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Post by Amy on Feb 25, 2017 10:20:18 GMT -5
I was always under the impression from people here that emetophobic panic attacks will never cause v*. Well, just recently, my panic attacks go like this: I'm in a situation where v*ing would be very embarrassing, and I begin to picture myself feeling n*, causing myself to slowly begin to feel n* and ending in me feeling so extremely n* to the point of almost dry heaving, but I usually remove myself from the anxiety provoking situation before v* occurs (running for the exit). I just finished reading a whole forum of people who v* with panic attacks. This has confirmed my fear that panic attacks can indeed make you v*. Does anyone have any knowledge on this? I guess my main questions are: can emetophobes really v* from panic attacks and anxiety? Or is the n* that we create (as intense and real as it feels) truly all just in our head, and cannot make us v*? I have been avoiding any social situation due to my panic attacks because I am unsure if they will result in v* if I don't flee the anxiety provoking situation. Thanks
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Post by Amy on Feb 25, 2017 13:30:08 GMT -5
Here is another worry of mine. I read this online:
"I was in fourth grade, and I was on the school bus next to my friend, I'm next to the window, he's in the aisle. We were still parked at the school waiting for the rest of the kids to get on the bus. For some reason the topic of v* came up and we were talking about that feeling you get right before you v*. Then all of a sudden I got the feeling, I knew what was about to happen, and I tried to hold it back. My efforts failed, and I v* all over myself, and I know some got on my friend. Now I didn't give any warning that I was going to v*, I just did."
This terrifies me that this can really happen. You can v* just by thinking about the feeling of v*?! That makes me never want to leave the house.
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Post by Jess44246 on Feb 25, 2017 18:14:13 GMT -5
Hopefully I can ease some of your worries.
As for the first post, emetophobics have a very strong will to not v*. Yes, a panic attack can get so severe that it, by itself, can cause you to v*, but there is a huge chance that it won't because emetophobics are so resistant to v*. Obviously, if our bodies demand that we v*, then we must, but we definitely have the strong willpower that can resist in completely.
As for the second post, that is one of those random occourances that happen. Sometimes words can be powerful. For example, in biology class last year we were talking about blood clotting, and a girl with a phobia of blood and needles (which I later found out) fainted. Also, think of how graphic v* images (like on a screen) can cause us to have panic attacks. That story is one of those rare, out-of-the-blue random things where the conversation triggered the person to feel what was being discussed. Think of feeling sad when somebody tells you about something horrible happening to them, and you image it happening to you.
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