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Imagine being such a fucking autist and NEET that you let your poor disabled mum get down on her (already bad) knees to clean, instead of cleaning up the mess yourself?
To be completely fair, emetophobia is no joke. There isn't a whole lot of research dedicated to it, but it's one of the most common phobias among women. It does seem more prevalent among autists and blue-haired grandma-glasses, though only slightly.
Ken Goodman is the only mental health professional I know of who's delved deeply into it. The fear of vomit is more constant and controlling than other phobias because vomiting/nausea can happen anywhere at any time, whereas a fear of flying or fear of public speaking tends to be situational. There're also a lot of comorbid phobias that arise from it as well as eating disorders. Someone may fear leaving their own house or eating anything that is loosely associated with food poisoning — and that's not out of the ordinary for that phobia. Nor is avoiding pregnancy/motherhood/children.
This weirdo redditor likely suffers from firsthand emetophobia (the fear of vomiting herself) which is why she was terrified of cleaning it up. She didn't want to risk catching whatever bug the kid had and getting sick herself.
HOWEVER, while it was most likely said in jest, the line about how she'd leave her children "in filth" is psychotic. It'd be counterproductive to do that. You can freak out or whatever, but your kid's going to need cleaned up if you want to avoid getting sick yourself.
This girl is clearly screwed in the head, has a host of issues more pressing than emetophobia, but I have a hard time feeling sympathetic toward anyone who uses it to cover their lack of compassion.
"I can't have kids because because I'd be a bad mom if they got sick." No, you'd be a bad mom in general. You can be gut-wrenchingly terrified of your child's illness and still be there for him/her, even if you're not the one being hands-on with cleaning or bucket-holding.
Of course, she knows this, as do a lot of other emetophobes, but they always include it in their long line of excuses since it's the one that makes them sound the most sympathetic.
There are women who are so genuinely controlled by the fear that they don't ever want to get pregnant or have kids, but this different. This redditor nonchalantly admits her neglectful character and shows no interest in correcting it.
It's not dissimilar to how someone like Boogie2988 cites a fear of abusing his children as the reason why he doesn't have any when the real reason is that he's an attentiom-whoring NPD manchild. He couldn't deal with someone being more important and needing more care than him. He doesn't want to lose weight because he doesn't want people to stop taking care of him. I hate the dishonesty of it.
