i have a sick phobia. am i the only person that does?

no your not i have it too , like i get really scared like if i hear someone retching or being sick and if i see sick or smell sick it scares the hell out of me , like once i didn't eat for about 2 weeks because i felt sick and i was fightend of being sick and im only 14 and it's really bad i meen i actually have to check my food before i eat it and if im actually sick i have a panic attack and end up crying my eyes out , but my mums taking me to the doctors soon so i can get therapy cos apparently the way im goin like not eatin for soo long it could turn into an eatin disorder :-(

I too suffer with all kinds of fears of getting sick and having severe illnesses. Even as a child I would panic if I threw up. One time I did discuss this with my mother and she had a theory. As an infant I had projectile vomiting and I had serious weight loss. She thinks that somewhere in my little baby mind, I thought I was going to die or that somehow I can remember it and that causes the panic. In the last 2 yrs my world was turned upside down with anxiety issues and panic disorder. Prior to that I could handle it. Now its a constant struggle to control the worry. On meds that don't seem to be doing the trick this time.

I am 18 and have had this fear going on three years. I have recently been hospitalised, sent to numerous doctors, and had so many tests done to work out the reason for me being doubled over in stomach pain for the last five days. Turns out, my anxiety is so bad, that with levels that high, if I get stressed out in the smallest, my body won't be able to cope. I am petrified of feeling sick, and noone really understands the extent to which it frightens me. Put it this way, if I could choose out of feeling sick, or running in front of a dump truck, getting hit and reversed over, I won't be choosing option A. I find talking about it doesn't help at all, people can hear about how much pain you are in, how much you want it to go away because you are so freaking scared, but truth is, the only person that can figure out how to stop it is you. I will throw up no problem, this is probably a bit different to you, but i'm petrified of feeling sick all the same.