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Going to a Bar When You are
an Emetophobe
Having a Fear of Vomit in
the Most Common Place People Throw Up
One of the hardest parts of
having emetophobia is having a social life. When you have emetophobia
you constantly live in fear that someone, anyone around you will vomit.
So when someone with emetophobia walks into a bar a simple equation
pops into their head: People + alcohol = vomit.
I hate being in bars because I
know someone will drink too much. I know that I don’t have
control over whether or not that person will find their way out the
door, or find their way to me when they start to feel ill. Not to
mention all of the people that you came with, you can not possibly
control how much they drink, and chances are you are the designated
driver, so you have to drive in the car all the while fearing one of
them will ask you to pull over.
Why is the emetophobe always the
designated driver, because of what the actual decision to drink means.
Deciding to drink puts you in a position where you can drink to much.
Too much alcohol means that you might just get sick. I just don’t
drink at all, and if I do I only have one drink. I have not been drunk
in years because I live in fear that I will get sick. I have been drunk
before, really drunk. I am talking the kind of drunk that sends you to
the hospital to get your stomach pumped drunk. Obviously, I survived
it, but I learned my lesson, when the drunkenness fades and the
sickness doesn’t it is one big panic attack.
So what happens when an
emetophobe, or an emet as I like to refer to myself as, walks into a
bar. Chances are the emet has so much pent up anxiety over whether or
not someone, anyone in this bar will get sick that they don’t
have fun. They are thinking about how much everyone around them is
drinking. They can’t take the edge off with alcohol, because they
don’t want to get sick themselves, and as I said before chances
are they are the designated driver anyway. I personally count the
seconds till I go home. I babysit my friends to the point that they are
so annoyed that they might just burst. My husband is so sick of
hearing, “do you really need another drink,” or, “are
you drunk?” that he just wants to scream.
In conclusion emetophobia and
bars just don’t mix.
By Robin Ross
of livingwithemetophobia.blogspot.com
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