Hello, I am new to this site and am wondering if anyone else experiences what I go through every day. I have IBS, but am finding that in the last few months I have become increasingly nervous about throwing up. I have always been terribly afraid of it (doing it myself or others doing it in front of me), but have never been afraid of doing it in public until my husband threw up in church last September. When that happened, all of a sudden everywhere I went I had to make sure I knew where the bathroom was. Then I started carrying a bag in my purse for when I feel sick in public. I feel like I am crazy!! Haha...but seriously, I am a teacher and when I am at school I am sometimes nervous to eat around others in case I get nauseous. Whenever I go to a restaurant I get nervous to eat in public. If I go to the store I get anxious that I might get sick. This is just so crazy, and I never used to be this bad. I even get dizzy andmy heart racessometimes when I have a bad stomachache. Has anyone else ever experienced this? If so, what has helped you to overcome this ridiculous fear??


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