r/Emetophobic

Hello i have a question. i have a horrible fear of the dentist so much so its causing me current physical distress i am not proud to say i haven’t been in 2 years i have a erupted wisdom tooth that has a cavity and is now infected my gums and jaw hurt i know i need to be seen asap how does the local anesthesia work in the back of the mouth does your tongue go numb? Does it make you feel gaggy? I am more terrified of gagging then anything i hate it i need to get this done but i just can’t im so uncomfortable i refuse to get put under due to the fact my ocd won’t let me anyone who had local anesthetic please chime in im scared if i dont do this soon ill die from sepsis and i cant fathom that

I had a terrible dream, and i woke up n*. I'm scared that the dream might mean something, and im scared to leave the house bc im n*. What should i do? Do dreams normally mean something like that? i'm scared

hey so my fear is basically in the title lol, my mom cooked some rice for me and my boyfriend last weekend and its been in the fridge since then, i reheated it on the stove today with some spam and im worried that i didnt reheat it enough or something, i only took a couple bites before feeling nauseous

i feel okay right now, i drank some water and got some spikey pain in my upper tummy which freaked me out. I am also on my period rn and so yk how that combined with anxiety can be.

i looked at how fast food poisoning sets in from rice but i read it can start within 30 min to like 2 weeks and im a nervous wreck. like i feel fine now but im basically playing the waiting game and spiraling into oblivion

I've been n* every day for 2 weeks, i've barely been able to eat. The past few days i've only been able to eat a few crackers and today i only had a bowl of yogurt to eat all day. I'm still n*, every time i eat i have watery d*, and now i think when i drink the same thing happens. This has been going on for 2 weeks and i'm exhausted. Back in 2023 i was hospitalized for this, for not eating enough bc of emetophobia and they sent me to a treatment center for a month. I've been okay but this past month has been so hard, i can't cope and i feel like i'm going back to the beginning and i can't do it again. I feel hopeless, i don't know what to do anymore. Any reassurance? Tips? Help? Anything is appreciated, i just need to talk about this and i have nobody.