u/Professional_Pick740

Looking for advice/tips on how to get over or manage germ anxiety better

I’m a mom of 1 and have always had a fear of throwing up, and a fear of norovirus/gastro viruses however it wasn’t this intense until I had my child

We’ve had a stomach bug once since having him and ever since then my anxiety around it has spiked and it’s causing me to be afraid of going anywhere, touching anything

I still go out and don’t hermit inside but I’m incredibly anxious and won’t take him to play groups and things involving other kids

I’d like to put him in preschool eventually but the thought of him being sick and us all being sick from gastro bugs just cripples my mind

How do you parents deal with this?