Only in recent years have I learned that my anxiety-filled response in situations like this has a name: emetophobia. “Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting. Some fear vomiting themselves ...
Emetophobia can be defined as an extreme fear of throwing up, seeing someone else vomiting, or encountering vomit (Faye et al., 2013). Emetophobia can cause patients a lot of problems ...