Oh my gosh, thank you for writing about this. I feel like no one really knows about emetophobia. I've had it since I was in my teens, and my daughter developed it after having a nasty stomach bug about six years ago. For me, it's tied up with my contamination OCD, and I've found that exposure has been the thing that's helped it the most. I've gone from being a sobbing wreck while cleaning it up, to being able to do it without feeling too overwhelmingly anxious. I do have what is probably a much more rigid way of cleaning when it happens than other people probably do, but progress is progress. It absolutely sucks when you're in the thick of it though and I'm cheering you on from the other side of the world.
Oh my gosh, thank you for writing about this. I feel like no one really knows about emetophobia. I've had it since I was in my teens, and my daughter developed it after having a nasty stomach bug about six years ago. For me, it's tied up with my contamination OCD, and I've found that exposure has been the thing that's helped it the most. I've gone from being a sobbing wreck while cleaning it up, to being able to do it without feeling too overwhelmingly anxious. I do have what is probably a much more rigid way of cleaning when it happens than other people probably do, but progress is progress. It absolutely sucks when you're in the thick of it though and I'm cheering you on from the other side of the world.