Hey all.
Im pissed off and ill. Dad went down with a stomach bug on Sunday, and I was hoping it was food poisoning. Then mum was ill on Tuesday, and I was still hoping, as theyd both eaten some Ham just before getting it.

Well, today I rapidly got ill after getting to uni. Nasty stuff coming out of both ends.

But I digress. Whilst staring into the toilet bowl, I was wondering about vomitting and stuff. I dont remember ever getting "caught out" and puking on the floor and whatnot. Ive never really seen anyone else, except once.

It even got to the stage today where I was feeling pretty rough and decided to just lie down on the bathroom floor as I knew I wouldnt be able to sleep and if I tried Id only end up back by the toilet feeling like I was going to puke soon. But I felt fine as I sat there. Id had enough, felt lousy, and wanted to get a little sleep.

So, I mentally made myself puke, thinking about the toilet etc. No fingers or anything needed.

I came up with a theory as it seems I always seem to time it just right if Im about to vomit, I feel it coming but can safely hold back till I get to a toilet and get into position.

I was wondering if vomiting is a mostly mental trigger...people who do get caught out just get to the point where they believe theyre going to puke so much, they do, even if theyre not near a bucket or toilet? The amount of times Ive felt like I was going to be sick, but mentally refused to is quite large.

Just wondering if anyone has any theories or agrees with the above?

alcohol takes away a lot of the mental ability to time it, ive seen too many drunken mates vomit in untimely places and ive done it myself a couple of times.

as for genuine illness vomiting normally im the same and can hold it til im in a toilet but one time in year 9 i really was ill and needed to puke but the teacher wouldnt let me leave and i ended up vomming all over the wall above and into the waste paper bin.

Jaimz

Vomoting is a mental trigger to a large degree I think. You can control the urge if youre careful.

Just think about that wave of euphoria that hits you once youve chundered

I dont think it is.

Whenever ive been sick through illness its normally a case of "ugh I feel so ill... oh sh*t.. vomit!"

Ive had instances where I have failed to aim my head at a bucket I was holding in my hands.

As for Jaimz man I remember samcrasher

But you were holding the bucket in your hands, which may be a trigger?

I guess the thing with alcohol might also apply to many illnesses which would impair judgement and thought processes maybe?

Ive not been so sick that Ive puked since I was a little kid, and I dont tend to throw up after a heavy drinking session. Once or twice Ive felt a bit queasy for whatever reason and headed to the bathroom just in case but nothing, which leads me to wander about it being a mental trigger. If that was the case surely Id puke at the sight of the toilet just like everyone else?

What a bizarre conversation to be having. Good to have you back Zpyder.  

Quote from: zpyderBut you were holding the bucket in your hands, which may be a trigger?

I guess the thing with alcohol might also apply to many illnesses which would impair judgement and thought processes maybe?

If that was the case buckets would make me chunder.

I just dont think something like puking can be totally put down to "mental triggers"

I can make myself sick by thinking of queasy thoughts, I equally can make myself sick by shoving my fingers down my mouth which is a physical trigger.

So no, vomiting is not solely mental triggered. you may be able to keep it in, but thats just you and your stomach muscles.

[shrek]
Better out than in, thats what I say!
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Most people can control it to a point but eventually you are almost inevitably going to puke.

Unless its purely psychological like something youve looked at.

Then again I was vomited on by a corpse and I my stomach didnt budge a millimetre...

would have agreed with you until last year during a gig I felt I was going to puke, ran from the stage, through the back area and into the toilet only to barf all over the floor before i reached the bowl!! Just could not hold it any longer. Generally though yes I know when its going to happen and can safely make the toilet in time.

Quote from: SeriousThen again I was vomited on by a corpse and I my stomach didnt budge a millimetre...

Those projectile vomiting zombies are a bugger arent they?



I guess it wouldnt be a purely mental trigger. But it has a part to play. I still think its a case of thinking "I feel like Im gonna be sick" which escalates to "Oh god I am going to be sick" to "Im going to be sick, sh*t" which gets stronger and stronger. At some point that sick feelings going to be so strong you just feel "Right, its here its coming " *Splurge* regardless of where you are.

My one example of missing the toilet/bucket was at Chessington bubbleworks when an adult friend had sun or heat stroke I think. She was dizzy and a little out of it and we were on a dark ride bouncing up and down on water with weird lighting. Didnt help much. She must have felt pretty rough and knew that itd be a while before getting somewhere to puke, and so it went over the side. I bet that waters recyled into the sprays etc too ><

QuoteThen again I was vomited on by a corpse and I my stomach didnt budge a millimetre...

A friend ate a corpse once. Well, a bit of a corpse. Tastes like pork apparently.

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Quote from: SeriousThen again I was vomited on by a corpse and I my stomach didnt budge a millimetre...

Those projectile vomiting zombies are a bugger arent they?



I guess it wouldnt be a purely mental trigger.

It sounds a bit like out of zombie flesh eaters - except it wasnt. The bloke was definitely dead and it was entirely a mechanical action on the body
s part. I havent went into it in any detail as most find the full version a bit gross.

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QuoteThen again I was vomited on by a corpse and I my stomach didnt budge a millimetre...

A friend ate a corpse once. Well, a bit of a corpse. Tastes like pork apparently.

Its all protein, not much difference between a human and a pig anyway. The thing most people have against the idea is psychological and belief.

/pulls out a bar of Cadburys

Chocolate fingers anyone?

Quote from: M3ta7h3adAs for Jaimz man I remember samcrasher

That was cos I ended up consuming lager and lager/beer makes me pretty much instantaneously chunder.

Jaimz

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Quote from: M3ta7h3adAs for Jaimz man I remember samcrasher

That was cos I ended up consuming lager and lager/beer makes me pretty much instantaneously chunder.

Jaimz

Meta beat me to it and I have only been to one samcrasher

For me self I do seldom puke and if I do being drunk or buy a bug of some kind I can always keep it in until I find a proper place to discharge the load at, it can reach the cavity of my mooth but by an act of will power I will not part my lips until I find a proper place.