Hi All I am fairly new here (joined ages ago but kind of forgot about it until the other night when I rediscovered it and I think it'll be a big help). So basically I wanted to know the different levels of emetophobia and if people are doing the same things as me! Make me feel more normal.. So please let me know what are some crazy things this phobia makes you do? Here are some of my examples;

1. When I go to a restaurant, to pick something on the menu I do the process in my head of how things would be prepared in the kitchen and what would be safest.. e.g. if it's something like bruschetta (i love bruschetta) I never order it because I think they will be putting it on with their dirty hands and possibly no gloves, and its not something thats cooked to kill germs.

2. I never order chicken at a restaurant because I am scared I'll cut into it and it'll be undercooked and pink. If I cook chicken myself I always overcook it because I am so scared of it being undercooked.

3. When I or anyone else cooks chicken in small pieces (e.g. in a chicken curry) I have to cut open every single piece to check that it's not pink as I am so scared of getting food poisoning

4. I freak out when my partner wants to order chinese food for dinner because I am scared he'll be up in the middle of the night vomiting. (I really do not trust chinese food!)

5. I avoid children and I get soooo panicked when people at my work say their kids are sick (virus) because I am so worried they are a carrier and I will catch it

6. I never ever ever ever drink too much

and oh my gosh there is sooooo much more but I would literally be here all day if I was to list everything.
So what do other people do and do you do any of the above? It's unbelievable how bad this phobia is.. Makes me wish I was afraid of heights or something because that seems so much more simple