My emetophobia:
Doesn't make me extremely germaphobic. This might be because my mom has always kept our home very, very clean...
For some reason I'm not afraid of 'catching' anything from people...I haven't had a virus since I was very young. Whenever my family gets sick, it's usually a cold or something. I don't have a fear of spreading germs.
I am not afraid to go out to eat...I have never had any bad experiences in restaurants. Sometimes, when entering a public bathroom, I will wonder if someone inside is sick, so I enter with caution.
I avoid house parties like the plague. If I'm at a nightclub, I avoid the bathroom (drunk people get sick in there).
I avoid certain types of movies. When seeing a movie that I suspect COULD have a "v* scene", I ask people about it ahead of time. If they say that there is a v* scene, I have to know exactly when to expect it. If someone v* unexpectedly in a movie, it SCARES me. It doesn't gross me out, it scares me.
I always worry about going on airplanes or buses. I tend to keep my headphones in the whole time. If there is a person around me who is sick, I tend to monitor them the whole time, making sure I will be able to tell at what moment they may be sick.
I can't STAND the sound. The sound scares me. When people make a sudden movement when they are about to be sick, it scares me. My heart rate speeds up very fast, I cover my ears, and I make a break for it.
According to my mom, the first time she remembers me freaking out was when I was in a long car ride with her, my grandmother, and my younger sister...I was 5, she was 3. We had just stopped to eat at Burger King. Once we were back in the car, she announced that she had to ''t.u."...Then, she v* all over the place, there was no way out for me, I was just stuck there, and it just kept coming out! It was a very traumatizing experience.
I guess ever since then, I have just flipped out about it.
My reaction is to RUN away from it. Even if a cat has a hairball, I freak out.