Hi everyone, 

I am 21 years old and have a serious phobia of sickness/vomit. I will do anything to avoid being near it, and if someone has been ill around me I won't eat because I am so scared of catching the illness. 

I have a 4 year old nephew and a 3 month old niece and I get so scared of them being sick around me that I don't enjoy time with them. I love kids and want my own one day but I don't know how I am going to cope with the sickness side of things during pregnancy and once they are born. 

My phobia is so bad that I run from it as soon as someone is ill, I avoid toilets and I even get worried about getting food poisoning from restaurants and take aways so I rarely eat out. 

This is really starting to control my life and I hate it, it really gets me down and I just want to be able to cope with it better. I suffer from anxiety and depression too which really doesn't help the moods. 

Thanks for reading and hope you are all well