1. I live overseas. My family is a strict religious family. I have a same-sex sexual orientation. I think my family knows it but I'm trying hard to be as religious as they are whenever I visit them in my home country. Eight years ago, and three years ago, I visited my family. I occasionally feel nauseous when I was around them.
2. I don't smoke and I hate smokers and the smoke and the smell of cigarette smoke. One time I stayed in a hotel where the corridors were reeked with foul cigarette smell. I always felt I want to vomit when I was staying there. It was terrible.
3. Now I am worrying about my career and my future. I am very active and I do sport everyday... but this worry about career and future really gets me. I have a degree but have trouble finding job after losing my previous job. I now also have a worry about applying for an overseas citizenship and I'll have to lose my home country citizenship. I recently feel nauseous after meals and I deliberately didn't have breakfast this morning which helps me a bit.
I don't feel nauseous when I'm happy and don't worry about things... this can be in a long period of time.. I don't feel nauseous at all... but then when I start worrying things.. I start feeling nauseous.. one time I had to take a serious exam and I worried too much about it and I wanted to throw up too...
I hate it when I feel nauseous and I hope I can stop this annoying problem.
hi im 12 in the 7th grd and i have just been brought home from feel this way its been happening sense last night after i ate i started getting that feel that im going to throw up and i checked my tempature and it was normal so i started to think it was just my mind cause i am scared of vometing and it was just a burp and it happened this morning and before going to school late my parent took me to go eat and in the middle of eating i felt naussious again then she dropped me off and iii wen t straight to the clinic now im home (she picked me up) and when i got home about 30 minutes ago i thought id look up whats wrong with me and after reading this im scared to go to the doctors because they might not find any cure or thing wrong with me and my mom would be mad and even if i do show her this(although i ll give it a try) she will be like, "girl there aint anything wrong with you its just a tummy ache and your tempature is normal too" and she says i cant miss any more time from school and now i am super scared that i will have this problem forever after reading some of ou guys messages plzzzzzzzzzz help oh and i kinda do think mine has to do with stress and deppression cause my dad has been away and latley me and my mother havent been getting along and im still messed up from when the only grandmother i was old enough to remember dies again plzzz help!!!
I'm 14 year old girl, I suffer from this almost 5 months. I feel nausea almost every day. Sometimes I feel good, really normal and it looks like everything is ok. But then it comes back. It's not that hard that I couldn't live with, but I really hate it. It's annoying and I'm scared cuz I don't know why do I feel this. I'm afraid if something is wrong with me.
I really hate that feeling. I don't want to go somewhere cuz I'm scared of being sick, I'm also afraid go to restaurants of the same reason. Sometimes it's not so bad, I can do whatever I want, but sometimes I feel really bad, it feels like I can throw up, but actually I never did.
It's really horrible, I don't want this anymore. I thought I had some desease but now when I read this I think it can be something different and if I go to doctors if they wouln't find anything, maybe I would have to be with this like all my life. I'm really scared. Please anyone help.
I managed to stumble across this site and am not entirely
surprised to find so many other people with the same problem! I also go
through frequent stages of the day where I will feel quite nauseous. I also suffer from a fear of being sick in
public or even one person for that matter.
Whilst I feared throwing up in front of people, it only really became a
problem when I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress after separating from
my then, fiancé. As a result of the break-up, I was suffering from great levels
of stress, depression, wasn’t sleeping or eating well etc., which then resulted
in numerous panic attacks. Because I constantly felt “sick” from all the stress
in my life at that time, it spurred on the anxiety, which I have now been
dealing with for 5 years. After this all
happened, I also became afraid to go out in public – in the beginning I even
felt anxious about leaving the house. Like another members who have posted
earlier, I always used to carry anti-nausea medication, a plastic bag and water
bottle in my handbag “just in case,” almost like a security blanket.
My fear of vomiting in public stemmed from the lack of
control I felt in social situations. For example – if you’re sitting on a bus
and you need to “be sick,” it’s not like you can just get off whenever you feel
like, particularly if you’re in a hurry. Any situation that was out of my “comfort
zone” caused me quite a level of anxiety and in the begging this was just about
everywhere – at my friend’s houses, in University lectures, at the cinema, taking
public transport, being in the car with someone else whether they or I were
driving, being in restaurants, getting my hair or nails done in a salon… and
the list goes on! It got to a point where it was consuming my life and I was
afraid that I would end up letting it defeat me and would become a recluse,
confined only to my house. I decided that I had had enough of living this way
and decided to seek help. I went and
spoke to my doctor who was very helpful and an industry certified
hypnotherapist. I learnt that this would
be the most powerful step I had ever taken in my life.
At first I felt very uncomfortable with the thought of divulging
all of my “deepest, darkest secrets” to
a stranger for fear of them judging me or thinking I was strange for having
such an unreasonable phobia; however, the most important thing that I realised
from this experience was that I wasn’t the only one and no one was as
judgemental as I thought they would be.
The more people I talked to, the more I realised that I was not the only
one and how truly supportive people were.
I found working with a hypnotherapist to be life-changing. We talked about the fact that when you’re in
a stressful or anxious situation, your body’s answer is to generate adrenalin
to help you with the “fight or flight” response and is giving you an extra
boost to deal with the situation.
Unfortunately, because in most situations, I was neither being
physically active (fighting) or literally running away (flight.) As a result,
the build-up of adrenalin in my system would actually make me feel even more
sick and panicked. I would get dizzy, my heart would race, I would get either
hot or cold, blood rushed to my face, I would shake, I would start breathing
very quickly – basically the beginning signs of an anxiety attack; and
sometimes these situations would result in one.
The hypnotherapist helped to not only identify the cause for
my anxiety, but also helped to give me techniques to combat these situations
and assist in stopping those feelings of panic before they consumed my entire
body. Hey gave me exercises that drew
attention away from how I was feeling like using metal “stop” signs; becoming
aware of the environment around e.g. what I could see, how I felt, was it hot
or cold, how did it smell etc; cognitive behavioural therapy techniques and
some ETF tapping techniques. I also went
to see a naturopath who diagnosed me with a wheat and gluten intolerance so by
learning to reduce these foods in my diet, I could also help control my
physical wellbeing by reducing some nausea. What was interesting to learn after
seeing the naturopath also, was that after putting my body through such great
amount of stress with my anxiety, my body was producing huge amounts of
cortisol (sort of like a long term adrenalin) to help me cope with these
stressful situations. As a result, all
of my body’s energy went into trying to cope with my anxiety every day and
after 5 years, my immune system has taken a huge hit. I’m now in the process of trying to detoxify
my body and get my cortisol levels back to normal.
After going through this experience I’ve become so much
stronger! I learnt it is so vitally
important to talk to people about what’s going on– family, friends, medical and
trained professionals (doctors, councillors, hypnotherapist, psychologists,
psychiatrists, cognitive behavioural therapists etc.) who all genuinely care
about your wellbeing and therefore do not judge. The other essential piece of advice that I
can give is to not give-in to the condition!
I knew that if I stopped myself from going places and doing things, then
I would eventually become consumed by my condition and would let if define me
and how I lived. I had to push myself
every day – push myself to go out of my house (my comfort zone was anywhere
outside my front door) and do the normal, everyday things that made me feel
uncomfortable. At first it was terrifying,
but once I had some tools and techniques to help me, the more I pushed myself
the better it got.
To be entirely honest, I still suffer from anxiety and have a phobia of throwing up in public and sometimes I will still a plastic bag in my purse “just in case.” In saying that, however, I can now do so many more things anxiety free than I could five years ago and my life has changed dramatically! I can now catch a bus, let someone else drive me in their car, go to the movies, eat out with friends and travel without the same level of anxiety. I now know it’s very much “mind over matter” and now that I’ve got some tools to be able to deal with those stressful situations in a more productive manner. These days there are very few instances where I won’t push myself out of my comfort zone and now cannot imagine living life being shut off from the world! The most important thing is to live your life because you’ve only got one shot at it! Remember – it’s a powerful day when you say “enough is enough!” I sincerely hope that my post has helped – good luck to you all!
I'm 12, and I feel the same exact way! I was so scared cuz i thought I was bulimic or something. I even had to stay home from school today. My mom didn't believe I was actually sick, because I wasn't throwing up. But I knew I couldn't go to school because I would have to throw up and I was scared in front of people, and I didn't feel like I could go. Usually it's just if I get nervous for something. But if there are any solutions please help, cuz now I have to go see a psycologist for my"problems"... Thanks!:-|8-|