To cancel seeing friend and her Dc tomorrow

[Inneedofbrandy]

My friend saw her other friend today and took other friends ds trick or treating. Her other friends ds had a stomach bug yesterday and his mum had it today.

I am sick phobic I hate it, even the thought of a stomach bug makes me feel sick and fills me with fear. Her dc seem to pick up every bug going and I do not want mine to catch it. I don't know If hand washing will be enough or am I being ridiculous as its not like her dc have caught it yet.

How do you deal with it dancer?

Inneedofbrandy About 3 years ago I was like you. I spent Christmas locked in my room avoiding my family. Every spare minute was spent watching the news or reading Teletext to see how Norovirus was affecting the area I lived in. Going to work was a nightmare because I worked in a school, I would focus on the children who were off sick and work myself into a frenzy trying to figure out if they had Noro and if I'd been in contact with them. I'd constantly scrutinize the behaviour of my family to see if they were sickening for something, almost every minute of my waking day was controlled by the fear of someone being sick near me. Going into shops/cinemas/schools was a real battle, I knew I couldn't let the phobia control me but I could see that slowly and surely it was dictating how I spent my day. If I knew there was an outbreak in the school I worked in or somewhere my family had been then I wouldn't eat so that I couldn't be sick. I would drink only tiny sips of boiled water. Eventually I plucked up courage to ask my GP for help and was referred for CBT, luckily my referral came through quickly.

Three years down the line I am not cured but I am much better. I can eat pork, I am more relaxed around chicken, I can eat out and I can go abroad on holiday. All of those things I couldn't do before because my phobia ruled my life. Please try to pluck up the courage to speak to someone.

Hungry woman thank you for post. God I relate to so much you wrote. I will make an appointment and speak to the dr.

Yes, veale really knows his stuff when it comes to vomit phobia !
Lota of useful lnks etc from his website

I've just been on website and bumdrop he describes me completely. I really will go to the drs.

psychology.iop.kcl.ac.uk/cadat/questionnaires/EmetQ.pdf

Is the questionnaire And I answered 5 on all but 2 questions, which were do you eat chicken and do you avoid fish markets. I really need to see a dr.

Good for you,brandy, it can get loads better with treatment,
Best wishes x