Posted by Dinah on April 16, 2003, at 4:26:47
In reply to Dinah, another comment, posted by leeran on April 16, 2003, at 0:21:11
Sometimes I find myself looking down when I am reading your posts (especially in the sensitivity thread), checking to make sure I'm me, and didn't write it myself. :)
It still does affect my life to a large degree. I avoid bars and amusement parks, and I pop tranquilizers before boarding a plane for a whole different reason than most. Even so, the last time I flew my face was cherry red from tension by the time I got off. Spots are considered "contaminated" long years after, and I still detour around them.
My therapist and I have come to see this as more of an OCD thing than a phobia. Therapy has really helped a lot with it, and I don't know if I could manage to be what I need to be with my son without therapy. But still, it's there to a greater or lesser extent and probably always will be.
I hope I didn't stir you up too much talking about it. I have passed the stage where it bothers me to talk about it, thanks to therapy, but I do remember how it bothered me in the past.
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