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personal-experience2 years ago

Conquering the Fear of Vomiting: A Journey Through Pregnancy

The author shares her experience living with emetophobia, a severe fear of vomit, and how it impacted her decision to become a mother. Despite her fear, she sought treatment through Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) and gradually faced her fear of vomit. After successfully managing her phobia, she decided to get pregnant and faced her fear of morning sickness. Although she experienced some discomfort during pregnancy, she ultimately gave birth to a healthy son and realizes that the joy of motherhood outweighs her fear of vomit.

via HuffPost|
#emetophobia#fear#motherhood
health2 years ago

When Fear of Vomiting Leads to Refusal to Eat: A Parent's Story

A tween diagnosed with emetophobia, a fear of vomiting, developed avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and was severely underweight. She was put on a feeding tube to get essential nutrients and received professional help. Her parents discovered that emetophobia was the underlying cause of her ARFID. She received counseling and exposure therapy but quit after a month. She was admitted to a third clinic and is doing much better, receiving more exposure therapy to help with ARFID and emetophobia.

via Insider|
#arfid#eating-disorders#emetophobia
health2 years ago

Daughter's Vomiting Phobia Leads to Feeding Tube

An 11-year-old girl nicknamed Vivi was diagnosed with emetophobia, a fear of vomiting that stopped her from eating. She was severely underweight and was put on a feeding tube to get essential nutrients. Vivi was diagnosed with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and was admitted to a residential center for eating disorders. Her weight was relatively stable until earlier this year when she was admitted to a third clinic. She's now eating regular meals, getting 2,000 calories a day from food like buttered noodles, Nutella sandwiches, and yogurt.

via Yahoo! Voices|
#arfid#eating-disorders#emetophobia