What is your trigger??

[chocolategirl]

So my triggers for an emet panic attack is someone else being sick or the thought that i will be sick. What is everyone else's triggers? And how do you deal with it?

[wargerbil]

I don't have panic attacks, but I get anxious in situations where I've been when people have had sv* (like at my old job when I had to do home visits and people wouldn't call and cancel and be like "Yea, all the kids are barfing" - uhm thanks for the warning), and when my stomach reaches a certain level of nausea. There gets a point that is beyond my tolerance and that bothers me -- more so when I'm not at home.

[Ami]

Knowing that someone else in my house is sick, going to be sick, or has had the sv in the last week. My little sibs got it and I PANICKED. I was barely home and shacked with my boyfriend, but for some stupid reason when I WAS home I used the bathroom they were sick in! I got it, because no one thought to clean with bleach and stuff. My anxiety was made much worse by this incident, actually.

Also if I think I may be nauseous I freak out. Start shaking, crying, generally being really really scared.

[cdo]

Everything triggers a panic attack. Being near someone that was sick (even a week ago), people that look sick or say they feel sick, people that post on facebook that they or family is sick (even if they live in another state), funny taste in my mouth, funky smells, everything freaks me out! Thank godness for Ativan.

[Ivan_UK]

The norovirus triggers paralyzing fear in me.

Hearing someone vomit because of the virus and then lying in bed all day terrifies me.

Nausea from overeating, seasickness, etc. does NOT bother me, since I can easily treat it with natural remedies like ginger root or antacids.