I Can’t Live Like This Anymore | My Breaking Point With Emetophobia

Описание: For years, emetophobia (the fear of vomiting) controlled every moment of my life.

Buckets in every room.
Sleepless nights watching my kids breathe.
Avoiding crowds, food, trips, life.
Every burp, cough, or stomach gurgle felt like a threat.
I wasn’t living — I was surviving in constant fear.

The day I walked my daughter to school and found out there was a stomach bug going around… something inside me finally broke. I walked home shaking, sick with panic, stuck in a spiral that convinced me I couldn’t keep doing this.

That moment became my wake-up call.

This wasn’t “just anxiety.”
This wasn’t “just being cautious.”
This was a life endangering situation — because I was losing my life piece by piece to a phobia that wouldn’t let me breathe.

I had to choose:
Keep shrinking my world…
or fight for a bigger one.

That’s the day I decided to seek help.
That’s the day I started Exposure and Response Prevention therapy.
That’s the day my healing began.

This video shares the beginning of my recovery story — the moment everything changed — in hopes that it might spark that moment for someone else.

You deserve a full life.
You deserve rest.
You deserve to feel safe in your own body.
And you deserve support while you heal. 💛

If you’re struggling with emetophobia, anxiety, or OCD… you are not alone. I’m rooting for you. 🌱

💬 Share your story in the comments — when did you realize you needed help?

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