I just found this site within the hour... just decided to introduce myself. I've had a fear of... it... since I was about 7, and I'm 16 now. It's gotten terrible lately, to the point of where I avoid eating certain foods that remind me of past experiences of getting sick(ew... like kraft macaroni). I also obsessively wash my hands and use sanitizer. Often I'll leave school after lunch because I'm afraid I'll get sick. I've found that lately I confuse normal feelings (like hunger and tightness in the throat when sad) as the urge to throw up. Even excessive salivation causes me to freak out. It doesn't really help that everyone I tell thinks I'm weird. Ugh. Right now, even, I'm trying to keep myself from running to the bathroom... though I'm fairly sure nothing will happen. /: