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Dealing with Emetophobia?
I'm 17 years old and have been living with emetophobia since I was 14. I first noticed it when I was out for dinner one night and was eating and began to feel sick. From then on for a year I couldn't swallow food. I was consumed by fear of being sick and despised eating out in restaurants. I couldn't go on buses without getting panic attacks. Although in some ways I have improved (I can eat out in restaurants fairly well now and don't mind buses as much as I did), these things still bother me. I also panic whenever I have to visit places I remmeber being sick at, such as a certain restaurant when I was a child. When I go out I don't have much to drink as I worry I will be sick, and I feel as if I can never have any fun. It is starting to cripple my life and I'm going to university in September and moving out and I want to be able to enjoy my life. Any suggestions on dealing with it?