I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this since I just joined this site, so if it's not, I apologize. I'm new here, but I've had this phobia for years. I'm 22 years old. I'm not really sure how it all started, all I know is that I have it, and it sucks. I really have no reason to fear, I haven't had a stomach virus since 2nd grade. *knock on wood* My dad is 66 years old and he claims he hasn't had one since he was 11, I pray I have hisgood genes. I work in a gas station so I'm forced to be around people all day which freaks..me..out. Even worse I have to clean the bathrooms there. I always put gloves on before I go near them, and then when I'm done I wash my hands and then I put on my hand sanitizer, Germstar Noro. People are just gross and I wish I could avoid them completely, especially in the winter time when everyone seems to be sick, but that isn't realistic. Actually, tonight one of my worst fears happened. I was changing the garbage in one of the bathrooms, and since the bags are clear I saw that someone had thrown up in it. I was wearing gloves and I never actually touched it since it was in the bottom, but I've still been panicking all night. I'm so glad I found this site, until now I thought I was the only one with this fear. To me, it is just stupid to be scared to death of a normal body function, but I can't help it. I'm embarrassed to tell people, so I don't.

Some things about me:
I hate public bathrooms, I would rather pee outside or hold it all day.
I hate restaurants.
I hate when people write Facebook statuses about being sick, shut up, no one cares to hear about it, especially me.
It drives me insane when people think it's funny to post pictures of their drunk friends passed out in their own vomit.
I wash my hands until they bleed, especially in the winter time.
When I'm at work I pay attention to how long people take in the bathroom, if they take a long time there's a chance they could be throwing up, and it freaks me out.
I will not eat until I have washed my hands and used sanitizer.
I hate going to sleep at night, because I'm scared I will wake up and be sick.
I always have to have either mints or a pack of mint gum with me. When I get anxious my stomach gets upset. I heard once that minty things helps calm the stomach, so in my mind it will be ok as long as I have that.
I'm the only one at my workplace that wears gloves to clean the bathrooms, it drives me insane.
When I watch someone not wash their hands and put their fingers in their mouth, I wanna yell at them to stop, but I stop myself.
I even tell my boyfriend to wash his hands before touching anything of mine.
If someone besides myself touches my food with bare hands, I won't eat it.

Those are just some of the things about me. I'm sure there's a lot more that I can't think of right now. Maybe some of you can relate? I'm hoping so. I do feel silly about some of the things, but I can't help it. I look forward to being around this site more. Thanks for reading!!