Emetophobia Severity Scale

Emetophobia Quiz - The Emetophobia Severity Scale

Emetophobia is a phobia of vomiting and/or other people vomiting. It is widespread: research indicates around 4-5% of the population suffer from it. 

We initially created the Emetophobia Severity Scale back in 2014 as part of our research project into how effective our programme was at helping people to overcome their phobia. It’s now the basis of our TQ report - a thorough psychological analysis into your emetophobia, which we require all our emetophobia clients to take (if you sign-up for the programme, you’re welcome to take the full version).

Like any phobia, you can have a mild version, or suffer from it really badly! Thousands of people have taken this quiz - once you’ve taken it, you’ll be taken to a results page where you can see the severity of your phobia

Here we go…

1. 
Anxiety
I feel very anxious at the thought of throwing up

2. 
Anxiety
I often experience physical symptoms (such as nausea, racing heart rate, sweating) at the thought or mention of vomiting

3. 
Anxiety
I could not cope with throwing up

4. 
Anxiety
I have experienced panic attacks

5. 
Anxiety
I worry about other people throwing up

6. 
Anxiety
I often worry about being sick/seeing someone else be sick (more than once a week)

7. 
Anxiety
I feel anxious whenever I hear or see the words 'sick' or 'vomit'

8. 
Anxiety
I worry that I will completely lose control if I vomit

9. 
Avoidance
I tend to avoid eating out at restaurants or other people's houses

10. 
Avoidance
I avoid taking medication that has nausea as a side-effect

11. 
Avoidance
I tend not to go to pubs or clubs for fear of drunk people throwing up

12. 
Avoidance
I tend not to travel by one or more of: car, boat, train, bus or plane

13. 
Avoidance
I maintain very high standards of personal and household hygiene

14. 
Avoidance
I avoid drinking alcohol

15. 
Avoidance
I avoid eating specific foods and opt for my 'safe foods'

16. 
Avoidance
I avoid going near people that look/could be unwell

17. 
Avoidance
I take 'stomach settlers' such as drinking mint tea

18. 
Avoidance
I avoid watching TV shows/films/videos on social media or get other people to watch them first to check they're safe

19. 
Avoidance
When preparing food I like to double-check the sell-by date and make sure everything is thoroughly cooked

20. 
Social
I’m more scared about being ill in public than at home

21. 
Social
I think others would think I was disgusting/repulsive if they saw me throw up

22. 
Social
Whenever I feel anxious, I try to hide it from others

23. 
Social
I haven't told other people about my fears and anxieties

24. 
Social
I worry what my family and friends think of me for having this fear

25. 
Social
I like to control how I appear and try to present myself well to others

26. 
Social
In general, I worry what other people think of me

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