It shouldn't define you and I don't let it define me but it is a matter of life and death.

它不應該定義你，我也不會讓它定義我，但這是一個生死攸關的問題。

The whole big allergy is sigh, like it's such a bore, it'll be more of a hindrance to me than it'll ever be to you.

整個大過敏就是一聲嘆息，就像它是如此無聊，對我來說比對你來說更礙事。

So I was always terrified of kissing, so I didn't have my first kiss until I was 18.

所以我一直很害怕接吻，直到 18 歲才有了初吻。

I remember seeing it on the news, there was this girl at university who had kissed her boyfriend she was dating at the time and he had a Snickers bar and she passed away from that.

我記得在新聞上看到過，大學裡有個女孩親吻了當時正在交往的男友，男友吃了一塊士力架，她是以去世了。

And I was always terrified, I was like, you know, what did they drink that day, what did they eat in that day?

我總是很害怕，我想，你知道，他們那天喝了什麼，他們那天吃了什麼？

The first day I met my boyfriend I spoke about my allergies.

認識男朋友的第一天，我就談到了我的過敏症。

From that point onwards he very willingly educated himself.

從那時起，他就非常樂意接受自學教育。

He's made it a part of our relationship, it's not an issue, it's just how we work.

他把這當作我們關係的一部分，這不是問題，這就是我們的工作方式。

If you've got someone who you love who has an allergy, do the little things, you know, see how you can help them and that makes a really big difference.

如果你愛的人有過敏症，做一些小事，你知道，看看如何能幫助他們，這會帶來很大的不同。

Allergies that put her life in danger.

過敏症危及她的生命。

An ingredient which caused an allergic response.

引起過敏反應的成分。

He had an anaphylactic reaction.

他出現了過敏反應。

Sesame wasn't listed on the ingredients.

芝麻沒有列入配料表。

He told staff about his dairy allergy.

他告訴工作人員自己對奶製品過敏。

He ordered something that killed him.

他點的東西要了他的命。

I have a life-threatening severe nut allergy.

我有嚴重的堅果過敏症，危及生命。

I'm also allergic to kiwi, grapefruit, prawns, pink peppercorns and coconuts.

我還對獼猴桃、柚子、大蝦、粉紅胡椒和椰子過敏。

So I've just moved into my first flat.

我剛剛搬進我的第一套公寓。

I'm decontaminating it, I've got my own little ritual to make it safe.

我在消除汙染，我有自己的小儀式來保證它的安全。

First week it did feel quite lonely but then it's also nice to have that place that's your own algae-free zone.

第一週確實感覺很孤獨，但有一個屬於自己的無藻區也不錯。

I'm a second year media production student at the University of Lincoln.

我是林肯大學媒體制作專業的二年級學生。

I could go into anaphylaxis from having milk or nuts so the seriousness is very high and so it only takes a little bit of it.

我吃牛奶或堅果可能會引起過敏性休克，所以嚴重程度非常高，而且只需要一點點。

Food is such a big part of socialising at any age.

無論在哪個年齡段，食物都是社交的重要組成部分。

When I came to university it was so nice to talk freely with people my own age about how I was feeling.

來到大學後，我很高興能與同齡人暢所欲言，談談自己的感受。

It sort of gave me a new perspective on what friendships are meant to be.

這讓我對友誼的意義有了新的認識。

I'm a 16-year-old ski racer and I race for the Team GB children's team.

我是一名 16 歲的滑雪運動員，為英國隊兒童組參賽。

I've got a nut allergy, it's quite a severe one at that.

我對堅果過敏，而且非常嚴重。

So what are you guys going to get?

你們打算買什麼？

Yeah, probably just a sandwich.

是的，可能只是一個三明治。

Yeah, I probably need to go check what they've got and all the ingredients and stuff.

是啊，我可能得去看看他們都有什麼，還有所有的成分什麼的。

You've got more just responsibilities, you need to make sure what you're eating is the right thing.

你不僅要承擔責任，還要確保你吃的東西是正確的。

However exhausting this constant vigilance is, it is entirely necessary.

無論這種持續的警惕多麼令人疲憊，它都是完全必要的。

I start educating myself more and more and more because that's how I feel safest.

我開始越來越多地教育自己，因為這樣我才覺得最安全。

Before I came to university I was researching the hell out of alcohol and alcoholic brands, trying to figure out what would be the safest option for me.

上大學之前，我一直在研究酒精和酒精品牌，試圖找出對我來說最安全的選擇。

I like to get bottled beers or ciders.

我喜歡買瓶裝啤酒或蘋果酒。

Do you like drinking in a place like this, which is like a pub instead of a bar?

你喜歡在這種像酒吧而不是酒館的地方喝酒嗎？

Yeah, some bars, they mainly do cocktails, gins, liquors that I can't really have.

是啊，有些酒吧主要做雞尾酒、杜松子酒和烈酒，而我卻不能喝。

The first time you go out on your own, it is quite scary.

第一次獨自外出，感覺很害怕。

I will take a bag with me that will have my EpiPens and Peritone in it just for the case that something did happen.

我會隨身攜帶一個裝有 EpiPens 和 Peritone 的袋子，以防萬一發生意外。

If I ever did sort of go into an anaphylactic shop, what you'd do is you'd use this thing that's called an EpiPen.

如果我出現了過敏性休克，你要做的就是使用這種叫做 "EpiPen "的東西。

I remember you telling me that it was blue to the sky, orange to the high, and I know that you'd prefer it on your right side if possible.

我記得你告訴過我，天空是藍色的，高處是橙色的，我知道如果可能的話，你更希望它在你的右邊。

Allergies aren't just a singular thing, it comes with the anxiety, the high and low moods, this sort of isolation.

過敏並不只是一件單一的事情，它還伴隨著焦慮、時高時低的情緒，以及這種與世隔絕的感覺。

I find it quite motivating that you can just do all this stuff.

我覺得你能做這些事情很有動力。

It shows that nothing can stop you.

這表明，沒有什麼能阻止你。

Yeah, like an allergy doesn't have to hold you back and define you as a person, you can still live life.

是啊，就像過敏不一定會阻礙你，也不一定會把你定義為一個人，你仍然可以生活。

It's made me very thick-skinned and very persevering.

這讓我變得非常堅強，非常有毅力。

A 13-14 year old me would have shaken going into a restaurant with my parents, but they were always like, you know, you have to say your allergies, you have to communicate it, we won't always be here to do that, and that really helps me.

如果是 13-14 歲的我，和父母一起去餐廳吃飯時一定會發抖，但他們總是說，你知道，你必須說出你的過敏症，你必須把它說出來，我們不會總是在這裡幫你，這對我真的很有幫助。

Because of the education I've put myself through and the experience that I've had, I feel way more confident, way more independent, and that's really shaped me into looking at my allergies differently.

因為我接受的教育和獲得的經驗，我覺得自己更自信、更獨立了，這讓我對過敏症有了不同的看法。

They don't own me, I own them.

他們不擁有我，我擁有他們。