To be honest there aren’t many good things about having a phobia of vomiting (emetophobia). It consumes my whole life and impacts everything, every day. However…I believe there are some positives to having had the phobia all my life. And here is my list:
1 – Being emetophobic (emet) means that I never succumbed to peer pressure when I was younger. This means I never got drunk when I was young and I never took drugs. I always had my reason and that was I was scared it would make me sick. I did get mocked for this but I honestly didn’t care.
2 – I was a dream teenager because of all the above. Preferring to stay home, read and listen to music rather than clubbing and pub-ing it and coming home puking my guts up.
3 – Being emet means that I know when to stop drinking. After I left university, I actually did get into wine and enjoy drinking wine now. I pretty much know my limit and I know when I should stop.
4 – Being emet means that you will always have someone to hold your coats and bags if you take me to a theme park.
5 – Being emet means that you can be sure any food prepped by myself will be prepped with the highest standards of hygiene. It also means you get excessively over-cooked anything!
May 2, 2016 at 4:46 pm
I love your outlook! I just wrote a post on my blog called the ‘mental illness tag’, I’m trying to help people understand and have an insight into what it’s like to have a mental illness, would be great if you did it!
https://beccadoeslifethings.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/mental-illness-tag/
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May 2, 2016 at 6:03 pm
thanks for sharing. i will take a look :)
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May 8, 2016 at 7:21 am
It can’t be easy to see the positives in having a phobia – well done #KCACOLS
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May 9, 2016 at 7:08 pm
thanks for reading :)
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May 9, 2016 at 7:11 pm
Shining a positive light on a phobia is really fab, good for you. You’re right there are certainly some benefits, I would happily come to eat at yours lol. Thank you so much for linking at #KCACOLS. Hope you can come back again next Sunday xx
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May 10, 2016 at 6:57 pm
yep, there are a few positives so i may as well focus on them sometimes! x
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May 9, 2016 at 8:41 pm
I hate being sick, but can’t imagine what it would be like to actually have be emetophobic. Well done on finding a positive way of looking at it! X #KCACOLS
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May 10, 2016 at 6:56 pm
thank you for reading :) x
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May 10, 2016 at 6:22 pm
Very good positives. I knew there was a reason I didn’t drink lol. I’m glad you can see the positives and not let it get you down.
Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
x
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May 10, 2016 at 6:56 pm
thank you for reading Jane x
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May 11, 2016 at 7:54 am
I love your positivity, with something that must be quite difficult. Fab post :) #KCACOLS
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May 11, 2016 at 9:58 am
thanks so much for taking a look :)
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May 12, 2016 at 10:10 am
I have this, It’s not has bad I it used to be. But I never knew there was a name for it. When I was younger I used to miss out on all the school trips as I couldn’t travel and travel tablets didn’t work on me and I was so scared of being sick that I missed my trips and stayed at home #KCACOLS
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May 16, 2016 at 7:25 pm
ah yes the dreaded school trips by coach! arghh!
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