Specialist
treatment for the fear of being sick: Emetophobia -
fear of being sick, throwing up, vomiting
Analytical therapy uses the minds natural ability
to work out emotional/psychological problems.
By using ‘free association’ while in Hypnosis
your mind is encouraged to let it’s natural process of linking one thought
to another ,without applying any intellectual (logical) direction to these
thoughts, back to the originating cause of the problem. Once found this
then allows the emotional release and intellectual understanding of the
cause of the problem in turn this removes the effect of the problem (the
symptoms) for good. So a problem which has caused
considerable discomfort to a person for years or a lifetime can be a thing
of the past within a few short weeks (one session per week for 8-10 weeks
is an average length for Analytical therapy).
At St.Neots Hypnotherapy
Clinic we specialise in the cure of the fear of being sick, treatment
of this phobia which is a pathological fear of being sick (puke, puking,
chucking up, vomit, vomiting or throwing up) can and does effect people in
many different ways;
Some sufferers have a fear of others
being sick while they have no fear of being sick themselves. Others find
just the mention of sick ,puke or vomit or the smell and /or sounds of
someone being sick is enough to bring on a severe phobic reaction which in
turn produce intense / strong emotions of fear, disgust, panic and even
feeling sick themselves.
'Emetophobia' when given its medical name
affects people's lives, often very profoundly in almost every area of
their lives; Travelling becomes a very real problem for the emetophobic
due to the obvious fear of travel sickness, air sickness, sea sickness
which can cause an aversion to cars, trains, tube trains, boats and
flying.
An avoidance of certain social situations
like a fear of eating out, pubs, clubs, parties are avoided due to the
chances of others being drunk or eating rich foods which in turn could
make people sick. Along with such fears come other pre occupation with
illness (sickness), tummy bugs, sickness bugs, stomach bugs and the danger
of food poisoning, so many food types are often avoided, rich foods,
cream, cheese, spicy foods, milk, rice pudding, custard and the very
amounts of food eaten become important along with the time of day they are
eaten to reduce the chances of being sick.
Often pregnancy is dreaded or avoided
because of the very real risk of morning sickness, in fact the avoidance
of children is often found (because they are prone to sickness bugs when
young). Emetophobia can even effect your sex life or at least parts of it
(oral sex is often avoided because of choking and gagging and the fear of
this producing an effect of being sick).
