Help with Emetophobia

[Sallsy]

I am really struggling at the moment with my fear of v*. I have two children 3 & 1 and since my second child's birth have been awful (always had the phobia but escalated out of control then). Everyday I am worried, it is all I think about. I have friends who are going through much worse in their lives but I just cannot rationalise my fear. My doctor has prescribed paroxetine but I am so scared of going on medication but also so scared of feeling like this for the rest of my life. I feel completely and utterly stuck and dont know which way to turn. My family have been great but I know it must be getting on their nerves. My DC see me upset far more than they should and I am restricting what they do because of how I feel. Has anyone else got over this, please, please give me some hope of recovery and a more normal life?!

Thank you everyone for sharing their experiences of these crippling phobias. I still have not taken the medication and have my next appointment on Monday, worried now he is going to discharge me as I am not following his advice!
Feel like I have been a bad mummy today as have lost my rag with them over the slightest thing. I just feel so so tense. I do think being distracted helps a lot but it is so hard to do anything away from the children and they seem to be what causes me to worry so much. I am hoping it will get easier once they are at school. I dont remember ever being off from sickness when I was young. I think they are at the age now where they do catch more things. Thanks bb and Minko for giving me faith in CBT, will keep going with it.
Any news on that Noro vaccine!!! x

Be positive, spring is in the air. Soon the sun will be out and norovirus will go back under it's big rock for the summer...