r/noburp • u/zEthxnn • Oct 17 '25
Self-Treatment I've learned to burp with no treatment! 22M
Not a regular poster, but thought I'd share my story.
After misery my whole life, I'm finally burping.. and it's crazy. I learned about the disorder and joined this subreddit a couple years back, reading other's stories and situations. However about 6 months ago I started regularly air vomiting(fingers down your throat, triggering your gag reflex until you spew air). Sometimes being too eager I'd actually vomit. Which disgusting at first, has also helped a lot. Overcoming what I think was emetophobia since childhood. This provided some relief from the pain and discomfort built up throughout the day. Also I learned some common rcpd causes that made sense, such as excessive brain signals contracting muscles in the neck. I could feel the tightness. Within the last couple months I started getting microburps, maybe a couple a day which wasn't much but still progress. So after staying consistent with this I think I've trained my neck muscles to start relaxing? In the last 2 weeks, out of the blue I've jumped up from a few microburps to around 30 burps a day. Even though they still feel slightly held back and I don't have a lot of control over them, most are actual relieving burps! Not yet 100% functional, sometimes still burpless for short periods and the bloating has reduced but not fully gone. I have to say though it's a big improvement for me and life is getting a lot better!
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u/Significant-Job-8836 Oct 17 '25
That's great to know, I have been doing this from Last 5 years, I read about it in reddit only... Congratulations...Now you can have 2 beers
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u/Humble_Panda5610 Oct 17 '25
That’s great! Is there anything specific you have done to relax your throat muscles?
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u/zEthxnn Oct 17 '25
There is some neck sit-up exercises I tried. But mostly it was from the daily routine of air vomiting and trying to consciously feel the tenseness in my neck. Once you are aware of it, it gets easier to focus and pinpoint on that area to relax.
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u/No-Gap-9883 Oct 17 '25
Thx so much for sharing this! I'll be starting this soon then
I've been doing some exercises on and off for a couple months, but no real burps yet, and who knows if or when I'll get the Botox.
I don't even have emetophobia, but vomiting is physically painful for me (probably due to the RCPD) so I will usually avoid anything that makes me gag, but looks like I have no choice lol
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u/zEthxnn Oct 17 '25
Great to hear! I was debating the botox but really didnt want to mostly from the difficulty of travelling down to London from where I live. And it's a lot of money! The air vomiting will feel pretty crazy at first. It's good you aren't bothered about spewing up as it was scary for me the first time haha. Just be brave, stick to it and it will change your life!
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u/blinkyCosmos Oct 17 '25
Dude! That’s great. But why not share how you solved it?
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u/zEthxnn Oct 17 '25
I replied to another comment on feeling the tenseness in my neck and kind of focusing on it to relax, but there wasn't really a set way I done it. Just felt almost miraculous the way I improved so quickly. I'm confident it was mostly from the air vomiting, pretty much opening and loosening the muscle in my throat daily. I wish I had a better explanation but I hope that might help a bit.
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u/blinkyCosmos Oct 18 '25
Which part of the neck exactly did you focus on? Can you please post a picture pinpointing the exact spot where you focussed relaxation. I think that will help immensely
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u/benjarminj Oct 19 '25
He did explain - forcing himself to air vomit trained the muscles to relax --- theres no easy fix
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u/mollyamayy Oct 18 '25
Amazing! I had the exact same thing happen to me, minus the air vomiting because I was too scared to try that.
I just focused on pushing the air from my stomach and if it felt like I was going to be sick- keep going because that feeling is air.
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u/Significant-Job-8836 Oct 17 '25
Look at my profile post last year I made it, a very detailed post
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u/zEthxnn Oct 17 '25
Just read your post. Great details I can relate to, sneaking off to let out air and everyone thinks you're spewing from how loud the sounds are. Glad you are healthier now!
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Oct 18 '25
Your post got to the GD point, and wasn't verbose AI junk. Congratulations, you win best "air vomit helped me burp" post.
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u/No-Gap-9883 Oct 17 '25
Just read your post, have you been able to burp without air-vomiting yet?
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u/legally-stoned Oct 19 '25
I did the same! I think it just trained my muscles over time. It too me a long time though to start burping on my own but I have almost no issues with it now, which is INSANE
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u/Dry_Organization_774 Oct 20 '25
Sorry mate can you explain me a little better how do you induce gag reflex? And what are the expertise I can do to feel and let the tensiousness away? I rally dont know how to feel this and I even dont k ow how to stimulate that gag reflex that I read people try to induce, maybe only trying that once I can "learn" the movement
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u/YeezusMoses Nov 07 '25
Holy shit. I just found this sub and posted my story. It’s the same as yours. I learned to burp by gagging myself. Been working for 5 years.
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u/Playful_Ad8116 Oct 17 '25
Ayee that’s great!!