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Please someone talk me down from d&v fear.

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dontticklethetoad · 22/12/2018 00:44

I work with vulnerable young adults, one of which has d&v. I have been changing, cleaning him up and changing sheets since 9.
I have low level emetophobia. Not afraid of sick, other people being sick or myself being sick, it is more the anticipation that I might be and the effect it will have on day to day life (and in this case Christmas) and then will whole family get it etc.
I quite often wake in the night and think I am going to be sick (I never am) as stay awake waiting for it to happen.
It is linked to anxiety and stems from a particularly severe bout of campylobacter food poisoning many years ago, that started in the middle of the night

TL:DR
I have been fastidious with hand washing and hygiene. I don't ever eat at work and bring a water bottle from home.
What are the chances of me getting the bug?

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