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[sdd]

I'm new here. I didn't realize that I had a phobia until I ran across this site. I was like "OMG...that IS ME!"

I have always been afraid of V*. I have no idea what started it...I can't remember a time that I wasn't afraid of it. I do know that I can only remember v* twice as a child. Until this past July, I hadn't v* since I was 12 years old. And I'm 36! I have had a sv many times, but I don't v*. I usually get the cramps and d*, plus a fever. I've been pregnant 3 times. I've had morning sickness 3 times. I never even felt the urge to v*.

This past July, I truly believe we caught the new norovirus strain. It was late July and we had just gone on a trip to Niagara Falls. My family got so incredibly sick. My husband v* a lot...not that often, but maybe when he gets a sv he will v* several times. And even he said it was the worst thing he's ever had. I had the same symptoms I always do when I get sick, except this time I v* once. Just once...and everyone else did many times. And you know, it really wasn't bad. All of these years of worry and I was like "Huh. That was it?" But, it didn't cure me, obviously or I wouldn't be here.

My problem is that the media has been shoving norovirus down our throats this winter! It is making me crazy. I don't like hearing "It's going to be hard for ANYone to avoid norovirus this winter". When actually, many won't! It's just the media's way of getting people to watch/read/listen.

Anyway, I wonder...do some of us just not v* easily? It's not really that I fight it...I just never have the urge to do it. My mom is the same way. She has only v* once in over 40 years! I know one other person that is the same way. Again, it's not that I'm immune to sv's. I get them every couple of years. Had one in December, actually and felt pretty rough with bad d*, but never had the urge to v*.

Hate that all of you suffer with this too, but glad I'm not alone.

[seabreeze001]

Hi and wecome. I'm new to the board also. I've been an emet for many years. I meantioned just that in another post about the news media! If I never watched the news, I wouldn't be so freaked out over all this norvo! I try and watch very little these days.
V for me... there are times when I have anxiety, (I get anxiety induced n) and I fight it tooth and nail to not v. Sometimes I will lay there sweating and panting to fight it. My brain will say, "just do it" and another part says, "NO, DON'T!!!" It sometimes turn into a vicious war.
You're NOT alone. I just found out the other day that one of our supervisors (female) is an emet! She had no idea it had a name so we had a long conversation about it. Now she doesn't feel so alone