§°Feeling A Bit Off°§

when there’s that really slow loss of control: 

the progression from tinges to nausea that can be ignored to waves of nausea that can’t, that have the sickie nearly doubled over in pain as their stomach starts to gurgle audibly

then they start quietly belching and hiccuping, coughing occasionally to try and get rid of the nausea at the back of their throat, maybe spitting out some saliva – and they feel bad, quite bad, at this point; they’re feeling the nausea starting to crest but they’re still mostly in control, they can still talk and move and think relatively clearly

and then they start to lose that coherence as they feel sicker and sicker. they’re talking from behind a wall of nausea, having to hold it back just to get the words out. increasingly, they can only think about and feel their nausea and the side effects of it – the churning of their belly, chills, hot flashes, fuzziness, cramps

and then they gag for the first time – maybe it’s shallow and quiet, maybe it’s loud and deep, but it escalates that feeling of not being able to control what’s happening; the sickie is at the mercy of their sickness now, waiting for the inevitable

they’re dry heaving and retching now, and they can feel each one coming but they can’t do anything about it; their body is lurching forward without their consent, and all they can do is hope relief comes soon, hope that rubbing their tummy or chugging water or anything will help make that happen but all they can do is wait as their body takes over

and then that moment when they finally start to get sick – maybe only a trickle of bile or watery sick comes up or maybe they immediately bring up a long wave of sick, but either way it takes them by surprise; the shift from about to be sick to actively getting sick shocking them, bringing a whole new host of painful sensations and body mechanics that they didn’t ask for and can’t do anything about

Are you trying to kill me? Cause that’s what you’re doing rn.

Tbh I might actually have to go with the latter, the feeling of not being able to find relief even though the worst has passed. But I’m gonna give you a cop out answer here and say I love the inbetween. Like the character has just finished puking, and the awful tasting unproductive belches gradually morph into another round.

with motion sickness or stomach bugs, I like post-puke burps, due to what you said about no relief. I love somebody just weakly drooped over a bucket or trashcan or whatever, burping over and over but only bringing up the occasional mouthful of spit or bile.

like for example, what if there was an established relationship, and they get into a fight. the sickie has been feeling nauseous and queasy all day, and that’s making them irritable and grumpy.

while they are arguing, the sickie is feeling increasingly worse and finally tells the caregiver. the caregiver just scoffs and rolls their eyes, dismissing the sickies claims and continues arguing.

eventually, the sickie interrupts the argument by letting out a sick burp/hiccup and pukes all over.

the caregiver is immediately apologetic and fluff ensues.

Overfull characters who's tummy is too sentitive to be rubbed directly, so the caretaker has to gently hold and support their sides, rubbing their fingers over the crest of the stomach to feel where all the food had heavily settled ❤

In the opposite manner, overfull characters who's tummy is super sensitive from being so full, that it sends blissful waves of pleasure through their stuffed tummy whenever the caretaker's hand circles and gently presses over right where all of the food had settled ❤

Overfull characters who's stomach is strangely quiet, struggling to accomodate extra room to comfortably digest. It becomes clear to the caretaker that their stomach is in clear need of assistance; helping rubs encouraging the digestion process until they're finally able to hear (and feel) some more progressive grumbles ❤

Overfull characters that breathlessly wheeze/groan/sigh when they receive tummy rubs ❤

Bronz realising his clothes are a tad too small for his new size... Wonder why?

And then, since they’re basically standing, the sick has further to go to hit the ground/toilet, and it’s gonna come out in a very visible stream, and there’s probably gonna be more splash-back and more sound as it lands. Also, their whole body is really going to move with each heave… like very visible heaving in which their whole body convulses.

Characters whose illness begins as a hiccup or two, acidic in the throat and mildly uncomfortable for a moment when it happens. Maybe what they’ve eaten isn’t sitting right, or maybe they truthfully haven’t eaten all that much and would prefer to believe the former option, hoping it only needs some digestion time to go away.

Characters who are motion sick, dehydrated, and stressed—but don’t want to put any liquid in their stomach. Regardless, a hiccup comes dangerously close to bringing more up afterwards, and puts them over the edge of nausea.

Give me a poor office worker or student who has been absolutely ran into the ground. Had been flooded with work and deadlines... So they push, fueled by 3 hours of sleep and way too much caffeine for far too many days.