Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | wife is feeling ill, and surprise, I'm panicking

Blah. I'm really worried about my wife, who is feeling sick right now, and the sad truth is, while I feel empathy for her very much I know that the extreme feelings I'm having right now are more out of worry for myself. (I hate that - I feel so self centered in these moments on top of feeling panicked) - I'm feeling very down on myself in addition to feeling panicked, bc I haven't made the sort of progress I'd hoped for in therapy so far. I def. have made progress in day to day obsessing over getting sick. But, as for how to face it when I or anyone else feels nauseous or worse - I fall apart pretty much like usual. I guess that's not true - I'm not crying, I'm still breathing - thats actually progress. But I'm still feeling like the world is ending, all because my wife's dinner disagreed with her. ARGH! I feel stronger about this on a daily basis - its not consuming my life in the same way it was, but I sure hope I can feel stronger about situations like tonight soon. Hope you'll all send hugs my (and my wife's) way.

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Ladies & gentlemen take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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