Does anyone else get angry?

[lemonwackyhello]

I find that when others are s* or talk about being s*, or others getting s*.
Though I feel fear first... I usually lash out, or get really harsh and annoyed. I just want them to shut up.
I was wondering if it was just me being a horrible person or if others feel that way. =/

My aggression is never a good thing when my family speaks so openly about it, (especially with nurses in the family and all) - I haven't told them about my emet, so they don't understand why I get so intolerant so quickly and even if I did tell them, they'd laugh at me or get angry at me for being so stupid.
(They tend to believe that my 'obsessive' behaviour and general anxiety is from Monk, y'know.. the OCD character. Lol. [img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img] )

Ugh, either way.
Just curious. =]

[shannonx3]

Its the opposite for me; when someone has been s*, i NEED to try & find out why.

Ive only been on this site for a day & i've read alot of replys to threads etc, people cope with their fear of v* differently. People lash out when they are confronted with their fears.

Let your parents know about your emet.
Tell them its why you react like you do around people when they are ill or being/have been s*.
I told my mum & she's supportive with it, she even knows i've got OCD because of my emet.

If you like, you could maybe PM me or buddy me?
If you need someone to talk to [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

I hope everything turns out okay (:

[SimplyMe]

Yeah I do like Shannon and want to know WHY!? But I do get a little annoyed when they have put others (including me OBVIOUSLY) "at risk." Like when my friends say they got drunk the night before and were sick then I could care less. But if they had a bug then they need to stay away from me. What is your family like? Do you feel they'd be accepting and understanding if you told them? I'm always scared to tell someone who doesn't know but it generally works out because then they KNOW. Non emets don't care if someone comes over the day after they had a sv so they assume everyone is nonemet since most people havent' even heard of it. Once you explain people may be more empathic.

[maddyblythechen]

I am terrified but also furious, especially if someone who I really dislike has brought the germ into my company!

~Maddy

[longgone]

Yes, I always get angry, especially if someone close to me gets sick.

[laylamommy]

I get angry/annoyed when someone close to me gets sick. It makes me feel so bad because I know I should be feeling sympathetic but instead I feel this almost hatred-like annoyance. If it's a *sv I really feel like I can't stand the person even for some time after they recover.

I try to hide that as best I can.

I don't know why...it's one thing I wish I could get over.

If someone is sick though, I do the whole 50 questions thing and annoy them. I mean especially if it isn't a stomach thing because I'm worried that it is a stomach thing. Then when I'm sure it's not a stomach thing...it really annoys me when they talk about being "so sick" because when I hear the word sick I associate it with stomach illness.

[barbara]

im so shocked. this is exactly how i feel & i thought i was alone. My best friend has a stomach ilness right now. she knows how i feel about the whole isue. & she goes on & on about it. i try not to hate her, but i so do. everytime i see her, i see her being sick. i cant stand her and shes made me a mess all this week. i have bad bad angry isues when people ive been around get sick. i also do the 50 questions, and one time my friend ddint come to school for 3 days and i had lost contact with him. i then made myself so n* and i found out he had a headache.

[lemonwackyhello]

Well, I'm glad to know I'm not alone. =]
and thanks for all the replies! [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

I also do the 50 questions, but only when I can actually control myself and appear calm. (quite rare)

As for my family, SimplyMe, they wouldn't be very supportive at all. The last thing they tolerate is weakness and I'd probably get yelled at for being so petty and stupid, and the next day, all will be forgotten.
I'm already scolded for not being sympathetic enough - and one time I did try and tell my mum (I had no choice when my dad was s* and I had a full blown panic attack), but she told me to go back to bed, stop being a headcase and get over it.
Edited by: lemonwackyhello

[SimplyMe]

I'm sorry your family wouldn't be very understanding. I hope you do have people in your life though that can substitute for them and you are able to gather support from ... plus you always have us to turn to. And we will understand when you are angry someone came to work/school sick lol.

[barbara]

i have panic attacks all the time over stomach ilnesses. my parents know about it, seeing ive lived this way half my life. but they dont seem to understand. soo i know how you feel. but sometimes talking about it to someone who goes through it, helps a lot.Edited by: barbara

[lemonwackyhello]

=] I'm very thankful that I have all of you. ^^
Though, I think it might take me awhile to find someone outside the internet that I'm able to talk to =/

[laylamommy]

Well, I'm glad to know I'm not alone. =]
and thanks for all the replies! [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

I also do the 50 questions, but only when I can actually control myself and appear calm. (quite rare)

As for my family, SimplyMe, they wouldn't be very supportive at all. The last thing they tolerate is weakness and I'd probably get yelled at for being so petty and stupid, and the next day, all will be forgotten.
I'm already scolded for not being sympathetic enough - and one time I did try and tell my mum (I had no choice when my dad was s* and I had a full blown panic attack), but she told me to go back to bed, stop being a headcase and get over it.

I have 2 younger brothers and when I was a teenager I was always worried that they were coming down with a *sv. Anytime I'd catch one of them lying down on the couch I'd start the 50 questions thing...and if I didn't believe their answers I'd call them "sicky".

If they actually were sick then I would completely go into full blown panic attacks.

My parents were not supportive either. Especially my stepfather (jerk!)...he would yell at me to "stop being stupid" and say I just needed to "get over it". He thought I was doing it for attention or something. It really made it worse because I was so irate...I mean don't you think if I could just "get over it" then I would? I mean if it were that easy? Did he think that I was having fun or that I liked being miserable and torturing myself. Ughhh!

I'm glad I'm away from that. I'm also glad I'm not the way I was with my daughter...I'm lucky I didn't give my younger brothers complexes! [img]smileys/smilies_09.gif[/img]

[musicmaam]

It makes me so mad that parents can be like that. I just can't believe how cruel and insensitive and downright mean people can be!!

I hope all of you who are stuck with families that don't understand are able to find someone understanding in "real life" (other than us people on IES!) to confide in!