Category: Fear

  • National Emetophobia Awareness Day 2021

    National Emetophobia Awareness Day 2021 National Emetophobia Awareness Day 2021. On March 5th 2014, Rob Kelly, the creator of The Thrive Programme for Emetophobia, launched the first National Emetophobia Awareness Day in the UK. The goal was to raise awareness of the phobia and educate and support sufferers to understand and overcome their fear. Over…

  • Are you Hyper-vigilant?

    Are you Hyper-vigilant? If you’d like to find out are you hyper-vigilant? Then have a look at the warning signs… Do you: Struggle to switch off Have trouble sleeping, waking up at any noise ‘Body-scan’ and feel anxious at the slightest feeling of nausea (often caused by anxiety!)  Constantly scan your surroundings in case you…

  • Why is Emetophobia known as the ‘Secret Phobia?’

    Emetophobia – the Secret Phobia Emetophobia can affect your whole life, yet most emetophobes don’t tell their friends, a lot don’t even tell close family members. This is why it’s been coined the secret phobia. So why do emetophobes find it so hard to open up to non-sufferers? Emetophobia – the Secret Phobia Talking about…

  • Why do emetophobes also have social anxiety?

    Emetophobes and Social Anxiety Think of the most happy, carefree, confident, thriving person you know. Got them firmly in mind? How much do you think they care what others think of them? How embarrassed or awkward would they feel if they said something silly or made a mistake? How nervous are they speaking in front…

  • Are you feeling anxious about lockdown ending?

    Anxious about Lockdown Ending This post was written by and shared from Thrive Programme Coach ® Niall McAlinden –  Thrive with Niall Are you feeling anxious about lockdown ending? If you suffer from emetophobia, social anxiety and other anxieties, you might have noticed your symptoms actually decrease during lockdown. It seems paradoxical, but it makes sense: life was…

  • Flying High with The Thrive Programme

    Flying High and Thriving Have you ever watched, jaw-dropping, a light aircraft performing aerobatics? Death-defying dives; stomach-lurching twists and turns? There’s something awe-inspiring and captivating – if not perilously nerve-wracking – that keeps your eyes fixed on the sky. Flying high and thriving. Driving past a local airfield recently I spent a while watching planes,…

  • Feeling Fuzzy

    Feeling Fuzzy The beginning of the week always feels like a brand new start. The best time to turn over a new leaf. Time to get going with gusto! But good intentions do not always make it through to Tuesday morning, and if they do, by Wednesday we’ve usually lost our focus. Perhaps you’ve been…

  • ‘Significant Others’ – how loved ones can unhelpfully collude

    Significant Others and Collusion The following few pages come from the March 2014 edition of  ‘Cure your emetophobia and thrive’ about Significant Others and Collusion A ‘significant other’ is any person who is important to an individual’s life or wellbeing. Sociologically speaking, it is any person with a strong influence on an individual’s self-evaluation, who…

  • Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive – Chapter 12 preview..

    Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive – Chapter 12 preview.. Chapter Twelve: The Dream Technique Throughout this book, all the exercises and ACTION!s are aimed at equipping you with the skills to ‘manage your thinking’, so that the needle on your metaphorical Stress-o-meter (Chapter 10 ‘Anxiety and Stress’) never goes anywhere near the red area (7-10)…

  • Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive – Chapter 11

    Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive – Chapter 11 (including comments on Emetophobia Forum). Chapter Eleven: Belief Systems in more detail We’ve already had a look at some limiting belief system basics. Now that you know more about yourself and your personality, let’s delve into a bit more detail. We’re going to look a little further…