New to this...
Hi everyone,
I haven't seen an introduction forum here so I figured I'd just post here to get started somehow. I just found this site after someone recommended it to me.
I am from Germany and living there, my fiance is from the United States and currently we are preparing on getting married and him moving here (which is causing stress and anxiety sometimes because of all the bureaucracy and the long distance and everything that comes with our circumstances).
I've had emetophobia pretty much since I was 18 as far as I can remember (26 now), it got bad 3 years ago with panic attacks starting. I also have irritable bowel syndrome (which runs in my family) and lactose intolerance which is not making it easier to deal with my fear as I am randomly feeling sick and getting diarrhea for no obvious reason. I have been in counselling for 2 years and have learned a lot about where my phobia is coming from and what my fear of vomiting stands for, unfortunately I did not learn how to deal with the panic and anxiety attacks that are still coming up even though I know what is causing them most of the time. I am hoping to find some support here when I have my downs and maybe some help on how to deal with the anxiety.
Since english is not my native language please excuse me for maybe sometimes making mistakes or not understanding things, giving that I'm marrying an American I understand a lot but I'm still learning.
So, that's me, now I'm going to read through a few posts here.
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