Emetophobia

Emetophobia is the phobia related to vomit. I have it. It’s probably the only significant phobia I have.

What I hate, in order:

• Me throwing up. That’s the worst case scenario. So far, I’ve probably only threw up ~10 times in my life.
  • Last one was in 2024, when I greened out in Bangkok.
  • Before that, was in 2020, during a Discord call with friends on my birthday. A bottle of “classic” soju was involved.
• Seeing or hearing other people throwing up, or about to throw up, physically.
  • E.g., during my Batanes trip, I had to be with ~50-100 people in a boat in relatively rough waters. I personally have zero problems with the voyage, but being surrounded with 50 other people throwing up was hell for me. I had to completely block any perception—menthol inhalers in my nostrils, earbuds blasting music, eyes to the open sea.
• The smell of vomit.
• Seeing other people throw up, online.

What’s OK

• Talking about it. I wrote this article without any issue.