fark said 9 years, 8 months ago:

I had to google that.

Didn’t even know it existed. I don’t have a fear of someone vomiting, but I guess the thought of having to throw up and feel that horrible feeling of stomach acid scorching your esophagus, in a FORCEFUL matter no less, I mean.. who wouldn’t be afraid of that? Why do you want to get rid of it? Vomit is gross.

Meg said 9 years, 7 months ago:

I have this as well, so bad to the point I can’t see it or hear it and will do anything to prevent myself from doing it. It’s a tough phobia to have, I’d say.

Theodore said 6 years, 1 month ago:

Warning below for saying things that sound pretty gross, but just posting because this is what I think helped me the most.
I think what made the biggest difference for me with this was just one time throwing up and actually feeling better afterwards. See, my body is very particular and I have only ever thrown up once in my life other than when I got the stomach bug. However, I also grew up with a multitude of digestive problems and so I never really felt too good, my stomach was always off. I always felt like I was on the verge of getting sick, but never could let it out. When I thought of throwing up, the only times I would recall would be me getting sick once, then getting sick again and again and again when I had the bug, which is basically a full time job for two days. I had a pretty bad fear of getting sick because of it, but it actually started to go away when one day I had my period so bad that the cramps made me throw up. That time, when it happened, it was short, and made me feel a little better. Since then, I have not been scared. I think it was a learned fear for me, which makes sense given the circumstances. If I could have changed things, I would have made myself vomit when I was a kid, just once so that I could have realized it wasn’t always so bad, and it didn’t always result in a domino effect. I think the other thing that made a big impact on me was when I started working with dogs, in kennels and at a vet clinic. You definitely see it happen, and dogs are always so casual about it, it kind of eased my worries about it being a big problem over the years since most of them really just continue about their days like normal when it happens.