If anyone is interested in participating in an online support group whose main focus will be on getting better, I created a brand new site here http://forum4.aimoo.com/LetsGetBetter and you're invited to join.

I panic just as much, if not more, than any person here so I'm not condemning anyone who panic posts all the time, but my personal desire is to be part of a support group where we help each other get better instead of focussing so much on the scary stuff. I sincerely do not want to live the rest of my life in fear of the world in which I live and I want to be able to interact with other people without treating them like they (might) have the plague. I find that if I keep my mind on the positive, I do better. But if I marinate my brain on all my awful body symptoms and who may have norovirus at any given time, I not only feel a lot worse but I do a lot worse overall.

I want to get better. I don't want to remain crippled by emetophobia. And I don't believe that trying to find a way to avoid every bacteria/germ/virus is going to help set me free of this bondage.