And a lot of people who have it are just now realizing how many other people battle it as well. Schnack explained that emetophobia is an extreme phobia of vomiting that interferes with a person's ...

Emetophobia can "impact your life in so many ways" since sufferers may avoid situations that trigger their fear, explains Ken Goodman, a licensed clinical social worker and board member for the ...

No one likes to be sick or be near someone who is threatening to throw up. But for a staggering three million Britons, vomit is so terrifying it causes intense panic and even obsessive behaviour, ...

As a child, I made up "rules" to try to protect myself from getting sick. When I was 18, I started working with a therapist specializing in emetophobia, the fear of vomiting. I'm almost 20, and while ...

Emetophobia is an intense and persistent fear of vomiting that extends well beyond simple discomfort or aversion. For many people, this phobia affects daily functioning, relationships, appetite, and ...

Many of us have phobias – be that of heights, water or spiders. But some are less common and more misunderstood, such as emetophobia – a phobia of vomiting. Emetophobia falls under the umbrella of ...

Exposure therapy calls for anxiety-disorder sufferers to face worst fears. Oct. 20, 2011— -- Joanna (not her real name) is a 22-year-old brunette with an intense look in her eyes. She suffers ...

It all started when Alicia Mitas was 7 years old and got sick on Easter. "Ever since then, I started worrying about it every single day to my parents," she explains. "I would ask them a lot of ...