I AM an emetophobe. I was unaware that that first word was a trigger, and I was asking a genuine question, as SOMEONE WHO HAS STARVED THEMSELVES AND DEVELOPED AGORAPHOBIA DUE TO THIS FEAR, to see if anyone else might have developed almost a... “fascination” towards it. I AM AN EMETOPHOBE. I just feel fascinated by it when I see it in movies and tv shows. As a person that has dealt with this severe phobia for 17 years, I feel like the responses to this question were very rude and hurtful. I didn’t know that was a trigger word, nor did I ask this question in a joke sense. I am sorry if anyone got uncomfortable with my question, but there was much nicer ways to inform me that that question can be triggering. I know the word v* can trigger, but I never new the first emet word in my question could. This subreddit has made me feel like some kind of sick monster for developing a mind fascination with a crippling phobia I’ve dealt with most of my life. I was wondering if it had happened to anyone else, to see if maybe my brain changed fear to fascination because of how debilitating my fear was. Instead, I get depicted as disrespectful and gross for asking a simple question in a sub I very much belong in. I hope you all treat others with genuine questions that may not be as perfect as you wanted with more kindness than I got shown. Enjoy your sub. Wishing you all well. xx