I have been an emet for 45 yrs and this time of the year always causes me great anxiety. The crowds of shoppers, GERMS! The groups of people who get together for the holidays scare me. I won't go to a movie theater now until the spring. I would feel trapped in an enclosed area with germs floating around. I feel the same way about shopping malls. On the front page of today newspaper it reported that 3 area nursing homes had large numbers of their patients who had contracted the norovirus. YIKES!! It's in the area....

On a good note, I have a grown son and daughter, neither of which have any phobias. I feel good that I was able to hide it. Their dad took over when they were sick.

Anyone else become more fearful this time of the year?