chelski_l asked:


I have the most awful phobia of being sick, its both a fear of myself being sick and mainly of other people being sick around me. Its not extreme in the sense that I let it control my life, but when somebody is sick around me I go into a complete panic, my heart beats so quickly and I can barely breath. In the past I have resorted to some extreme measures to get away from anyone being sick near me. When it happens I just try to get as far away as possible from the person and I cover my ears because I think more than anything I cannot stand the noise. Its getting to the point now where I have had this problem for as long as I remember and I want to be able to do somethnig about it now as I am gonig to university next year. I have a younger sister and it upsets me that when she is sick I cannot even help her. Nobody understands how I feel, many people put it down to me being pathetic and squeemish but this is not the case at all. Please help!