What is Emetophobia?
It is a tremendously overwhelming, uncontrollable and often obsessional fear of being sick, of being sick in public, of vomit, or seeing someone else vomit.
Associated fears include gagging, seeing others being sick, choking on food, pregnancy/morning sickness, drowning and social anxiety.
Emetophobes tend to be very conscious of the people around them, looking out for someone that looks ill in case they come into contact with them, thus avoiding their fear of being sick themselves.
They avoid eating certain foods in case of vomiting.
They sometimes avoid certain public places or public transport in case others are sick.
Pregnancy can concern them because of morning sickness and other associated feelings. They may avoid clinics and hospitals.
Emetophobia affects both sexes but seems to effect more women than men, and it tends to have a very disabling effect on the sufferer because it literally dominates their thoughts day in, day out and rules their lives to the point of obsession.
The best way to live with a phobia is to ignore it and to distract yourself from it. Although we all know that this is easier said than done, the more you think about it, the bigger the issue becomes in your mind and the more it takes over your life.
It can often help in the short term to read more about your phobia and gain some understanding of it. Find out what it’s called, sounds funny maybe, but it is often reassuring to know that what you are suffering from is common enough for it to be given a name and that you are not alone with your phobia.
Some therapies try and get you to feel the fear and tough it out. This can very often be of help and both coaching and suggestion therapy can help in the short term or to get you through an impending situation, but it is really only symptom treatment and is not addressing the root cause of the problem. This is like removing the web and leaving the spider!
If you think about the fact that your phobia is driven by very strong emotions, then it follows that the longer-term solution is to find and resolve the emotional root cause.
With me, this is achieved in a gentle, supportive, safe and totally confidential environment, using a series of Pure Hypnoanalysis sessions. Together we will build a strong bond of trust and rapport and I will use a Pure Free Association technique, to help you to access and talk through those bottled up or repressed emotions until they are resolved and the bottle is drained.
Hypnoanalysis doesn't rely on what I think is important. It allows your psyche to naturally allow some emotions to surface, those emotions that have been causing untold grief and anxiety in the back of your mind.
Hypnoanalysis is a fairly quick therapy compared to most and typically takes 8 – 10 sessions, unlike some therapies that take years. It is a quick and gentle way to reach the root cause of the bottled up emotions that are creating the problem. This is not symptom treatment; once the repressed emotion is released the phobia is gone.
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