Have you or someone you know ever said, “I feel nauseous”? I know what is trying to be expressed with that statement - I feel sick; I feel nausea. However, to say one feels “nauseous” is basically to say he or she feels they make another person (or people) sick.[1]
Whenever someone tells me they feel “nauseous,” I simply ask them why and add, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I feel fine right now. You didn’t do anything.”
When people utter this line, what they should be saying is, “I feel nauseated”. That means that I feel sick or nausea. When someone tells me that they feel nauseated, I know exactly what they’re talking about.
All the time, I hear people say they feel sick (nauseated). Rarely has a person ever come up to me and said, “I feel like I’m making you sick” (nausea). Perhaps that will occur one of these days, but I’m thinking that’s not going to happen.
There are scenarios where both can occur simultaneously. If I witness someone throwing up, he or she can look at me and accurately state, “I feel nauseous and nauseated.” No arguments here.
[1] It’s amazing how many people think they make others sick by just looking at them. No wonder there’s an anti-depressant epidemic in this country.
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