Emetophobia- help

[Marne]

The past couple of weeks have been really hard for me, i can't seem to go one day without worrying that one of the dd's will be sick. Now there is a bug going around at school and dd1 has come home from school with a high temp and hasn't eaten her dinner. I am sat here shaking like a leaf, i cant cope with the thought of her being ill and worse of all me possibly getting it. I sometimes feel that i would rather die than get D&v . Each time dd gets ill my phobia gets worse. I just want to cry .

I can't get hold of Dh and even if i could he would not come home early.

Please tell me how silly i am being, all will be ok wont it?

I hate this stupid phobia, i wish someone could help me.

sexonlegs, sorry you're having a bad time. Actually, so am I.

ds1 have been acting a bit off colour for a few days now. Yesterday he said he had a stomach ache. This morning he ate nothing for breakfast, went off his usual food at nursery for lunch, and ate little for supper. Then he was sick in his bed about an hour ago.

I don't know what to do. I feel a complete wreck. Luckily dh dealt with everything this evening, but I can't go to bed as I'm so scared of being woken up with him being sick.

sexonlegs - I'm so sorry your dh is away . But hopefully your dd will be ok? Maybe it was just a stomach ache?

Can anyone offer any thoughts? I'm having CBT, but we haven't really got very far into it, so it's not really helping me to deal with anything at the moment.

by the way, re my post a month ago, luckily, there was no more sickness after that - I think he was just a bit under the weather generally. Come to think of it, he has been under the weather since then (including what I think was tonsilitis and a course of antibiotics).

Thanks Naturopath. Hope your lo is better soon.

Luckily, no sick last night, but of course I was listening out and subsequently I am absolutely knackered today.

I really don't know what to do about his phobia. How did you get on to the CBT thing?

Hi all, well after 3 weeks os D&V bugs and scarlet fever i contacted a hypnotherapist and i went last week for my first session, i didn't feel hypnotherapy was for me, it felt out of my comfort zone so now i am having CBT which started yesterday. I feel a little bit better because i am doing something about my phobia and anxiety. After having to look after the dd's whist they were very ill with out dh being here i feel like i cope with them being poorly but the thought of me catching it makes me so Anxious and sometimes i feel i would rather die than be sick . After my session with CBT yesterday i was feeling a little less anxious but then today whilst picking dd1 up from school a parent was called inside to get their child who had been sick and now i am really anxious again. I'm going over in my head 'will dd1 catch it again?', 'will i get it again?' and 'how will i cope if i get it?'. I feel like there is no way i will ever get rid of this phobia and the anxiety when ever some one mentions V .

Sexonlegs- Glad you had a V free night, i know what you mean about the staying awake and listing out, when ever the dd's show any signs of being ill i am awake all night.