Tag: emetophobia

  • Emetophobia help – What is ‘Locus of Control’?

    Emetophobia help – What is ‘Locus of Control’? Establishing and maintaining an Internal Locus of Control is probably the single most important emetophobia help factor ensure you take control of your life, and be healthy, happy and successful. The word ‘locus’ is Latin for ‘place’, and the word ‘control’ refers to how much control, or power, you believe you…

  • Catastrophic Thinking and Vomiting Anxiety (Emetophobia)

    Catastrophic Thinking and Vomiting Anxiety (Emetophobia) ‘I’d rather die than vomit’ – how does catastrophic thinking play a role in anxiety around vomiting? “Most people with a fear of vomit/SPOV [specific phobia of vomiting] evaluate vomiting as being 100% awful and if given the choice would prefer to die rather than to vomit.” (Veale, 2009)…

  • Are phobias real? Is vomit phobia real?

    Are phobias real? Phobias like vomit phobia (known as emetophobia, a fear of being sick, phobia of vomit) feel very real to the sufferer. But they are only as real as you believe they are… Are we born with phobias? No one comes into the world born with phobias. How can we, when we don’t know…

  • Why is the Emetophobia Book spiral bound?

    Why is the Emetophobia Book spiral bound? We get asked why the Emetophobia Book from our series of Thrive Programme manuals are spiral-bound quite often. When we publish a new Thrive Manual, we always publish it as a spiral bound book for the first couple of years.  This is so we have time to: evaluate…

  • Why Believing in Fate is so Unhelpful

    Believing in Fate This is an Emetophobia resource from the Cure Your Emetophobia and Thrive handbook, on why a belief in fate can contribute towards your fear of being sick, as well as many other mental health issues. The harder a decision, the more unlikely or improbable something seems, the bigger the issue that gets…

  • Jane cures her Emetophobia after fifty years

    Emetophobia Cure – Jane cures her Emetophobia after fifty years The video below was filmed in May 2014 at the IAEBP (the International Association of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy) Annual Conference. It shows Jane’s emetophobia cure presentation, alongside her ‘significant other,’ Maggie. Jane had suffered with terrible emetophobia (a fear of being sick/seeing others being sick) for over…

  • Jenny Overcomes her Emetophobia in six weeks!

    Jenny overcomes her emetophobia in six weeks! Another emetophobia success story! Jenny Overcomes her Emetophobia… Jenny had suffered from emetophobia (a fear of being sick) since childhood, and it was significantly holding her back in life. She had tried numerous therapies and treatments but none helped. Then she came across the revolutionary psychological training programme Thrive…

  • Why are most Emetophobes Female?

    Why are most Emetophobes (people with a fear of being sick) Female? Research suggests that the prevalence of emetophobia (a fear of being sick) is somewhere between 0.1% and 8.8% of the population, and that 85-97% of sufferers are female. Why though? Well, contrary to popular belief, a fear of being sick (or any fears…

  • Emetophobia Help: All About Control

    Emetophobia Help: All About Control This is an emetophobia help post, detailing why control plays such a large part in your recovery. If you’re working through The Thrive Programme, you’ll know that it’s all about taking back power and control in your life. This is crucial in learning to thrive. Power, control, desire for control,…

  • Common mistakes when trying to overcome Emetophobia

    Common mistakes overcoming Emetophobia Below is an update from the final chapter of The Thrive Programme‘s Cure Your Emetophobia and Thrive Workbook covering common mistakes people make when trying to overcome Emetophobia. Let’s have a look at areas you may not realise are holding you back in your effort to overcome emetophobia. Persistent and continuous effort (PACE)…