'Game of Thrones' alum Bella Ramsay reveals battling rare phobia

Bella Ramsay said they once suffered from an “intense” fear of vomiting that left them stuck in their house for months as a teen.

Bella Ramsay has recently opened up about a severe battle with emetophobia.

For those unversed, emetophobia is an intense fear of vomiting, which reportedly impacted the Game of Thrones alum during their teenage years.

In their recent appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast this week, the Last Of Us star disclosed that while they were battling emetophobia, they used to view “everything outside [as] a threat.”

“The concept of having a stomach bug or having norovirus is enough [to activate the phobia],” they explained. “It’s such an all-encompassing fear. It’s the unpredictability…”

Recounting a time when their emetophobia got severe, Bella shared that around the age of 13 that they felt as if they “couldn’t leave” the "house.”

They also revealed feeling at that time that “the only safe place in the world was home, and even that wasn’t safe at times in terms of germs”.

“You go out ... it’s like you can see germs, you see like sickness, everywhere,” they continued and concluded by remarking, “Terrifying … it used to affect me on set as well.”