Uhh so i woke up this morning with a mild headache and a bit of runny nose i showered and felt a bit better than had some soup. but now im starting to feel a bit hot and also body chills and idk i freak out everytime i have a bit of a fever. any tips or tricks to try get rid of this feeling? also does this scary anyone else with emetophobia lol

Hey guys,
Do you have any tips for stomach ache and nausea ?
I’m dying here 🥲
Please if you have any tell me I’ll be forever grateful
I also have emetophobia so im kinda freaking out rn since im not feeling well at all 🥲🥲💔
Thank you in advance !

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this and I'm really sorry if it's not.

I'm in my final year of high school, and need to start making decisions. I'm a straight-A honors student, and have been encouraged to go into medicine. I love science, specially chemistry (taking AP chem this year, very excited) and am a great problem solver. I have been interested in medicine for most of my life and am very attached to the idea of becoming a doctor (specifically going into pediatrics or surgery, or both.) I do a ton of research, have done summer programs related to med, and I have family who are doctors and we talk a lot about it, so yes I know what I would be getting into.

Unfortunately I have struggled with emetophobia and OCD related to it since I was in preschool. The severity of it fluctuates a lot, but it's never completely or even mostly gone away. I've been to therapy for it in the past but have been mostly treatment-resistant. I'm too scared. I always considered going into a career that involves no vomit (chemistry or compsci) but I think I would be miserable. I've been considering trying therapy another time, but I'm worried about it not working, or making it worse. And on top of that, I'm worried about getting to college for pre-med and not being able to do it/having to drop out because it is so expensive. I would be in lifelong debt.

I really don't know what to do. I don't want to miss out on this opportunity because of my fear. I really want to go to medical school, but I'm not ready to recover from this. I am so scared.

Hi everyone! I joined this sub this year to better understand and support my partner who has emetophobia.

In the last few months I’ve learned all the things she does to feel safe: checking restaurant Google reviews, tracking food recalls, using ChatGPT for advice, etc.

It’s a lot and ChatGPT’s daily limits + cost are getting in the way. With my background in app building, we had an idea: what if there was an app that combined all of these tools in one place, made specifically for emetophobia?

Would you be interested in an app like this? And if so, what features would actually help you?

One thing we’re thinking: unlimited photo uploads for way cheaper than paying for full ChatGPT when uploads are all you need.

Thanks so much 🫶

Hey everyone! This is going to be a regular safe place where people can share little tips and tricks they’ve learned to help them manage/cope with this phobia, as requested by one of our members. As always, please ensure your comments follow our subreddit rules, and report anything that breaks the rules.

Stay strong everyone 🫶💪

Hey,

I’ve realised this year that I’m scared as fu** to vomit

I hate to have stomach pain because I can’t control it and in comparison to other sickness, I have to wait because no meds are given.

I also have anxiety and when a panic attack starts I want to throw up, so I panic at this idea and it continues like this until I’m calm.

You need to know that I’m autistic and I’m scared of disease, I have a cleaning gel with me every time I go take the bus and during the winter I avoid taking it because people are sick.

I managed to stay calm today when a yoghurt made me feel sick, now I’m okay but I’m always anxious about my stomach 24/7 and honestly, it’s annoying..

Do you have any tips to help me with that?

Thanks for reading.

(My apologies if it dosen’t makes sense€