This is a space for success stories. We believe we all need some encouragement, and there’s nobody who can encourage us more than our fellow warriors who are fighting our same battles. They are the ones who know how hard and consuming this battle is and how important are even the smallest victories.
This page is created with your help. We would like to feature your success stories which could inspire others and help them see what can be achieved despite emetophobia. You would not only be helping others, but you would be acknowledging your own successes and allowing us to celebrate them with you.
These stories don’t need to be stories of big achievements or full recoveries, even though these are more than welcome, but they can also be little achievements, little victories which have taken you one step closer to your recovery
We are aware that sharing your stories is not easy, but it’s also very important for you to acknowledge your own victories, as we all tend to focus mainly on our failures. We would like this page to inspire you to think of your own successes and maybe to find the strength to share them with us, even anonymously.
And remember, any victory, as small as it can be, is taking you one step closer to regaining your freedom!
If you feel able to contribute a story, please contact us here.
Your stories
Reflections on emetophobia in young adulthood
This is the first time I’ve described my emetophobia openly. The first time I’ve really accepted the label and admitted to it. Stigma and embarrassment are probably behind this. Shame, maybe. It strikes me, though, that by keeping it to myself, and by being too private and ashamed to speak about it, all I [...]
My recovery journey
My recovery story contains mentions of vomiting as this was part of my personal journey. This is not a blueprint for recovery but a very personal account of my journey with emetophobia which is unique to my life circumstances. Emetophobia has as many faces as the people it affects and therefore each person’s recovery [...]
Emetophobia in times of Covid-19
Emetophobia self-help tips for coping with your fear of vomiting during the Covid 19 pandemic provided by individuals with lived experience At this moment we are all experiencing unprecedented times filled with anxiety, fear and uncertainty however, people suffering from Emetophobia might be experiencing these feelings at a much higher level. In just a [...]
10 things I wish I knew about emetophobia
I suffered from emetophobia for my whole life and yet I was in my thirties when I finally found out what I was actually suffering from. Not having ever heard about emetophobia and not having any appropriate support or resources unfortunately lengthened my struggle and made my recovery so much more difficult. I am [...]
A part of my life
Emetophobia has been a part of my life since I can remember. I still have vivid memories of the few times in school a classmate vomited in the same room as me. I wouldn’t have been able to say what I felt as a child, but it was a fear much more intense than anxiety [...]