nervous vomiting

milk · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: nervous vomiting

Hi everyone and anyone who reads this Im very appreciative. Im new to this web site and feel that ive been suffering from sa nearly all my life. When im faced with situations I find difficult ,like performing( Im a struggling musician) I throw up, and as you can imagine this is v. embarrasing. I was wondering if anyone else ever gets this and if anyone has found a way to deal with it. Im also looking for friends on here so if anyone wants to chat then email me. Thanks for reading this again. Milk

arlequin · Newbie User Joined: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 79 Location: Spain

Hello Milk. There are group therapies to help people to face their fears "to be on stage" in front of the audience, maybe this is your case. You can also try some relaxing exercises, maye it helps too.

ricky · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:42 am Post subject:

hey, i kinda suffer from that nervous vomiting, but for me is the pain b4 being sick when i try so hard to try not to vomit, the pain from this is so back psyically and mentally coz i always think wat will people think about me if this happends an im gona b so embarassing. while psyically i cant stand the feeling b4 im sick i try not to eat much coz just feeling my stomach full reminds me of this feeling its not gud, even drinking spirits or fizzy drinks does this an i cant stand it. im harldy ever actually sick coz i normally either focus myself to think about sumin else which only lasts for so long or i avoid the situation but that will b kinda hard for u.

since u cant avoid it then u just hav to focus on playing gud, or another thing that helos but aint so gud is passing your fear onto sumin else. since people think about their fears the most then it is gud to find another fear to get your mind of the other fear. like now in exam halls instead of me thinking oh no i feeling sick, i now think ahh my stomach is gona rumble an it always does all the time an this is very embarasing but i got over feeling like im gona vomit in that situatuon now, so u got to take the gud with the bad. its not the best solution of couse but hey.

rick xx

Remus · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:28 am Post subject:

I used to have this, I am a musician too and used to perform onstage.

I used to deal with it by either not eating for a few hours before a gig and just sucking a sweet.

or I used to have a couple of pints but that used to impair performance, the normal guys in the band would sometime throw up too or have the runs, so its not always a SA thing.

I found chewing gum helped too.

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Sempfy · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:15 am Post subject:

countrybumpkin · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject:

I have the same thing happen to me ,Milk and Ricky , sure makes it hard to go out with a woman when you're afraid you might throw up on her doesn't it ?

ricky · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:21 am Post subject:

yep it does, kinda stopped seachin 4 sum1 for the long term coz at the min i dont think i could cope 2 well

Cooper_S_Wrks · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject:

OMG - i thought i was the only one who this was happening too!

So do you guys/gals vomit of retch when -

Meeting new people (women - ive got a date on Wed and im terrified im gonna spew on her)
bad smells
thoughts of things that are disgusting
find it hard to swallow (get a lump at the back of your throat)

Jenjen · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:59 am Post subject:

Yeah i suffer from this and if i know i'm going out anywhere like shopping or taking my son to the park then i don't eat so i know i haven't got anything to throw up. I don't eat when i'm out anywhere either cos feeling food in my stomach starts the panics off and then i'm a mess again. I'm so glad i'm not the only one who feels like this, for a long time i've felt i was alone in this.

Jennie. X

pitkreet · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject:

Feeling nauseous when anxious is very common. Many actors, stage performers, musicians, even sports stars vomit (and sometimes get the runs badly) before taking to the stage/field. People with SA tend to find more situations to be anxiety provoking so get sick more often.

I used to have this problem real bad (like every day), especially when eating out, but after a few years, it eventually passed.

Cooper_S_Wrks, how did your date go? I hope you didn't vomit, or at least not in the presence of your date. I also get the lump in the throat thing real bad - it's my worst physical symtpion of SA, I am continually gulping nervously when in SA provoking situation - I just can't shake it off Sad

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