emetophobia.

[lol4life]

hello. i have had emetophobia which is an irrational fear of vomiting for many years. i suffer from chronic nausea every day and i constantly have the urge to vomit. due to this i always feel as if i need to vomit but i have such a great fear of vomiting it just makes me anxious and the nausea gets worse. i suffer from this on a daily basis. i need some answers or something so i can try to figure out how to help myself. i anybody had any ideas on what i could do that would be great. thanks!

[lol4life]

Thank you so much for the tips. I do try the deep breathing exercises and those do seem to settle me down when im having one of my waves of nausea. The Tums actually seem to make my stomach more upset but i do take an acid reducer which does seem to help. thank you for the help :)

[ggreg]

Your nausea can be from a variety of things, from constipation to an ulcer to too much acid in the tummy.  To counteract nausea in general, you can try chewing up some Tums whenever that feeling comes over you, drink a big glass of water after it crunches all the way up, and then right after that practice deep breathing to relax, which you breathe in real deep, blow it out, then breathe normally, and then breathe in deep again, do it ten times and think of nothing but your breathing.  It'll knock your anxiety down a few knotches and help settle your tummy.  Since this has been going on for years, could be something you eat or drink all the time is doing this... like I found out store-brand sodas bothered my stomach.