Hi, my name's Minna, I'm seventeen and I'm new here. I'm
going to share my experiences with you because no one I
know really understands. I've noticed that people here
abbreviate certain words, but my fear doesn't quite
extend that far so I'll do what I can but if that bothers
you, there might be an occasional slip-up.

I don't know where it came from. My brother is of a weak
constitution and would do it a lot, and I would always
run into the other room, but I don't think it became a
full-blown phobia until he got older and stopped doing it
so much. In the third grade, I had a stomach flu over
Christmas break, and then a couple months later stayed
home from school for a week because I thought I might do
it. And it wasn't just a ploy to play video games! The
next time I did it was the night before my first kiss
when I was thirteen. I don't know if I was nervous or
what (because it was my first boyfriend and I was kind of
expecting it) but I did it all night and it was horrible.
I spent every second of my waking life expecting to do it
again, and mentally feeling my stomach to make sure I
wouldn't, and realized a couple years later that it was a
full-blown phobia.

Since then, it has gotten better, and I don't think of it
every minute, but it sure as hell is still present. I
hate going out to eat because I am worried of getting
carsick before (because I am hungry) and after (because I
am full). My boyfriend was shocked that I've never been
on a roller-coaster and has been trying to get me to go
on one with him. I could barely handle a Ferris wheel;
there is no way in hell that that is happening. I am not
any sort of germaphobe hand-washer, and I don't worry
about food poisoning, but if I hear someone I don't know
say that someone they know has the stomach flu, I flip
out. I do not watch scary/gory movies. I will never
drink. And I will never get pregnant.

I am going to college next fall and I am terrified that
my roommate will be some sort of drunk and I will have to
deal with it.

As much as I like to indulge my various weirdnesses
because they make me special (how sick is that?) I kind
of want to get rid of this one. I am already seeing a psychiatrist for various depression complaints, and I
don't know how to bring this up. What if decides to
expose me to it? I dunno. I'm just a very nervous person.