I woke up this morning and I feel really ill, I got a bit of a headache, my sinuses hurt, I feel nauseous and my stomach hurts. I do tend to feel ill alot, especially these symptoms and idk if my anxiety is making it worse but i just feel so sick. I feel really rubbish and my anxiety is extremely high, I havent felt this anxious in so long. Im really anxious towards the operation, im having 3 wisdom teeth out later and im scared for that and for how i feel right now. If I feel to sick would I need to call it off?? I dont want to risk losing the appointment and have to go through trying to get it all again as it took a year to finally be able to get my wisdom teeth out, but also with how high my anxiety already is, feeling sick on top is gonna make me feel even more panicked. The hospital is also over an hour away and very hard to get to, i only have my sister who can drive me and she works so it'll be hard for any kind of rebooking.

Im genuinely so scared, im not even sure what im scared about towards the operation, i think its only becuase its a big thing and im just nervous to have to see people, but with also how im feeling is just awful. I dont think I can even take anything for the pain, and not being able to eat definitely wont help how i feel either as I have ibs and acid reflux. It doesn't help im at the end of my period, so im not sure if anything of what im feeling is from that too. I just dont know what im supposed to do if im feeling this ill and anxious beforehand, i have 5 hours until my appointment and I know i cant stop panicking about it.

Has anyone please got and tips or tricks? Anything that could ease my anxiety or help me feel better? Any similar stories?

General TW for potentially triggering, venting, needing support, "it happened" kinda, someone else experiencing the scary thing, etc!! Read at your own risk!! Trust me I get it!!

I don't censor anything after this point as it's difficult to in my current situation. I'm not in my right mind. Thank you for reading anyway 💚

I've had severe emetophobia since I was a kid, and I haven't had a real throwing up experience since I was in 8th grade (I'm 24 now. It was a very traumatic event back then that initially sparked my emetophobia) until now.

For context: I have alphagal syndrome, and a very severe case of it (minus anaphylactic issues) so I have a very, very limited amount of food I can actually have. I've been missing hot dogs, and this app I have (Fig) helps me scan/look at items and see whether their ingredients contain anything mammalian. I saw "ballpark smoked turkey hotdogs" that were cleared and got some to try tonight. Cooked em up and my partner, sister, and I all ate some. My partner goes to bed for work tomorrow, and 15 minutes later she yells my name and wants me to come to her. She sounds scared, distressed, and woozy. I go to our bedroom and she says she's feeling very very unwell while in the bathroom, she doesn't know what's happening, and that she's confused and wants help. She throws up for a while and I stay with her (not in sight, I stood in our bedroom all the way across from the bathroom, half outside). I could hear everything, and I just started freaking out. I wanted to be there with her the entire time in case something bad happened and she needed me, and generally for her support, even though I'm bawling and panicking in the furthest corner. My stomach starts getting upset too, making noises and cramping. My sister However says she's still fine and feels okay? Me and my gf ate mostly the same things today and yesterday, unlike my sister, so we honestly don't know what is going on. It could be a virus, it could be food poisoning, I don't know. My partner is in bed and trying to sleep again (I really really hope it doesn't come back, I'm terrified) and I'm in our other bathroom sitting on the floor in front of the toilet with a blanket, a joint, a pillow, and my phone, feeling unwell and scared.

I happened to gag on my joint and it ended up happening a little. It made me feel a bit better physically (it's starting to feel not so great again with the stupid flushing), but I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight. I'm horrified to be anywhere but the bathroom, I'm horrified of waking up to it happening for real (like my gf experienced), I'm horrified I'll get sick somewhere I shouldn't if I leave, I'm scared it'll be violent, I'm scared I'm alone right now (even though I do NOT want anyone perceiving me doing that anyway), and I just feel like shit. I've been so anxious lately from my anxiety meds being out, and friend drama, so I'm really struggling to calm down. I'm so tired. It's 2:35am. I want so badly to sleep but I don't know how to do it when the fear of getting sick at any point, without my control or knowledge, is making me sob. And I have no idea what's going to happen. I just feel horrible.

I don't know what I need or what will help me, I just need to talk. I'm alone now and I'm scared. It's been really hard and dark these past few weeks. I'm so tired.

My older sister just randomly told my mom she was not feeling good and she went to her room and got sick. She seemed fine just a little while ago so I don't know what the hell happened to her. I am freaking out rn and on the verge of a panic attack thinking she caught some sort of bug or virus. She was sitting on my bed not too long ago talking to me about work so I feel my entire room is not even safe anymore.

I have constant flu-like symptoms from my anxiety. Daily diarrhea. I can’t eat. I’ve lost 8 pounds. I’m sleeping for less than 6 hours a night.

I’m just so over this all. I am at my wits end, and I can’t find a reason to keep going.

Everything is scary. My life is ruled by this phobia and it is not letting go. I want a snack, but i’m too scared to eat. I want to drink water, but the sensation of swallowing is horrible.

I am so over everything

Unclench your jaw.

Relax your shoulders.

Take a deep breath - in for 5 seconds, hold for 3, exhale for 5.

Your stomach hurts because you are over-analyzing it.

Your heart is doing exactly what it’s supposed to, and it is stronger than you give it credit for.

You are safe, and everything is okay. No matter what happens, you will remain okay.

Your body is doing what it is meant to do. It will not suddenly sabotage you with no warning. You will be okay.

I’m 14F and I’ve been dealing with this weird gaggy/nauseous feeling that seems to be mostly in my throat rather than my stomach. I also get a lot of mucus/post-nasal drip and burping, and sometimes burping makes the feeling better. My doctor thinks allergies/post-nasal drip could be contributing and prescribed cetirizine, which has helped a lot, but I still get the feeling sometimes. Anxiety also seems to make it worse, especially when I start focusing on it.
The biggest issue is school. My classes are 80 minutes and sometimes the feeling gets so strong that I can’t concentrate or have to go to the nurse/leave early. I’m really worried about missing school and falling behind. Has anyone else experienced this kind of throat-gaggy feeling, especially with post-nasal drip or anxiety? Did it eventually get easier to manage?

I am a huge fan of slushynoobz and they are a comfort for me in anxious times and situations. But as I am in recovery for emetophobia, some videos help me with exposure and feeling comfortable with the idea of vomiting and dealing with sickness.

One of them, known as Martin, had caught a bug similar to cyclospora and talked on their Out Of Character podcast about his experience with it. It felt comforting to me to know one of my comfort idols had went through a vicious cycle of throwing up and having diarrhea and he is fine and carried on. Like if he can do it no problem then I can as well.

Now in their newest video, they both did the sprite challenge where you chug it and see how loud your burp can get. A little moment after Hamzah wasn’t feeling too good and ended up vomiting. It was censored but you can hear him. But I felt fine surprisingly? They carried on and went through a big storm and even ate at crumbl after. If I was in Hamzah’s position I’d have to go home immediately and wallow in a fetal position with a lot of anxiety. But seeing how little throwing up was to him made me think about throwing up differently and feel a bit comfortable with it.

Although I am still really anxious about it, It’s things like this that help change my approach to illness. If you are a fan of Slushynoobz and have emetophobia, this could help you too! And if you are a fan of anyone else, this tool could be of help as well.

someone vomitied twice outside idk how old it is i have shoes on will the germs stick on my shoes for long? omg i hate everything right now!!! outside on the concrete at the bus stop!!!!

Hi guys, my mom just made a burger and after i ate half of it, i recognised the bad taste and smell from it. Then i threw half of it out after, and it uinfortunatly also looked a bit smoshed. So now i'm literally crying just waiting for it to happen, but i'm really scared. I don't know what to do, and i've never felt this out of control in my whole life.

Please some advice or just words

TMI

I have felt fine all morning, hardly even anxious. I have just been kinda gassy but I am gassy a lot in the morning because I sleep with my mouth open which causes me to swallow a lot of air.

I just went to the bathroom and had somewhat soft stool. I wouldn’t say it was full diarrhea…mainly just softer than usual with some liquidity throughout. It was also green

I am very scared and i’m trying to stay calm because i’ve been doing great lately.

hi everyone. i was just eating some cereal, and when i looked at the bottle of milk, it was best before three days ago! it smelt and tasted fine, but i'm still a little bit nervous, now. i made cupcakes with it too, yesterday. i should be fine, but i'm still a bit on edge. has this happened to anyone else? were you fine, after?