Fay13
14-06-16, 10:27
So, I'm really panicking about catching a stomach bug my housemate has. I went home for lunch yesterday and she was there, and she told me she'd thrown up that morning. I used the bathroom after her without knowing she'd vomited in there. After she told me, my OCD, which is not as bad as my anxiety, has got much worse - I've barely touched anything in the house since apart from in my room, been opening doors with a cloth, turning taps with my elbow, opening kitchen cupboards by pulling the bottom of the door rather than touching the handle as she was sitting downstairs all of yesterday. I just wish I'd known yesterday that she'd thrown up before I used the bathroom, obviously I wash my hands etc but I feel like its still likely there were bugs from her all over that room (she didn't make a mess or anything, but its still in my mind). Now every slight twinge in my stomach is making me panic, which is making me more nauseated which makes me panic more etc etc. I've got a bad cold at the moment anyway, which makes me think that my immune system is weaker so I am definitely going to get sick. I feel like I'm just sitting at work just waiting for it to hit, googling incubation periods and symptoms and ways to stop it and how to kill germs on surfaces etc :( Mainly writing on here as an attempt to calm myself down.