norovirus

The thought of traveling is tremendously stressful for emetophobes. Many factors contribute to this anxiety. First, the mode of transportation and the small but existing chance of getting motion sickness. And what about cruise ships? Doesn’t everyone get sick from the stomach virus on those massive floating resorts? Well, no.

I'll get to the point, I'm scared to death of vomiting. It's true, no one likes to vomit. But it scares me so much that I'll do ANYTHING to avoid it. Strange as it may sound, this fear that I have is common and even has a name - Emetophobia. Very few "normal" people understand what it's like to contend with this.