Being in the car with a carsick person?!


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Being in the car with a carsick person?

I have a huge phobia of throwing up, and it's extremly hard for me to even be around someone throwing up, or even seeing or hearing it on TV. I'm not trying to be selfish, but my cousin is taking a long car trip with us in about a week, and she gets carsick extremly often. I do feel sympathy for her, and she does things to help herself, like medication and such, but in the case that she does throw up, how can I keep it from bothering me so, and how can I keep myself from throwing up too, as I'm with her with the smell and sounds?

When I'm around somebody vomiting, I feel very sick and dizzy, and sometimes even have a panic attack. If there's anybody else who has had a lot of expearience with being with somebody who's carsick, please advise me on how to deal with it!


Answers:

i also cannot stand to see anyone puke or hear it even on TV i usually close my eyes and cover my ears. This comes from very bad morning (9 months day and night) sickness and then my daughter puked every time we fed her for almost a year. I think you should tell her about your puking fear and then be prepared by either having a pillow or something to cover your ears with and shut your eyes. Ask her if she can roll down the window as soon as she is up to it to get rid of the smell. also make sure you have enough plastic Ziploc type bags to enclose the vomit and put that in a plastic bag so you don't have to see it. Get air freshener something that will cut the smell but not nauseate your cousin, maybe pick it out together so you can agree.




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