Trigger warning: Description of treatment of emetophobia by exposure and response prevention therapy, descriptions of times I have seen vomit. There are no images of vomit in this post.

Emetophobia is the fear of throwing up. I have that! Until some time in my late 20s, I didn’t quite realize I felt differently about throwing up than most people. I remember a friend mentioning they had emetophobia and having to look up what that was. How surprising to find people who feel the same way about throwing up as me and do all the same stuff I do to avoid it at all costs. It was a few more years after learning emetophobia was “a thing” that I heard first hand accounts from friends that, yes, you can go to therapy to treat it.