| Emetophobia is the name we give to the fear of | | | | What has happened is that a frightening experience or |
| vomiting, the fear of being sick, or the fear of throwing | | | | event in the past has 'programmed' this fear into the |
| up. | | | | subconscious mind; it has become a 'conditioned reflex'. |
| Often clients call the hypnotherapist seeking help in | | | | So that sometimes even the thought of vomit or |
| overcoming a fear of vomiting, believing that they | | | | vomiting can automatically trigger the terrible feelings of |
| alone have this fear or phobia. | | | | fear and anxiety. |
| Contrary to this popular misperception, emetophobia is | | | | Very few people who suffer from emetophobia |
| not at all uncommon. It is, in fact, the sixth most | | | | actually vomit. In fact, in common with most phobias, |
| common phobia. Knowing this, it really is quite surprising | | | | the real problem is not so much the fear of vomiting |
| that this particular fear is so little discussed. | | | | as it is the fear of fear. |
| Perhaps this is because vomiting is one of those | | | | This can loosely be classified as an 'anxiety disorder'. |
| subjects that people tend to avoid discussing. But | | | | The good news is that no-one need continue to suffer |
| perhaps the major reason is because those who do | | | | from this restricting and often debilitating fear. It is a |
| suffer from emetophobia - in common with those who | | | | phobia that can be swiftly and successfully treated |
| experience other irrational fears and phobias - often | | | | through the medium of transformational hypnotherapy. |
| feel some sort of shame for doing so. | | | | Usually, two or three quite pleasant transformational |
| These feelings, however, are completely unnecessary | | | | hypnotherapy sessions are all it takes for the individual |
| and unjustified. And with the right kind of | | | | to permanently and completely remove emetophobia |
| transformational hypnotherapy, the fear of vomiting | | | | or the fear of vomiting. |
| can be swiftly taken care of. | | | | If you suffer from fear of vomiting, emetophobia, you |
| Most often, the cause of a fear or vomiting is not at all | | | | really can do something about it. Emetophobia can be |
| complex. At some time in the past, the emetophobic | | | | rapidly and effectively eliminated by working with a |
| individual has linked vomit, vomiting or being sick with an | | | | qualified and experienced transformational |
| intense, traumatic feeling. | | | | hypnotherapist. |