sallyok
18-10-10, 03:55
I hope i spelt it right!
Hi I'm 17 and since i was 13 i've had this horrible phobia of having an anaphylactic shock. I remember it started when I was on holiday and I had had a bit of a traumatic day and had my first panic attack when i lost my family in this strange foreign town. But in the evening my mum and aunt were talking about discussing how a boy my aunt teaches had a cough sweet and died of anaphylactic shock.
i dont remember it making an impression on me at the time but it must have.
Four years later and I get scared about every food I eat, every product I use, every medicine I take.
I had it under control for about two years (or so i thought) as I was just avoiding every non 'safe' food so I wouldnt try anything different and I was kind of happy with that, it meant I didnt panic. But really i was just hiding the problem and in the last year its got miles worse. I just associate food with panic now, i swear I'm equally scared of having a major panic attack as i am of having an anaphylactic shock.
I've developed a complete fear of getting stung so I'm even edgy when I'm out and i cant even go to restaurants anymore and so many things that were on my 'safe' list of foods have been crossed off.
When i was younger I used to have lots of skin allergic reactions like hives and random rashes but i never found out what they were from and that always worries me but I've never had a major food allergy.
I just feel so depressed at the moment it's taking over my life, I can never let my guard down. I told my mum and I'm booked to have some sessions with a counsiller but will they honestly be able to help? And its only 6 sessions because its on the NHS.
Has anyone got anything similar so we can drown our sorrows together? :(
Hi I'm 17 and since i was 13 i've had this horrible phobia of having an anaphylactic shock. I remember it started when I was on holiday and I had had a bit of a traumatic day and had my first panic attack when i lost my family in this strange foreign town. But in the evening my mum and aunt were talking about discussing how a boy my aunt teaches had a cough sweet and died of anaphylactic shock.
i dont remember it making an impression on me at the time but it must have.
Four years later and I get scared about every food I eat, every product I use, every medicine I take.
I had it under control for about two years (or so i thought) as I was just avoiding every non 'safe' food so I wouldnt try anything different and I was kind of happy with that, it meant I didnt panic. But really i was just hiding the problem and in the last year its got miles worse. I just associate food with panic now, i swear I'm equally scared of having a major panic attack as i am of having an anaphylactic shock.
I've developed a complete fear of getting stung so I'm even edgy when I'm out and i cant even go to restaurants anymore and so many things that were on my 'safe' list of foods have been crossed off.
When i was younger I used to have lots of skin allergic reactions like hives and random rashes but i never found out what they were from and that always worries me but I've never had a major food allergy.
I just feel so depressed at the moment it's taking over my life, I can never let my guard down. I told my mum and I'm booked to have some sessions with a counsiller but will they honestly be able to help? And its only 6 sessions because its on the NHS.
Has anyone got anything similar so we can drown our sorrows together? :(