Daft fear! What can i do to stop it?

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This is going to sound daft but every year i dread xmas because the week before i develop a phobia/fear of getting ill over xmas and having it spoilt.I know it doesn't sound like much of a problem but i really do get really anxious about it so much so that i have to try and pretend that it isn't really xmas so that i wont get ill...see i told you it was daft.I feel myself getting more and more anxious and panicky this week and im worried as im working xmas day(not through choice)and i would have to go in regardless of being ill.I have been ill over xmas many times so i suppose it stems from that.Because i worry about it i fear that im wishing it on myself.I know that getting stressed over it makes me more susceptable to catching something so im locked in a vicious circle really.I get so anxious that i start to imagine that people who serve me or pass me in shops are infecting me
And yes this morning i woke up with a sore throat.
Now feel free to call the men in white coats.
Damn it ,i should of name changed,please be gentle with me.

I know what you mean - I have been ill at Christmas too and it is worse than being ill other times of the year. I'm ill now (ear infection) and I am so so so hoping I'm better before Christmas!

oh Hunker its horrible
Hope you are better in time.

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that sounds really stressful, poor you

the only thing that i can think to suggest is taking echinacea to support your immune system, and making a point of eating really well, or going to see a holistic therapist who will be able to help you deal with your anxiety. this sort of stuff works for me on all sorts of levels - on one level i do think there are tangible benefits, on another, if you go to a therapist you get to offload, and on another its a kind of prop that sees you through.

is your gp a sympathetic type - you might be able to get a nhs referral? ( but maybe only in time for next year)

Do you think it is too late for the echinacea?
my throat is sore but it is like down the back of my nose as well.

no echinachea is always worth a whirl,imo. its supposed to help to stop things taking a grip and give your immune system a boost.

and when i was still working a couple of colleagues and i used to dose ourselves with bach rescue remedy at times of stress - partly as a joke but i think it did work!

Thanks will dispatch someone to find it for me tommorrow.
is it in tablet form?
Have been googling sore throat

echinacea - tablets or liquid drops - from boots or holland and barratt. bach rescue remedy also in drops, form same places. both about a fiver a pop. can't do any harm.

sore throat great excuse for a hot toddy....be nice to yourself

Vicks do a First Defence spray - not tried it myself, but have a look for it in Boots - they do a hand rub thing too, which is no doubt pandering to the paranoid, but I was going to read the box in the chemist all the same

Thanks both
fingers and sinuses crossed.