I've suffered from emetophobia for years
which has been well documented. Although my fear is pretty much under control now in the past I couldn't even leave the house for fear I'd see vomit in the street, or someone doing it, or that I'd do it.
At my very worst I stopped eating and sleeping and dropped about 50lbs (almost 3 stone).
And, just to plug a book I co-auhtored called "Conquering Panic & Anxiety Disorders" by Jenna Glatzer and Paul Foxman, mine's chapter 3 and Rob has a copy of it for the raffle for the Valentine bash! Oh, and it's available on amazon (both .com and .co.uk)

Couple of weeks ago I was in the ER (casualty dept) with a severely abcessed tooth and a little asian lady walks in puking into the smallest see through plastic bag in the world. I shot out of there like a bat out of hell, but got seen to before everyone else as my heartrate had gone up to 152! Ha!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 16:45, Reply)