u/ConfidenceVivid6612

So about five days ago one of my coworkers was vomiting halfway through the day after whinign about his stomach all day. After which I promply lost my fucking mind and spent the entire evening and subsequent weekend in shambles. (I made a post about it on r/emetophobia, you can go back and read it if your want, i was in proper hysterics) But now it’s been a few days, and I never ended up getting sick. So I’m trying to see if I can learn anything from this. I remember that at about the 24 hour post exposure point, I had a moment of clarity (though however short lived) that sitting there and pulling my hair out was just making me even more miserable and that whatever was going to happen, was going to happen, and that I was being wholly unproductive. I remember in that moment the overwhelming wave of relief that washed over me at that realization, and how much better I felt afterwards. So I’m gonna try to move forward in my recovery with this added experience and remind myself that all I can do is my best, and wringing my hands and pulling my hair, is only making everything worse.