My story sorry so long had to get it out

[green_eyes31]

Hey all,i am 32 y/o with a 7 y/o son just wanted to share my story i actually thought it was just me that had this weird phobia it started when i was little when my sister would say she was going to v**** i would already be running down the stairs to sleep all i had to hear were those words since then as i got older i still had a fear of vomiting and people vomiting i should say since i had my son its helped alittle when he gets a v****i am the one that has to stay up with him and rub his back i have no choice and he gets it 3 times a year UGH!having this phobia though has put me threw hell i have severe anxitey disorder if someone was to tell me there symptoms of a virus i will imediatly get them but not vomit i will shake uncontrollably until i calm myself down i have a ocd of hand washing ,i dont touch grocery carts and also dont really take my son or myself out in the flu season,i check food dates and if there a week old i huck em LOL i very seldom eat out, i get a flu shot every year just to keep myself sane i feel like im turning my son into having an ocd he wont use the bathroom at school becuase of germs i feel horrible [img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img] as soon as he gets in the car from school i whip out the hand sanitizer telling him to not touch his eyes nose or mouth at one point when i was a teeenager if someone was sick i would spray lysol in front of me and inhale it and to a point i wanted to drink bleach just in case" i know this would have killed me " but after having my son its subsided a bit if hes sick i lysol the house,open windows,bleach everything,wash my hands pound down some airborne and call my mother to talk to me to tell me what i want to hear like your not going to get it your never sick you had your flu shot and so forth everytime he is sick knock on wood i dont get it THANK GOD!!!!but i understand this phobia and to the people that have it too i feel yopur pain this sucks now im worried about this V**** its october ugh [img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img] well thanks for listeningEdited by: green_eyes31

[grgygrl]

Welcome to the site. Everyone here is great and we can all relate, those of us that have children. You seem pretty strong to take care of him while he is ill as we have no choice and that in itself is a huge accomplishment. [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[green_eyes31]

thank you georgi

[stella9]

Welcome,

While some our behaviors sound weird, some are not. There is nothing wrong with having your child use sanitizer after school and washing their hands when they get home from school. In fact, just about every pediatrician I know and from I have read in parenting magazines, the practice of handwashing is encouraged.

For us emets, we do go overboard with panic.

Stella

[grgygrl]

Handwashing is the perfect way to prevent the spread of ALL germs. I ALWAYS make my kids wash their hands as soon as they get home from school.

[green_eyes31]

yeah i know my theory is why risk it when you can prevent it my ex husband used to yell at me all the time for this and telling me im nutso and that he needs germs so that he can adapt to them and that i will tern him into a germ a phobe i mean the other day i seen a baby sucking on a grocery cart handle UGH! i was explaining to my fiance yesterday about my phobia he luaghed i told him it wasnt funny that its a real life controlling problem he told me "you look on the internet and aoutomaticallt think you have it " i replied: i had this my whole life and i just found out what it was i thought it was only me that felt this way i hid it for a long time thinking people would think i was crazy [img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img] Edited by: green_eyes31