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Obsessional thinking plays a big role in emetophobia. People with a fear of vomiting tend to spend a great deal of time worrying and brooding about being sick, whilst also obsessing about what they can do in order to evade the possibility of being sick. Many emetophobes also have other symptoms and problems that relate to obsessive thinking.
The ability to brood and ruminate over something for a long period of time can, in ordinary circumstances, be a great thinking trait to have. But only if you also have a positive outlook, good self-esteem and feel in control of your thoughts and emotions. Let's face it, everything ever invented was created by someone with an obsessional side to their character. In order to invent, design or build, having a useful consumption with your objective is almost a necessity!
On the other hand, obsessive thinking can often be very detrimental. When people have a negative outlook, low self-esteem and feel powerless, this manner of thinking can not only contribute to a variety of symptoms and problems but it can also exacerbate these issues to an incredible degree.
The 3-Step OCD cycle
- Sufferers experience repetitive, unwelcome and intrusive thoughts, images, impulses and doubts which they find hard to ignore. These thoughts form the obsessional part of OCD.
- They usually (but not always) cause the person to perform repetitive actions in an attempt to relieve themselves of the obsessional thoughts and neutralise the fear. These actions form the compulsive part of OCD.
- The temporary, fleeting relief that they then feel is mis-attributed to the action and so, after a time, will begin to experience the intrusive thoughts again. This process shapes the cyclical nature of OCD.
Why Obsessing is Unhelpful
Obsessing about problems and difficulties is all about a desire for control. People tend to think that the more you think, brood and worry about something, sometimes looking at it from every angle, the more you feel you are likely to figure it out.
Actually the opposite is true.
It has been found that repetitive rumination (brooding) about the implications of your situation actually maintains it, impairs your ability to solve it and ushers in a host of negative consequences.
Common Compulsions
Compulsions (the actions that sufferers perform in order to temporarily alleviate the obsessional thoughts can take many forms.
These compulsions can involve repeatedly performing actions such as;
- Excessive hand washing
- Disproportionate cleaning
- Repeated checking
- Self-harming
- Hoarding
OCD and Emetophobia
The Psychology of Emetophobia and OCD
Despite most emetophobes with OCD understanding that the obsessional thoughts and subsequent compulsive actions that they perform, are irrational, they feel utterly powerless to stop them. The process of intense rumination followed by the performing of what may seem to be an unnecessary action, can develop very quickly from a one-off thought to a full-blown disorder due to its cyclical and repetitive nature.
The inability of the emetophobe with OCD to stop or disrupt the process, despite possibly being aware of its irrationality, can create and develop further problems on a wider scale. Often they will berate themselves for not being able to combat their thoughts/actions and so their self-esteem will be negatively impacted. This adverse self-image can then negatively affect their abilities to maintain careers, relationship and lifestyles.
Likewise, the tendency of the emetophobe to mis-attribute feelings/emotions (both postive and negative) to external factors only serves to intensify their belief of powerlessness. Feeling that their world (life, happiness, fear, safety etc) is dictated by external factors only serves to maintain the feeling of incapability. Believing that things outside of them control what they think and how they feel, would make it entirely understandable for emetophobes to feel helpless to do anything about it. Added to this, they will then tend to look externally for methods of battling with their thoughts and emotions, rather than rely on their own set of skills. These factors (and more) contribute to the maintenance of emetophobia.
Emetophobia and OCD Recovery
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