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[serene]

Mom says I didn't throw up until I was four years old.

Mom posits that that's why throwing up upsets me so much even now.

I reckon it's also why I tend to try to avoid throwing up, even when I know it's inevitable.






This is not a theoretical ramble.



*sigh*

Comments

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I threw up a lot when I was young, due to a milk allergy that my mother ignored, and I will do almost anything possible to avoid doing so ever again.

Funny how wildly differing experiences can end up with similar results.

Hope you feel better soon.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Feel better. *bighugs*

*big hugs*

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

I can sympathize I was nauseous last night but luckily did not have to throw up. Hope you feel better soon!

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

First, I'm so sorry you are that kind of ill.

If it were theoretical ... I think for me probably throwing up was a lack-of-control thing that I resisted as soon as I could (kinda like a toilet-training issue), with the result that I just don't unless I'm very ill or very drunk.

[snippy]

Sorry you're sick! I'm sick too; wondering whether I've got a virus or ate something bad.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I hope that you're feeling better soon.

One of my friends in Toronto here and I both also have that huge aversion to throwing up. I have some theories as to why for me, but I don't know how accurate they are. I do know that between about sixth grade and about my second or third year of University I did not throw up even once. Since then I've thrown up only about three times, and each time it was extremely psychologically difficult and left me in tears and shaken for a long time. I was surprised to meet another person with a similar aversion later, and then since I've met several people on the internet like that also. I wouldn't call it common, still, but yeah.

[sagefemme11.livejournal.com]

I had a vomit thing also. Hated it. Passionately. Then I discovered my best friend had a vomit fetish (I can't/won't elaborate, it just gets too oddly-weirdly for me) and I watched another good friend of mine go through morning sickness with such perfect acceptance and even willingness to rid herself of stomach contents that I started looking at the process of vomiting in a whole new light.

Which isn't to say I still hate it, but I don't try to force myself not to anymore.

Hope you heal quickly. Chamomile tea is a miracle cure for an ouchy belly.

*gentle hugs*

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you. I hate throwing up, even when I know it's necessary. I fight the urge for as long as possible.

It's just not... pleasant! And it hurts!

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

I once lost a contact lens while throwing up, tears were streaming out of my eyes so much.

I remember John Lilly writing something about how dolphins had the one true no-fuss way to throw up that humans should strive to emulate. But otherwise, even if you feel better afterward, who would want to have their mouth and possibly nose too full of vile-tasting acid stuff?

Once I tried some syrup of ipecac because I was curious as to what it could possibly be like. I waited a while and nothing happened. I went to the library. Oops. At least I just made it inside the bathroom door and to the sink.

I hope you feel better ASAP!

[ptigris.livejournal.com]

How long did it take to wear off?

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Basically everything came up with a mighty force and that was that.

[ptigris.livejournal.com]

If I can attack the problem and take care of getting rid of my stomach contents before it gets too bad, I can usually handle it.

Otherwise I'm totally wasted, in which case even with all the acid nose, I feel a whole of a lot better after said action.

Even hanging head on toilet... blessedly cool porcelin.

Was that oversharing? *giggle*

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

throwing up is against my religion. [nods fervently]

[zpdiduda.livejournal.com]

I have only thrown up once in my life, to my knowledge. I was eight months pregnant and in the ER with severe food poisoning. I remember the event with awe. Even when I was sick for months with a rare parasitical infection that I picked up during my travels, no such thing. I am taken aback when others vomit, scared when my son does.

I hope you feel better soon.

[minimo.livejournal.com]

Huh. I had food poisoning when I was pregnant, too.

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

I have only thrown up once in my life, to my knowledge.

Wow. I cannot even imagine. I am way on the other side of the spectrum. Illnesses of any kind tend to make me vomit and getting the vomitting under control is often the first issue when I am sick with something. I also vomit easily from medications and have been in the ER post-surgery due to non-stop vomitting from vicodin (I no longer even attempt most narcotics--with the c-section I insisted on Zofran, a powerful anti-emetic, with any pain meds and insisited that it be put in the line with the anesthesia. Anesthesic drugs also make me very sick.) I vomitted a lot as a child and even more so as an adult. As a result of illness (mostly sinus infections and migraines), pregnancy and meds I have vomitted in the bathrooms of every place I have worked, my car (while driving more than once), other's cars, ptor's workplace, bathrooms at grad school, lightrail parking lots (luckily I made it off the train in time), shoulders of various highways, dance studio bathrooms, hospitals, doctor's offices...you get the picture. Pregnancy was particulary bad. From about week six to week fourteen I puked at least once everyday--once I got to the second trimester I was able to take Zofran. I took it twice a day and it helped a lot, but I still got sick frequently. Urgh. I hate vomitting but it is not really traumatic for me anymore. Just really unfun.

I am happy to report that I have not vomitted once since S. was born nearly seven months ago. Yay!!

[sagittaria.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hope you feel better soon.

I think most people have that strong aversion to throwing up. I know my husband does - he'll resist and try to avoid it, sometimes with disastrous results (i.e. when it finally does become inevitable, he may not be in a good location for it to happen!).

When I was pregnant, throwing up became such a part of my daily life that I soon learned it was better to just get it over with - kind of like ripping off the bandaid instead of teasing it off slowly. Oh, I still would rather not, but if I can tell the feeling isn't going to go away on its own, I quit fighting it any longer. (Kind of like I'm learning to do now with crying, but that's another post.)

Hope you feel better soon.

my youngest

[dragonflylover.livejournal.com]

my anxiety prone youngest's phobias is vomiting. For me, the anticipation of him throwing up is always much worse than the actual act.

I hope you feel better!

(My younger brother who has Prader-Willi has never thrown up and he is 38 years old!)

[phantom_wolfboy]

You can add me to the list of people who don't like it. I don't even like thinking about it, to tell the truth, hence the circumlocutions. To make things worse, I get weather-change migraines, which include much nausea. Not always to the point of throwing up, but . . . bad.

[minimo.livejournal.com]

I probably don't dislike it especially. Enough so that when I discovered it hurt less and tasted better to throw up with some water in my stomach, I'd drink water even though it might trigger me sooner.

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon!