I haven't learned anything on this website specifically. I think that this website might be enabling our fear further. Actually, I guess I learned from this website that nobody can help me except for myself. I have learned to step outside my comfort zone and push myself beyond my limits. I feel like if I'm going to be sick then so be it, I will have to deal with it when the moment happens. I don't spend my day worrying about the bacon I ate for breakfast this morning, I don't flip out that I didn't wash my hands then touch my face or hair. I'm glad once I've aged that I get a grip of reality. You cannot control everything and germs live among us always and forever! I do have panic attacks but that is when I really feel unwell but I save my panic for when I truly feel sick. I feel that facing the fear head on has given me strength. I have cleaned my best friends vomit and my sons within the last couple years. I am not afraid to look at it anymore, I still need to be not afraid of myself being sick if I must. I've never done a treatment, medication or anything to cope but I'm proud of myself for getting through this far on my own.