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July 14, 2008, 2:48 am PDT
Here's another angle.
Quote From: aprilhappieri Remember the very first day i was turned off to banannas i was sitting in the back seat of a chuttery old montero 4x4 and it was a hot summers day my mom was listening to neil young in the front seat chomping away on her banana and then all of the sudden i just began to notice how disgusting it is and i started to scoot back in my seat and got so overwhelmed with anxiety that i started to scream they stopped the car and i went outside and puked (sorry to all of you emetophobics) ever since then people have given me s*** about it the other day a classmate threw her banana peel at me and i flew out of my seat but the peel was stuck to me they had to escort me out of the classroom In addition to having a rather irrational fear of vomiting, I also can not stand bananas in any way shape or form. The sight, smell, mentioning or anything to do with bananas (including banana republic) makes me feel sick.
The last time I vomited I was 7 years old and it was after eating bananas for breakfast.
Now I can't eat bananas or breakfast. Also, I'm continually concerned that at some point I might get so anxious about something that I'll be sick in front of people.
To make matters worse, I fear that there are circumstances where I might become anxious, then feel sick, then think about bananas and then just simply be paralyzed by anxiety, nausea and the fear of being unable to perform whatever is necessary...
The only thing that helps me is to meditate, medicate and drink digestive beverages to feel that there is no possible way I can be sick...
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