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Living with Emetophobia: Coping with Extreme Fear of Vomiting

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I anxiously awaited the arrival of this book thinking it would help me cope with emetophobia, since part of the title is "coping with Extreme fear of Vomiting". Unfortunately, all this book is about is the author's and a few other's personal experiences with the phobia. If what you need is to know that there are others out there suffering with the same phobia, it's great, it describes every irrational thought I've ever had about vomiting and the problems that it causes in every day life. If what you need is a book to help people in your life understand what you go through, it's also good because it really describes every aspect of the phobia. If what you're looking for is a book that will help you deal with it, look elsewhere!

I was shocked to find that there was actually going to be a book published about emetophobia, and ordered it a month before it was released. I was hoping for a little more advice, coping mechanisms, maybe just some reassurances that it's O.K. to be afraid, and that it's O.K. to medicate something that can't just be counseled away. I was hoping for a bit more in the experiences department as well. After years of not even knowing there was a name for the fear, and only having a few select message boards to communicate with other emets on, I thought maybe this would be a breakthrough.

It is a good read, just because it's the only one dedicated only to emetophobia specifically, but it could have been done better. I would recommend that any emet buy a few copies, this is a must for any close friend or relative. I bought a few of them, I gave one to a friend that came to me after discovering I had to phobia to confide in me that he had the same fear, and I gave the other copies to my husband and my mother. It's been more helpful for the outsiders than for me, which is still a huge step in the right direction. For so long, when approaching a doctor or even a psychiatrist with this issue, we've all heard the famous line, "but nobody likes to puke". And it wasn't until I responded to my psychiatrist that he may be right about that, except he might have missed that one episode of Jerry Springer, but is everyone so afraid of it that when exposed to the situation they actually bring a loaded gun to their head? I then handed him a copy of the book. I'm not sure if it was my comment or the book that helped him comprehend that this was indeed a fear that had taken over my life, but either way, I'm thankful the book exists.

I was hoping this book would offer some ideas or inspirations on how to cope with emetophobia or at the very least how the author managed to overcome this debilitating phobia. Instead, it merely describes what us emetophobes already suffer on a daily basis.

This book does eduacate others about emetophobia. However, it does not address the real issues of those who just fear voimiting, and is mostly about the authors personal experiences. I found it really useless. The only real suggestion for help was to give the reader web sites and self help groups to go to. The reader will not only not get the proper information, but will be directed to certain forms of this fear that they do not have. I was going to send this book back, but have not had time to do so. Worthless.

Don't buy this book, it is basically a long definition of what emetophobia is. Doesn't even have one suggestion on how to fix it.

I just read it and have mixed feelings. As one of the only (that I know of) books that has been written on the subject, I own a copy because I don't know what other books really deal with this subject. In some ways, I think it was really brave of this woman to write this book, especially because she suffers from this condition so bad. But on the other hand, I was hoping for more advice on how to deal with this problem. Instead it was mainly personal stories and antidotes. It did educate me very throughly on this subject, but didn't offer many if any solutions. I also had a problem with some of her views. For instance, she says that nearly all emets are dangerously underweight and that they will starve themselves, not eat food samples, etc. Well I consider myself to have a serious condition with this, yet I'm not dangerously underweight, I don't starve myself and I don't avoid food samples (the only reason I do now is because I was diagnosed with Celiac disease last spring and have to be on a very strict gluten free diet). The book also made me really sad and didn't give me much hope.

I was so happy to have found a book on this subject. It's really the only one out there. It gives examples of struggles people have, suggests solutions, and most importantly let's the reader know that they're not alone. I would recommend this book for anyone that suffers from emetophobia, or a family member trying to get information.

Incredible book to show a doctor, family member, friend, or partner to help them get a better grasp of emetophobia and everything that goes along with it. I highly reccomend it to anyone who is or knows someone who is suffering from emetophobia.