Dogs are wonderful but we should always wash our hands after touching any animal.

Hey Kasper, welcome!

Yes, it's happened to me. The good old gag reflex stops us from choking to death in these situations.

As long as the fridge and freezer weren't opened throughout the power outage, the food is fine for 24 hours. The chicken wouldn't even thaw in 24 hours in refrigerator temperatures so you'll be fine.

True, I wonder how the first person got norovirus.

No amount of washing and sanitizing will ever guarantee that you won't get sick. Good hygeine just lowers the risk, that's all. Unfortunately, everyone gets sick once in a while. That's just life....

If you're using hand sanitizer after each customer, it stops working after a few coats.

I don't mind at all. I had been lurking on and off for years and now that I'm recovered I decided I should join to let people know that if you keep looking and trying different things you will find...

This fear is irrational, if it wasn't it wouldn't be a phobia. That's why it's so hard.

Keep in mind that your colleague and her family may have had food poisoning and not a sv.

I would rather not have read this thread. Ugh.

Yes the point was how amazing would it be to live a normal life AND that if you stopped all your emet routines nothing would happen that won't happen anyway. Those OCD behaviours give us a false...

Don't give up hope, if one thing doesn't work look for another and keep looking until something does work. I was frustrated too especially because I was paying good money to see a private cbt...

You find another treatment, like I did.

I dont know if I am a medical miracle, all I know is this is what worked for me. I did do the conventional therapy and medication combo for a long time with little improvement.

The magnesium...

If your dentist offers conscious sedation you may want to consider that.

DING DING DING! We have a winner! Right answer! :)

Regarding my recovery thread, I did do CBT and antianxiety meds for a long time and I did not see much of an improvement.

I agree. And those who follow the usual emet list religiously DO get sick.

Yes.

Therapy and medication didn't help, not that I didn't try it all.

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

Well, what do you do then?

Congratulations! I'm recovered too but my road to recovery was different than yours. Everyone has to find what works for them but the bottom line is nobody has to live with this fear if they really...

Thank you, and thanks for reading my post. Was starting to think nobody cared. :( lol

What would happen if...

You stopped using hand sanitizer for a week.

You ate that foods you're afraid of this week.

You stopped using bleach to clean your home this week.

Y ou...

You're talking about tapping? I learned that and did it religously for days but didn't notice a difference. I did feel like a weirdo doing it though.

Just wanted to post this to tell you there is hope for this disorder.
I had emetophobia bad for years. Panic attacks. IBS with constipation.
My mood would go up and down like a yo-yo. My heart...