Podcast : Scientist Bree overcame her Emetophobia in just TWO WEEKS!

In this brilliant episode, Scientist Bree explains that she developed Emetophobia around the age of 7 after witnessing a traumatic incident. Bree believed that because she had witnessed the event at a young age that there was nothing she could do to get rid of her Emetophobia and she was stuck with it for life.

Bree struggled for over 20 years with Emetophobia, anorexia, agoraphobia and depression. As a child she would go to bed at 5:30pm as she was scared of the night time, drink soda water all the time, not eat meat. Her family were unaware of her phobia and thought she was a shy child.

When she became a teenager it became even more debilitating as she was unable to drink alcohol or go to parties, she developed fixed routines that she had to stick to. She didn’t allow other people to cook for her and didn’t want to be around friends in case they were sick.

Once she started working she started having panic attacks as she was afraid either herself or her co-workers were going to be sick. Bree actually got into University to become a teacher but ended up dropping out as she was so scared of children being sick.

She now works as a Scientist in Pathology. Her partner is also a Scientist and is well educated in Neuroscience and Psychology. Bree bought The Cure Your Emetophobia manual (now named the Emetophobia-Free Manual) THREE YEARS before she eventually decided to open it and start.

Bree explains that she was was too anxious to start the programme as she didn’t think she would be cope with going through it with how anxious she felt at the time. It was only when Bree’s partner is eventually looked at the manual and said ‘You need to do this!’ that she eventually took the plunge.

Bree is now loving her life, totally over her Emetophobia and has recently completed training to become a licensed Thrive Programme Coach and is now seeing clients around her job.

Bree will be back for more podcasts in the New Year discussing lots of different topics including Emetophobia and pregnancy, post-partum, dating, anorexia and depression.