Conquer Your Emetophobia – Anna S Christie (1)

I think some of them were actual cheerleaders. The din in the cafeteria quieted as others looked over at us briefly. The second bite was about half of one of the Tater Tots. It tasted good, which was probably the MSG they put in everything back then. Still, I could only eat half. The bite of the broccoli was also good, mixed as it was with a mouthful of cheese and salty tears. I put my fork down, defeated.

“That’s all I can eat,” I said, which was met with thunderous applause—first from the five girls and then from about 150 other students. The others didn’t have a clue what they were applauding, but it was the ‘70s, so most of them were probably high. When I got back to my room I threw myself on my bed and sobbed. Sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.

The sobbing is hard to explain now. I was proud of myself. I was happy that it had sort of worked. I was sad that I’d wasted so much of my life being afraid. I was afraid that it wouldn’t continue to work. I was ashamed of the whole ordeal that night, as I was ashamed of having this phobia. And I was still terrified I would be sick. But to let out all that emotion, I now know, was a good thing.

When the sobbing stopped and I thought about the events of that evening, a tiny smile registered on my face. Eating those three little bites was hard, but I did it. The next day I would eat two bites, at every meal, and three bites the day after. I would continue on this journey of counting bites, and adding one bite per day, for over a year.

I had setbacks along the way, such as on days when I didn’t feel well or had to do something scary or important. But after the first couple of setbacks, I came to realize that I didn’t return to square one: I could pick up where I left off. Twenty-one bites. Twenty-two. By the time I graduated from university, I was eating normally, even though I was still a selective eater, as I am to this day.

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