I know from personal experience that living with emetophobia, you sometimes feel like you are the only person who has this condition. But emetophobia is either the 5th or 7th most common phobia, depending on which source you read.
So take some comfort in the knowledge that not only is emetophobia a very common phobia, but there are several emetophobic celebrities that have emetophobia. They are still able to have very successful careers & lives in spite of having this phobia.
Denise Richards – Actress
Below is a link to Denise Richards emetophobia story :
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/richards-has-a-throw-up-phobia
Joan Baez – Folk Singer
Matt Lauer – NBC Today show host
James Dean – Actor – Couldn’t find any info that he had emetophobia. It was just on Wikipedia site.
Charlie Brooker – Journalist, comic writer & broadcaster. Well known emetophobe from the UK. Below is a link to one of Charlies articles in the guardian newspaper. The story is a little graphic in nature regarding a certain stomach virus that hit the UK back in 2008 :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jan/14/comment.charliebrooker
And two celebrities often mistakenly thought of as emetophobic, but actually have germ phobia and/or obsessive compulsive disorder.
Howie Mandel – Comedian and his germ phobia. has been reported that his germ phobia is so bad at times that he has to live in another house from his family.
Cameron Diaz – Actress has OCD with germ phobia. Well known for being scared of touching doorknobs and tries to open doors with her elbows !!!
If you know of any other celebrities with emetophobia, please feel free to comment on them below.
