Emetophobia Support Video - Firefighting
Emetophobia Support Video - Firefighting and Psychological Foundations
The video below is an emetophobia support video for people going through The Thrive Programme to overcome their fear of being sick/seeing others vomiting.
The Thrive Programme is the most successful and predictable cure for emetophobia and is fully backed up by scientific research into emetophobia. In our own research survey into the efficacy of Cure Your Emetophobia and Thrive, all 164 participants overcame their fear of being sick. The programme was created by Rob Kelly - a therapist with over 30 years clinical experience - who has helped thousands of people to overcome their fear of being sick, and live happy, fulfilled lives. The specific emetophobia support programme uses the same tools and techniques as The Thrive Programme but is specific tailored for people with a fear of being sick. You can work through the programme solo using the Emetophobia-free Manual or you can work with one of our licensed Thrive Programme Coaches who will offer support throughout the process - which usually takes only 6 weeks.
In the emetophobia support video you will see the 'Thrive Factor Board', showing a triangular diagram of Locus of Control (how powerful you feel, or the belief you have about the skills and resources you have to make things happen in you life, to overcome events, whether thats an internal or external feeling of power) Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety.
Locus of control has a big effect on your self-esteem and social anxiety, your self-esteem has a big effect on your locus of control and social anxiety, and your social anxiety has a big effect on your locus of control and self-esteem. So all of these three things have a big impact on each other. A change to one will change the other two. If your self-esteem goes up you will feel more powerful, so therefore your social anxiety will go down. If your social anxiety goes up, your self-esteem will go down. If your locus of control becomes more internal then your self-esteem shoots up and your social anxiety goes down. These three things are the cornerstone of The Thrive Programme. You want to work on these a lot, far more than anything else. Increase your self-esteem, get your locus of control more internal and overcome your social anxiety.
There are essentially two main components of a person's psychological functioning, their foundations and their mindset. The stronger your foundations the less effort required to keep your mindset positive and functioning well.
The two drawings of houses on the presentation show their foundations. The first shows (the grey area) deep and strong powerful foundations that can withstand anything such as bad weather, its structure is stable and permanently strong. The second has little foundations the house appears flimsy and weak, any adverse weather the house could fall down. These are your psychological foundations. You cannot build a house on weak foundations, the building will indeed crumble, any slight challenge in that persons life the building will fall. However good you are at managing your thinking or fire-fighting, if your foundations aren't strong you will keep becoming unstuck.
The stress-o-meter, shown relaxed to stressed. People who suffer from a phobia such as Emetophobia, or suffer from Anorexia or OCD tend to have a very strong desire for control: they want a lot of control yet they don't feel they have any. They have a poor external locus of control and put a lot of effort in to having control over their lives, which is described in this video as 'Fire-fighting.' For example people suffering from emetophobia spend a lot of their lives in a highly stressed and anxious state, even though they are good at avoiding the thing they fear the most (being sick or being around a situation that could make them feel sick, such as a bug/illness going around). Nevertheless they are still full of anxiety, living with their lives very close to the red, putting out fires. The most common question asked by someone going through the programme is 'how do I get rid of these intrusive thoughts?" You don't want to worry about these intrusive thoughts, or think about fire-fighting, because your life is going to be full of stress. Instead of asking, how do you keep putting out these fires? You want to be asking, how to do I stop creating these fires (intrusive thoughts) in the first place?
You will get better at managing your primary limiting beliefs if you keep your stress-o-meter needle low on your dial. You will feel more competent and in control, with high self-esteem, low social anxiety and an internal locus of control.
Just as a plant won't flourish in poor soil, it's very difficult to Thrive without strong psychological foundations. The stronger your foundations are, the easier it is to Thrive and the more resilient you will be.
