Posted by Dinah on October 17, 2008, at 22:34:25
In reply to Re: I'm not sure what to do » Dinah, posted by lemonaide on October 17, 2008, at 22:17:15
It's apparently a pretty common phobia. I remember that when my brother used to throw up, sometimes it caused others to throw up.
It never affected me that way. I just panicked. I didn't get sick myself.
I do hate hospitals. Back before I learned to act somewhat normal, I remember sinking to the floor at the hospital, and no one had even been sick! Brilliant that, getting so scared of vomit that I sink to the *hospital* floor. Yech. Why do they all have carpeting? What brilliant person decides to put *carpeting* in a hospital?
I would say that maybe it was the EMDR therapist. She was a level something or another specialist, since dissociation was an issue. But since I have similar results for everything that's supposed to work for others but doesn't for me, I'm thinking it's more likely me. She was pleasant enough.
I'm thinking she thought it wasn't working because I didn't show the proper response. Let's see if I remember. It's been a while and it was before Katrina. I think that there are questions involved? How distressed are you? The problem was that I wasn't particularly distressed to begin with and my distressed level didn't change appreciably. I very rarely *feel* distressed. Certainly not in an office. The feelings aren't all that available to me. And EMDR didn't help them become more available to me. Or less. It really had absolutely no effect. Other than that I was mildly curious.
She used the sound, the fingers, everything. Zip, nada, nothing.
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