The reality...

[x...RaChE...x]

Yesterday... I had just struggled through eating dinner due to emetophobia and I thought to myself... is this really worth it??? I then imagined v* to try and make it seem more real... (btw the last time I v* was a few months ago and I remember clearly what it felt like) and the reality is that if we can get through a whole life time of constant worrying and panic attacks, then v* should be easy... I think v* is also hard for us as its the anticipation... as long as you keep up your hygeine and stuff then you shouldnt get a sv* but we shouldnt waste our whole lives over something which is 2minuite pain, I'd describe it as - but you feel better after so its okay... just make the most of your lives instead

[olschesky]

sounds great but in my case much easier said than done.......when i'm not "in the moment" i can rationalize like that.....when i'm n.....forget it........wish it was that simple for me

[IceMaiden]

Same, sometimes I just think to myself, it's not that bad, it usually only lasts 24 hours, I should just stop worrying and get on with my life, then I hear someone v* and then it all goes to pot!

[x...RaChE...x]

Aww dang it i'm dying of fear again but i'll try aggain lol...... we should fight our fears!

[vixki]

It's good to recognise that the fear is irrational. I suppose the next step is to make the 'fear' part of our brains see it is an irrational fear.
I mean, like you said, panic attacks and constant anxiety are awful, terrible experiences... but we've coped with them.
There's a part of me which knows how irrational it is to spend my life worrying about v*ing, but there's also a part which panics about it - unfortunately at the moment that part usually wins out... But one day I hope I can have a normal 'relationship' to v* - it's not particuarly nice, like say a headache isn't nice, but it's not an object to be feared.

[x...RaChE...x]

hmmm... yea perhaps I shall keep trying, all of you should (you probably areee) Anyway, I dont know to much about the norovirus and the rotavirus and I was wondering if any of you guys did, like does it come around once a year??? When is the norovirus season over??? Oh yeaa, do you have less chance of falling ill in the summer than the winter??? any help please .... btw thanx for the comments

[sage]

Hey let's keep this thread positive so I don't have to move it - lol..!
But honestly, it takes more than a few times to "tell" your brain that there's nothing to fear. I just saw a documentary yesterday in fact that said it takes 10,000 times before your body/brain do something automatically. They even said that to become an expert at something (like an Olympian) takes 10,000 hours of practice.

So don't despair that you had a moment of enlightenment and now you're scared again...that's all part of the process!