Phobia Support Group

I understand where you are coming from, I'm in the same shape. I don't trust anyone. When I do tell someone anything about me, I'm usually figuring they are just trying to get information and wanting to do something to me. It's horrible to go thru life like this. I'm taking valium and it helps some.

Hi

I am the same I trust no one except my dad.
I think people want to do stuff to harm me.
I'm 42 & have emetophobia.

Judith x

It is my experience that our trust got smashed to ribbons somewhere along the line and that is why we have trouble trusting others.
Some part of you is trying to protect you from getting hurt again.
I think the best approach would be to #1 Work on making yourSELF your safe person that you can rely on and #2 Reduce what you need from others as much as you can, so that what support do do get from them is small enough and simple enough that even a jack*ss could do it.
Some of the worst part of separation anxiety is the anticipation part of it. When you know someone is leaving and that you will be expected to cope, no matter how you feel about it, the anxiety decides to get a head start, right?
It's important to distract yourself as much as possible until the separation happens. I have lots of ideas for that if you need them, but the point is not to let your mind play it's games about how awful it is going to be. Keep telling yourself that Hey, for all you know, you will wind up having a great day!
Many times, once we have settled down and managed to get absorbed into something once they have been gone a while, we actually DO have times where it turned out fine, after all!
Give yourself something to look forward to. That helps, too.