Posted by Dinah on April 15, 2003, at 19:25:53
In reply to Re: futures (my response = too long), posted by leeran on April 15, 2003, at 11:03:58
Hi leeran,
I've read several of your posts with an ah-hah feeling, but honestly, I didn't think to find someone else with the vomit phobia. I became almost agoraphobic over the fear that wherever I was, someone might throw up. And my parents just would *not* accept that that was the reason, so I acted out and just refused to go places. I threw huge temper tantrums. I would lie about why, because it hurt so that they wouldn't believe the truth. I'd much rather have them disbelieve a lie. I eventually learned to mask it a bit, by making sure I knew the escape routes from any situation, developing finely tuned radar for sick people, and avoiding anywhere where people might be expected to throw up. But it still causes me a fair amount of distress. Just better hidden distress. Did you ever "outgrow" your phobia?
poster:Dinah
thread:219511
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