Boyfriend is sick
So right after I got sick, Josh obviously got sick as well (which is totally because of me!) which is also something that gives me anxiety. The reason this really bothers me, perhaps even more than when I get sick, is because I have absolutely no control over someone else. If Josh feels like throwing up, he could not tell me if he doesn’t have time to and if I hear him throwing up I WILL have an anxiety attack.
So josh just had a cold like me in the end, but he did have a fever and when i asked him if he felt like he had to throw up he would say not right now. How comforting! So I did what I always do when someone might be sick during the night in close proximity to me – I put in my earplugs. The source of my anxiety is the sound of someone vomiting so although the earplugs don’t block out 100% of the sounds around me it’s definitely somewhat of a security blanket for me.
Josh ended up never throwing up but the potentiality of it gave me anxiety for many nights until he was fully recovered.
