Yep... there's a whole bunch of us
05/04/05 06:29 AM
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I'm one too. I don't get bad D that often, but I know it does scare the cr*p outta me (no pun intended!) when it happens. Almost every time I eat I'm afraid that this'll be the meal where IT happens. It drives me absolutely round the bend.
Like you, I couldn't go to the pub for years and years, in case I saw someone being sick, or heard that someone got sick. I'm getting better at other people being sick now.... but only when I know for sure it's definitely alcohol related.. and only if I don't have to actually see or hear it! I never, ever drink myself, and I'll only eat chicken at places where people sue if they get food poisoned (which is basically American fast food chains, we're not a very litigious society here). I can't watch Fear Factor because of the bit where they eat gross stuff.
I've had the worst year of it since last Easter. The UNTHINKABLE happened, and I threw up twice on the same night. Oddly, the second time wasn't as bad, because I'd accepted that I was sick and I knew what to do.
I'd basically convinced myself that as a seasoned emetophobic, my body was simply incapable of throwing up, but that episode blew that idea right out of the water, and I've had a panic attack most days since! It's kinda wearing off to a degree though. My greatest achievement with it was actually yesterday, when the girl sitting next to me at work all of a sudden got sick and came back and told the girl on her other side that she'd just lost her lunch. It was like a big icy sword in the pit of my stomach when I heard that.... but I DIDN'T GO HOME! So proud of me!
Heh, that's a lot of banging on about it! Sorry! 
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*Emma*
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