if someone asks me about future or upcoming plans), and yes, I also feel that all my worrying turns into premonitions. My mind is one big cycle of "what if". I hate not being able to control and predict everybody's health. This must sound so silly to those who don't suffer from emetophobia but your video proves that I'm not alone in this. It is a legitimate fear and source of anxiety. Thank you so much for voicing your thoughts. xoxo

[@ChloeBridge]

Thanks for commenting, it's always strangely comforting to hear that my irrational thoughts resonate, and it's not just me xx

[@KellyMetcalfVlogs]

I have it but in a different way, I have the fear of seeing/hearing someone else be sick. X

[@ChloeBridge]

Kelly Metcalf I used to be scared of this, too. But in recent years (since having the children, really) my fear has narrowed into them getting sick / me getting sick. Still don’t like hearing or seeing it though x

[@KellyMetcalfVlogs]

I have three children, I often lay awake panicking they will get sick! I find tho, once I’m over the first day of one of them being ill I just get on with it like I go into robot mode n just manage to deal with it thankfully. X

[@ChloeBridge]

I'm the same. The shock of the first one is the worst, then I expect it and go on auto-pilot

[@KobraKid12]

Oh yeah, me too, but with me I also feel that with MYSELF, not just others

[@theavocadocrew1546]

I am at school, with emetophobia. The worst thing for me is when someone says, they are feeling sick. My heart rate speeds up, and I feel dizzy and sick myself. Then I get worried I am going to puke. Public toilets are also hard for me, especially when someone coughs in the stall next to me. BUT THE WORST is public/school transport. I have a school thing coming up soon, and it's an hour away. I am going to go by van. I'm really nervous about that. Thank you so much for sharing this video, I really needed it. I now know I am not alone, and I understand more about it. Thank you so, so much.

[@savannahbrasells3582]

Thank you for posting these. I just found your videos on this topic today. I struggle with emetophobia as well, and it helps so much to hear someone else explain the irrational thoughts. I’ve been afraid of having children because of it, but not enough to stop me from actually wanting them. I’m just nervous to think about how I will cope when the time comes. Your videos have helped me to think through the irrational thoughts more realistically and know that it really will be okay. Thank you!❤️

[@ChloeBridge]

Savannah Brasells I was the same: not nervous enough to stop me wanting children but concerned about how I would cope...I still am concerned about how I will cope 😂 but just take it on a day by day basis x

[@graceandroseboutique]

I have emetophobia as well, and I can tell you it is not easy. My friends go all weird with me when I talk about it (I am 11) so it's a bit embarrassing because I can literally make myself physically 🤢 vomit if I think about sick. It is hard telling people close to you about personal things like this. Reading the comments and watching this video has made me realise I'm not the only one who struggles with this. Thank you 😊 💓

[@lailashepherd4829]

i seriously need to show this to people. this describes my feelings exactly. so glad you make these videos

[@ChloeBridge]

laila shepherd thank you x

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

Any emetaphobia I’m fighting this stupid little fear and guess I’m winning for one reason The Bible says God doesn’t gives us the spirit of fear but of over POWER and a sound mind💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 Fight.💪🏾

[@toenail997]

Everyone I know makes fun of me for having this fear and no one take me seriously when I’m having a panic attack, I need help with it and I have no one.

[@toenail997]

learning korean it’s a serious thing that people overlook, some people stop eating to prevent it. I feel your pain, we need to spread awareness

[@chidinmairabor1423]

I’ve always had emetophobia but I didn’t know what it was called until recently. Fortunately mine isn’t as bad as others, or at least not anymore. I remember one time my little brother got a stomach bug and kept throwing up all day and I kept hiding in my room and converting my eyes. My mom kept asking what was wrong with me but I was too embarrassed to tell her I was afraid of hearing the sound of his vomit let alone seeing it. When he was sick my mom even told me to rub his back while he was throwing up and I bolted to my room and hid. I hadn’t thrown up in over five years and I was always afraid of throwing up. One time I finally did, but I wasn’t as disgusted as I thought I’d be, and overall I was pretty happy that my stomach felt a lot better than it did before I threw up. I still have emetophobia now, but it’s nowhere near as bad as it used to be.

[@sentientbeinggg]

me too!! your story is almost exactly similar to mine. i also broke my five year streak this year and thats how i realized its not me who im scared of getting sick, its other people.

[@kylieblackwell5318]

I fear starting to feel nauseous because I think that means that I will get sick, so it's paralyzing because worry makes me nauseous. I'm basically nauseous all the time due to my emetophobia. It's hard to know if I'm nauseous from anxiety or nauseous from an actual problem..

[@ChloeBridge]

It's one of the cruellest parts of being emetophobic - that the symptoms we are most afraid of are actually exacerbated by our worry. I have felt nauseous many times and been convinced I was getting ill, only to later realised it was anxiety giving me all the same symptoms x

[@sickmonke]

This happens to me every day, i hate that and i don't know how i'm suposed to stop this

[@roxanneharrow6486]

From my experience its not real nausea...it's that nervous nausea...not the v nausea.

[@notbb14]

When someone else was sick when I was in class a few years ago the girl next to me was like "oh my gosh are you ok you look really pale and you are shaking so much" and then we went outside and my seat had to be moved a few days later because even thought it was cleaned up days ago I still went out the other door and was always anxious for a few months but I have been watching some of these videos and it has calmed down. I still don't like going to school mainly for this reason. Some people think there is something really wrong with me

[@militarymummymackin]

This is a brilliant video. I did one months back about my mental health for channel mum as I have a 25 year history of severe anorexia that all started from emetophobia. I was sick as a very small girl and gradually cut out meat and certain foods until I was was eating no more. It never went away and I still struggle with it now and left with life long damage from malnutrition . Moving and marrying helped and actuallt my kids helped as my husband works away and I have basically had no choice to deal with it and the exposure did help. I can only cope just about with them. However my husband also has cancer and even though I know he cant help being sick or couldn't when on medication I spent 6 months using my neighbours toilet, sleeping downstairs and peeing in cups!! Thank you so much for talking about this. It's somethinf I never spoke about as assumed it was so rare but it's not xx

[@ChloeBridge]

Yammy Mackin no it’s much more common than we think. So sorry you’ve had such a tough time. Your food anxieties sound similar to what my son has: ARFID, where sometimes a trauma in early life leads you to eliminate certain foods and be anxious about trying new things again. There is a support group on FB xx

[@militarymummymackin]

@@ChloeBridge I have just added myself to the group and I am in shock that in all these many years no one has every mentioned this. I was so hard to treat as so much of it was on weight restoration and yet it wasn't always about that. Thanks so much Chloe this has helped me like you wouldn't believe xx

[@ChloeBridge]

Yammy Mackin it’s not a very commonly known disorder and I think it’s more known in the US but here we sometimes call it Selective Eating Disorder instead of ARFID xx

[@leannemanning8952]

Gosh I have never watched a video that I relate to so much! Thank you so sharing x

[@rippinitupwithjamie1478]

This fear has almost taken most of my life from me, from the age of as I can remember 3 to 25 when I started to recover. Exposure therapy is the only way I found to get my life back. The outcome for me was just horrific , embarrassment , shame, guilt, could not look after my children. I left my children with their father for fear of them growing up with the same odd behaviour as me and I would not have wished that on them

[@bookloverrrr]

I used to be really really calm, but growing up, I started developing Emetophobia. To the point that throwing up is all I can think about and it TERRIFIES me! Not just throwing up, also getting sick. Since I started thinking about getting sick all the time, I started feeling extremely nauseous all the time. To the point that I sleep with a bucket by my bed. I am still like that. I know this video was posted LONG ago, but pleaseeeee, do you have advice? 😭

[@oliviabaganz]

If I hear someone’s sick, somebody who is by me getting sick, or ME getting sick as in throw up sick, I get really bad anxiety, and I am currently having a panic attack as I type this😥

[@ChloeBridge]

Olivia M Baganz my anxiety used to be like this, it’s not easy xx

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

Olivia Baganz the Bible says god doesn’t gives us a spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mind💪🏾 I’m fighting it’s we speak now

[@hdhehrhrhrh8026]

Thank you so much I have etmophobia and nobody understands how it affects me when that say they feel sick etmophobia is ruining my life I have stoped going on busses and doing anything after eating I just sit dow for about 3 hours it hurts me so much and everyone who has it I am sometimes scared to go to school it’s that bad

[@Jamie_McElroy]

Omg you said LIMBO. When my kids were little, I called it limbo too, the time between one kids gets the stomach bug and when I finally feel as though no one else would get it. Which was 3 days for me...

[@cupcakeratyt1338]

Chloe bridge, this helped me alot , I liked the video keep going :)

[@kirstypotter1204]

Thank you for sharing this. I feel exactly the same

[@dr-planecrash]

Sometimes my anxiety makes my stomach hurt a bit that gives me a panic attack because I’m so afraid I’ll throw up that I stress more which makes the pain worse and it all is just a terrible cycle until I calm down

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

My anxiety is through the roof since I’ve had an emetophobic nightmare. If you know, you know.

[@crystalkittens2325]

One time, my younger sisters friend came on a “play-date.” We went to a ball pit which is a good 45 minutes away. We were all good on the way there. But we had to go to the shop to grab some milk. Next thing she knows she throws up all over the car. I have had the phobia since I was 3 and I was panicking. I forgot to mention, her sister also came and she threw up as well. Fun for me

[@ChloeBridge]

Crystal Kittens23 oh no! I once took my little sister and a few friends out and one of them started feeling unwell and was sick and I was the responsible adult 😬 It only confirmed my wariness around children!

[@Nik-pr7ox]

to be honest the only thing I can say is that it's absolutely ruining my life and I don't think I can do this much longer. I wish emetophobia was more common in my country, there's basically no way to get cured here

[@ChloeBridge]

Nik so sorry that you are struggling. I’ve had some really bad phases but they are just that - phases, and it doesn’t always feel as hard x

[@Nik-pr7ox]

@@ChloeBridge I've had it for 6 years now (aged 10-16) and it honestly feels like I threw my childhood away but you're right, I hope this phase will go away soon. hope you're doing well currently

[@anupai194]

Hi Chloe, I have very bad emetophobia. I hate seeing my family members getting sick. I got this problem since I was 9. I really really hate it. Seeing you talk about it gave me a lot of courage but still I don't see myself improving. Can you provide me some tips? My mom promised me therapy but I don't want exposure therapy. Can u please help me?

[@ChloeBridge]

Cognitive behavioural therapy can be really helpful. I had some for OCD and emetophobia and it did help (no exposure therapy involved!)

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

I have something to add to it as well If u believe in god repeat this... God doesn’t gives us the spirit of fear but of love POWER and a sound mind..💪🏾

[@leticiasalinas9361]

Thank you for your videos! It helps to know someone out there struggles with this too. My son got a stomach bug this morning and I'm struggling all day with this crippling fear that I'm going to catch it or my daughters going to catch. I cant eat or sleep. How do you make it through these situations?

[@ChloeBridge]

Leticia Salinas hour by hour, with a lot of anxiety! You make it through because you have no choice, but I try to be kind to myself because I know it will be a struggle xx

[@ブライアント-スライ恵み]

Mine is very bad. I cant even stand someone coughing. I have a boyfriend who throws up alot. it is terrifying. All my friends and teachers need to know just in case i need support. But i cant get rid of it. HELP ME!!!

[@natalienguyen9535]

I am 12 years old and I am really scared of vomit. I talked to an adult in school and they said, "It's a normal thing and of course no one likes to be sick." This makes me feel like I am overreacting and being dramatic. After that conversation with the adult, I don't feel uncomfortable sharing my fear.

[@danielleunsworth5307]

I have just had my youngest of 4 children get a tummy bug on Friday night..... obviously.... I had a major panic attack and I’ve been getting worse and more erratic since that night..... 2 nights on my other 3 children and my youngest all stayed with dad. I found out yesterday that they all threw up including dad ( not to mention grandma and my friend who was also around us all this past week!) I’m not on day 4 of being absolutely paranoid of this bug hitting me. I’ve not hardly eaten I’ve been using anti sickness meds and doing everything possible to stop it from making me sick. I’m now sat up unable to sleep because I’m frightened to death of them all coming back to me and me having more chance of still catching it in case one of the kids still hasn’t fully gotten past the illness. I feel like I’m going insane now and need advice from people who understand this phobia!?

[@kylieblackwell5318]

In the end, I'm only afraid that I will get sick. Hearing/seeing others sick makes me scared only because it scares me that I will get sick from it.

[@idkman9356]

I think this is why I can never have kids. If I did have kids and one of them got sick I think I'd endanger them because I would stop thinking rationally and more or less leave them for dead.

[@livymoore]

My emet is really bad, I’m 14 atm and I havnt left my house since way before quarentine, with me I would rather anything than be sick so even if I feel just a little nausea I will start to shake

[@zacharygriffin4680]

Usually I’m terrified of getting sick from the bug

[@ameliabrooks1520]

I have really bad emetephobia and it’s like wheneversomeone even says there stomach hurts I just can’t go near them and then if someone’s says they feel sick I have to stay in a different house otherwise I will have a panic attack all day and cannot exit my room and if someone is sick then I literally will be sick my self and then get into a huge panic attack and sweaty mess it’s horrible I literally always get panicked going to buisy places cuz I feel like someone is gonna get me sick and then I feel like I’m gonna faint or pass out and if I’m at school and someone throws up my teachers think I’m so weird Beciase I’m like get me out of this room now

[@strawberry5457]

So when I was in tech class a kid said he felt like he was going to p*ke so I told my tech teacher I had ementophobia and she said “oH YoUr GoInG To NoT Be GoInG pLaCeS If YoUr ScArEd Of p*Ke”and I was crying the rest of tech

[@halfmoonyogi4997]

Just want to let you know you are not alone. I have emet and work in mental health care. I've learned how to push myself so I don't avoid it and miss out on success. You'll be okay. Speak up and ask for help to recover. I wish I had years ago, but it can feel so isolating and lonely.

[@strawberry5457]

@@halfmoonyogi4997 thank you

[@Isaaccutcliffe3]

Is there something wrong with me? I physically can't even watch videos about emetophobia without sweating/feeling light headed. I don't know what to do. This is really getting out of hand, like I'm not even going to school anymore. Is there something wrong with me?? :(

[@lanawalt3147]

There’s nothing wrong with you lovely. I have it too and it’s not nice at all! You just have to come up with a a balance. Make sure you are comfortable in every situation you find yourself in but also don’t restrict yourself from doing fun things because of the fear. For example I will still going to the cinema with my friends but if I ever need to leave quickly because of my ematphobia o will sit on the end of the row or at the front of the bus. Balance is the main thing! X

[@laurenleaf7846]

Please do more updates x

[@ChloeBridge]

Lauren Leaf hi Lauren, is there anything specific you’d like me to talk about on the subject?

[@laurenleaf7846]

@@ChloeBridge emetophobia hun! I have it and I'm really wanting children but I'm worried x

[@ChloeBridge]

Lauren Leaf have you watched my other video? I have one specifically about having children / being pregnant with emetophobia

[@laurenleaf7846]

@@ChloeBridge do you have instagram so I can message you hun? Xx

[@yaboinoname]

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