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- Jessica3634
- Date posted
- 4y ago
You're making choices based on your values (family, recovery) instead of fear. Give yourself a pat on the back. Maybe it won't be as bad as you expect
Emetophobia/contamination ocd here ??♀️ I have learned/accepted that if I don’t know someone is/has been sick then I don’t need to worry about it. Also, the stomach virus is harder to catch than you think.... you either have to touch something contaminated with the virus from someone who threw up/pooped and didn’t wash their hands and then touch your mouth OR you have to be like right there with them when they throw up. Practice proper hygiene while you’re around her and throughout sick season in general and you’ll be golden ?
@kaitlin23 I read a lot and stomach virus is very contagious. Maybe less for adults. I have 2 1/2 old and 11 month baby who constantly have their hands in their mouth or toys . So I’m screwed! Stomach virus is going around in our daycare and a girl threw up at home, last night
Oh my hygiene practice is almost too good and that’s what I’m working on in therapy. Not washing my hands everytime I feel I need to, touching door handles without using my elbows, etc. I also take supplements. In addition I have an auto immune disease and I take immune suppressing drugs so that scares me as well. My current “homework” is to not ask people questions just to find out if they have been sick or not. It’s tough!
If it's tough and you're doing it anyway, that is something to celebrate
Anyone else here’s OCD surround a family member? Like the obsessions are all about something happening to a member of the family/someone you care about?
Anyone else have emetophobia? I’m trying to not google too much, I’ve dealt with having this fear for many many years but something I just read said it’s hard to treat. And this is my first shot of trying to treat it (it goes along with OCD) and I’m just worried I won’t get over this and I so badly want this to be a thing of the past for me. I moreso just want to know if anyone else can relate.
Hi i’m new here. Everyone in my family except me is now positive for Covid and i’m freaking out so badly i cannot sleep. i cannot eat. i’m worried i’m going to get sick, i have a phobia of throwing up too on top of all of this so it’s making this even more difficult hearing coughing/gagging/vomit. My face is literally tingling numb and i cannot sit still. I’m trying to calm myself the best I can because this is almost a nightmare to me but nothing is working and my therapist isn’t even responding to me. What do i do? i’m so scared
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