I can't do this anymore. I feel helpless. I've been worrying for the last week straight about getting sick - usually I'm used to this feeling but it is literally a thousand times worse than I've ever...

You're lucky to be with someone who also has a phobia - even though having the actual phobia isn't so lucky. My boyfriend doesn't have any actual phobias, but he does have some mild fears. He totally...

I always feel that way - feeling like I've tried my hardest and it hasn't helped. I've been seeing a therapist for the last 2 years and although it has helped, I still have this phobia. I've found...

I know exactly how you feel. I'm constantly worrying about anything related to this phobia, even if it's only related in the slightest. It's been a fairly easy winter for me but recently I've been...

I'm terrified of this. Two people that I know were sick with something, not sure if it was food poisoning or an actual sv* but it still scares me just the same. I haven't heard of anything on the...

You'll be okay as long as you don't come into contact with any v* and/or put your hands in your mouth/nose without washing them. Are you sure she had a virus though? It could also have been food...

Thank you for the help! I keep having moments where I think "no, there's no way I could be sick with the same thing" and then other moments I'll have this horrible panic that I definitely have the...

I think you'll be fine, as far as I know you can only catch sv* if you actually come into contact with someone who has v* and hasn't washed their hands or anything like that. If she wasn't having any...

Hi, everyone and thanks in advance for all of your support.

I've been having a great winter this year and by that I mean that my anxiety has been relatively low. I've been going to therapy for a...

Thanks for the support, guys. I appreciate it a lot :)

Yeah she was totally fine today, other than she sounded like she had a bad cold. She even asked if I wanted to go for lunch, but of course I said no haha

@Lexi - she does have a heart problem, so I'm not sure if that may have contributed to it. She said she v*ed this morning really early at like 4, and around the same time the morning before, so I...

I was driving around with one of my friends running errands when she said that she was "really sick". I asked her what that meant, assuming she was talking about the cold she had a few days ago. She...

I'm very light-headed, kind of like I'm just starting to get over a bad head cold and have heartburn, but I've talked to someone else who was on a similar medication who said they went away after a...

My mom decided to take action and take me to our family doctor. I told him about my panic attacks and my phobia, and he decided to prescribe me two kinds of medication. One is called Cipralex and I...

Thanks for the help :)

I'm actually looking into some type of medication. I didn't want it to come down to that, but lately it's been hell for me. I'm used to panic attacks, but not at all this...

Over the last month or so I've been having a lot of what I can only describe as "episodes". They seemingly start out of no where - my heart starts beating quicker, I begin to feel really helpless and...

Just wanted to say that I LOVE this thread, it's great to have something uplifting even when I'm going through a tough time.

This weekend my boyfriend was sick with a really bad cold, and although...

I've been in therapy for my emetophobia since September of last year after I decided enough was enough. Recently though my anxiety has gotten a lot worse, but I'm not sure why. There hasn't been...

Thanks, that helps. I saw her come out of one room and head to the bathroom, and she walked like right in front of me so that started my anxiety snowballing. She wasn't actually sick in the same room...

I totally understand where you're coming from. Lately I've been randomly feeling sick for no reason other than I'm doing it to myself by worrying about it all the time.

I'm currently in therapy...

I had to bring my boyfriend to the emergency today and decided I would try to sit and wait with him - this was a BAD idea. There was a woman who was OBVIOUSLY v*ing and she kept walking past me. I...

I've been this way as long as I can remember. Every year it's been getting worse and worse, but at the same time I'm starting to better understand what exactly I'm dealing with.

I've begun to...

I know exactly how you feel (except I don't have a husband, of course)

EVERYONE at my school is sick right now and I've seriously been purelling my hands every hour or so, it's REALLY hard for me...

I think she was, I don't really like to ask..

I don't know, it's really hard to deal with right now. I'm in therapy for it as an attempt to get over it but it's hard to follow the plan when you're...