TW: Talk of Mental Health, OCD, emetophobia including phrases that could indicate illness, and general discussion of mental health struggles. Emetophobia warnings - uncensored words, uncensored phrases (s*, v*, p*, t*u*, talk of viruses but no specifics, no first person stories of sickness or indications of v*miting).

Welcome to Beyond the Panic Discussions! These episodes are longer, more in depth discussions of a single idea. Today we talk about Emetophobia. I have Emetophobia/OCD, and this episode discusses the fear, how it impacts my life, the way it first affected me and how the Covid-19 pandemic 'helped' me out.

Mental Health Resources:

⁠https://emetophobiahelp.org⁠ 

http://emetophobia.net

https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/blog/coping-with-emetophobia/

⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/self-care-for-ocd/⁠

⁠https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/⁠

⁠https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland⁠