Episode 51 · The Emetophobia Podcast
6 to 8 Weeks Is Possible, But Your Emetophobia Recovery Is Not a Race
Both coaches took longer than the programme’s timeframe — and both got there.
In this episode Michelle Johnson is joined by Coach Samantha Marker to talk about the 6-8 week time frame mentioned in the Emetophobia-Free programme. This podcast episode is incredibly reassuring, with the main message being that recovery within 6-8 weeks is entirely possible but if that isn’t your journey then there is nothing wrong with that.
Your journey is as unique as you are but rest assured that if you keep working and applying the skills you WILL beat your phobia, no matter how long it takes!
Both coaches reflect on their own journeys which took longer than the 6-8 weeks. Coach Sam’s journey took around a year, and Coach Michelle’s recovery took around 9 months. Like learning to drive, maintaining a new habit of Thriving takes consistent effort!
“The more you practise these skills, the easier it becomes. It is worth every single bit of effort to feel like yourself again.”
Samantha MarkerSkills, then application
By attending the sessions and reading the manual, you are being provided with skills, however the practise and application of the programme is what will transform your life. The time it takes you does not matter, you are in no competition with anyone else. The programme is predictable and you WILL get there.
In Michelle’s words, the comfort zone of an Emetophobe is the most uncomfortable comfort zone there is! After the programme, it becomes as easy not to create the phobia as it was to create it, it just requires your application of the learning between the start and finishing line.
Your journey, nobody else’s
In Samantha’s words, ‘the more you practise these skills, the easier it becomes. It is worth every single bit of effort to feel like yourself again’. Fixating on other people’s experience or time scales is only going to slow you down. Focus on your own journey, your own goals and your own future! Samantha reminds us that just because we experience the unhelpful thought, it doesn’t mean you aren’t over the phobia.
As long as you challenge yourself in other areas, you can process it as part of the journey which shows you that you can handle uncomfortable situations. Sam says ‘human beings feel things which are unpleasant, but the programme teaches us how to handle it.’
This episode is discussion between Michelle Johnson and Samantha Marker.