I have had a phobia of throwing up as long as I can remember. Only thing I can guess is the reason is growing up I was at my buddy’s house and his mom started throwing up. Sadly, that was the last time we ever got to see her as she passed away that night from a ruptured appendix.
It does not bother me to see people throw up, my kids puke on me whatever, no issue there.
But when I start to get nauseous, my skin gets clammy, throat and mouth goes dry, start getting warm and cold waves.
I almost have a panic attack. My breathing gets super heavy, I start trembling, shaking, can’t sit still have to get up and pace, my mind goes a mile a minute, start praying like crazy.
Then here it comes. It does not help that I am a violent puker, I wake the neighborhood and every bone, joint, and muscle hurts for days afterward.
Have always been like this. My wife and kids there is no build up nothing they just open their mouth and out it comes, if you don’t see it or smell it you would have no clue.

I have always just thought I was weird. Thankfully, I throw up maybe once every few years so just deal with it when it happens. No way around it.

I was with a group of folks the other day and pregnancy came up. I gave the women accolades for being able to do it.
I mentioned how the nausea and morning sickness likely would have killed me because of my phobia. Turns out I am not alone. 3 of the other folks there were 6 of us total. Had similar issues and one much worse as hers continued well after she was done throwing up.

Anyone else deal with this phobia. Anyone ever been able to get over it? I sure wish when puking time comes I was like my wife and kids and am so thankful my kids just puke and roll and don’t have to have the whole build up like I have always had.

My only phobia is throwing up over a toilet bowl. I think I don't like the idea of stuff splashing onto me. It actually stops me from throwing up.

I throw up easy enough outside preferably on the ground or into a trash can.

Get drunk enough times and you'll learn to relax and just let Niagara Falls go.

I wouldn't say I have a phobia, but it's certainly not my favorite pastime

I wouldn't use phobia, but similar 'symptoms' to the OP.
Happens rarely enough that I don't get enough practice to be good at it.

Kinda funny this came up. My 9yo daughter gets almost hysterical when someone around her throws up or when she thinks she may. A kid beside her at school today vomited on his desk and now she’s anxious about going to school tomorrow. We have no idea where her fear came from.

I've seen the reactionaries. One kid pukes and then another witnesses it and hurles too.
The darnds't thing.

I always feel better after barfing, so I kind of look forward to it.

Yeah, I'm weird.

Chemo and radiation. I still throw up. That stuff is horrible.

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Originally posted by dsiets:
I've seen the reactionaries. One kid pukes and then another witnesses it and hurles too.
The darnds't thing.

It's a vestige of an early human/protohuman survival mechanism. Sympathetic vomiting has been observed in groups of apes.

Picture a caveman who's out foraging and finds some food that unbeknownst to them is poisonous or otherwise harmful. They try a little, decide it tastes good, and brings it back to their buddies who all dig in too. The initial caveman had been eating it first, and therefore he's the first to get the ill effects that cause him to puke. The other cavemen's bodies then react to this initial round of vomiting by causing the others to puke too, to eliminate the threat from the bad food.

I've never had a phobia, but I never liked to vomit. I know others who do it on purpose when they feel sick, but I would always fight it my drinking Pepto-Bismol. It mostly worked, but I've done my time praying to the porcelain gods when it didn't.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by dsiets:
I've seen the reactionaries. One kid pukes and then another witnesses it and hurles too.
The darnds't thing.

It's likely a vestige of an early human/protohuman survival mechanism.

Picture a bunch of cavemen sitting around gnawing on some food they found which unbeknownst to them is poisonous or otherwise harmful. One caveman's body recognizes the food as harmful and causes him to puke. The other cavemen's bodies then react to the initial vomit by puking too. Any of the cavemen who doesn't have that survival instinct and doesn't puke might end up dying from ingesting the bad food.

Or it could just be bad mammoth w/ the wrong spices.

Another Seinfeld'ism

I'm in the final stages of temporary dentures before all on 5 implants so spitting out my teeth while calling ralph has crossed my mind

I got over it on 1/20/21. Had no choice.

When I was younger I would say I had the phobia you describe. Now that I'm older, it doesnt bother me that way if i am the one that's ill. However, if I am near someone vomiting or I smell it, that's my phobia, as a disclaimer, being an EMT and LEO for almost 25 years, I have seen all types of destruction to the human body which nowhere nearly impacts me the way the sight, sound, or smell of somelses vomit does.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
I got over it on 1/20/21. Had no choice.

Explain this remark

No phobia but in my younger years was a wiseguy with the "Raaaaalllppphh, wanna buy a Buuuuiiickk?" nonsense.


Honestly can't recall the last time I hurled. That said I have a gag reflex that won't allow MDs to use a tongue depressor. Go figure....

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Not a phobia but intense dread. I'd rather be sick for a month than throw up be well in an hour. I once went 20 years without barfing. Then in one year I had food poisoning twice and a barfy flu. Three bouts of the hurls in one year. That's gotta be some kind of record.

No good advice here Jeremy. I think I have thrown up twice in my life that I remember. Once was food poisoning. One was a doozie and we ate oysters and clams and had either Diarrheal shellfish poisoning (DSP) or Red Tide Poisoning. That’s part of why I quit drinking. No matter how much I drink, I won’t throw up.

I did just stuck my finger in my throat and touched the speedbag back there. Could have tossed dinner back out really easily, if I hadn’t swallowed quickly.

Mrs. Cooker has the same phobia as you, sort of. Not nearly as intense, but she gets panicky, pukes, then cries a lot.

Do I love it, NO!! But it always brings relief. I can't remember how many times I have stuck my finger down my throat to bring that relief, but it has been many a time! Rid my body from that vile shit!!

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
I always feel better after barfing, so I kind of look forward to it.

Yeah, I'm weird.

I always feel better as well but build up before is still horrendous.