orangeblossom
03-01-09, 11:56
Not sure if anyone else feels this way, but the number of times I have heard the words 'flu epidemic' and 'winter vomiting sickness' etc is just getting ridiculous and, to be honest, really stressing me out and making me panic even more!
It is perfectly normal to get the flu or a bug - right now I have a sore throat and a cold and I am in a right old panic about it. I've not felt so scared of being unwell before, and think that this constant barage of information about pandemics, deaths etc is really getting to me.
I don't even have any sort of health fears (I do have emetaphobia but have always had that) and yet I'm at a state of extremely high anxiety just because of this crazy sore throat and cold!!!!!
Is the news and the associated fear getting to anyone else as well??
It is perfectly normal to get the flu or a bug - right now I have a sore throat and a cold and I am in a right old panic about it. I've not felt so scared of being unwell before, and think that this constant barage of information about pandemics, deaths etc is really getting to me.
I don't even have any sort of health fears (I do have emetaphobia but have always had that) and yet I'm at a state of extremely high anxiety just because of this crazy sore throat and cold!!!!!
Is the news and the associated fear getting to anyone else as well??