Alice you are definintely not alone! But for me it's the wax & chemicals that gross me out in processed cheese "food". It seems to me that most aged cheese is way salty, otherwise it tastes remarkably bland. I just under-salt foods to which I'll add cheese, or eat it with foods can take a lot of salty accompaniment like cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, avocados, spinach, potatoes, rice...

On a related note, I remember some years ago thinking Subway Sandwich stores were thoughtless and disgusting for automatically using processed cheese on most of their sandwiches. To be fair, they did have real cheese for the vegetarian subs, and would substitute it for the waxy stuff in other sandwiches upon request. But one did have to ask, which struck me as completely wrong for a store that bills itself as being a fresh and healthy option. I'm happy to say that in the last few months I've eaten at 2 or 3 different Subway locations and they all offered ONLY real cheese in two types (cheddar and Swiss or similar), and there was no processed cheese offered at all. Way to go, Subway!