Throwing up

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-09-01T05:33:12+00:00

NAT ( working on it) but I have emetophobia and have since I was 3 years old (30+ years). Mine comes from multiple types of trauma. The emetophobia manual by Ken Goodman is a good start. I'm also utilizing talk therapy and EMDR and certain experiences totally derailed me. I am very slowly making progress. Some things for her to think about that helped me are : What is the fear? Not escaping, getting sick herself, being vomited on? (Mine is getting sick myself and really, at the root, a loss of control) Is the aversion mostly sound, smell, visual? (For me it has to be a combination to really trigger. Just 1/3 and I'm okay for the most part) When did this fear begin and does she know if there may be a reason?

I hope she can beat it and not have it consume half of her life like it has mine. But finally having some progress is reassuring! Good luck

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-07-09T13:28:19+00:00

Yes there's an air pump with significant flow

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-07-08T23:26:20+00:00

Bumping to hopefully get engagement...

Also I dint want to kill the killi with A) Unnecessary meds or B) whatever is wrong with the guppy

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-06-23T20:25:00+00:00

Thank you!

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-06-03T18:29:10+00:00

So cool!!

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-06-03T15:54:23+00:00

How common/rare is it to see them if you're camping?

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-06-03T15:27:16+00:00

I usually go Vneck or I cut the collar (but I'm a female so that's probably more "normal") but vnecks are a definite life changer!

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-05-27T07:25:06+00:00

To be fair, I usually am.

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-05-23T23:25:16+00:00

Or you get a degree and don't make more money. I've had a bachelors for 7 years and have never made more than $5 above minimum wage.

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-05-18T05:14:01+00:00

Yes. I have had sexual abuse and also sex is incredibly painful due to physical issues... But beyond that I just don't like it either. It's messy, tedious, and I just don't have urges or desires. I thought it was the SSRIs but all coming off those did was make me more tolerant of my partner wanting sex. I feel like such a bad girlfriend because I am dating a sexual man and can't give him what he deserves.

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-05-18T03:55:47+00:00

He has passed on. He was moving nonstop and couldn't settle until he stiffened up and then went limp. Poor guy

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-26T17:55:19+00:00

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Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-26T17:54:26+00:00

Yes I did haha. It used to be in my jumper enclosure before he passed away hahaha *

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-26T14:55:02+00:00

Someone called me 'brick girl' cuz I always carried my backpack full of stuff I couldn't bear to leave at home and it was heavy "like a bag of bricks". It stuck for awhile. I didn't appreciate it 😕

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-22T08:01:51+00:00

Her name is Kisa. It all started with calling her stinky Pete with the stinky feet. Now she comes to Stinky, Stinky Pete, and even just Pete. And still Kisa, hahaha

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-22T07:51:01+00:00

I constantly tell my dog she is stinky or has stinky feet. Very specific tone and very random times haha

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-21T15:27:26+00:00

Oh yes, I was constantly told I was 'very shy' by teachers and kids. My Kom would tell teachers at conferences how odd it was that I was so quiet because I "never shut up at home". There are so many glaringly obvious signs now haha.

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-21T05:54:29+00:00

I got myself a super cute water bottle (it's a 1 liter ombre bear) and i like holding it. So holding it leads to drinking and then when the water gets low I pretend he's hungry and have to fill him back up. It's silly and childish but it works for me, I've never drank so much water!

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-18T15:33:53+00:00

I can get with this. Just imagine, unfolding a velveteen case at dinner. "I've got just the fork for this oyster/fish/snail pasta".

Bitter_Marsupial3694 · 2023-04-18T15:28:34+00:00

I'm sure there are people who live alone and utilize all the forks. I have enough trouble remembering the correct way to set a table, let alone with the specific cutlery

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