Awesome Mum helps daughter, 10, beat crippling phobia of being sick!
Channel: Emetophobia-Free
Date: 2017-04-12

Matilda, a ten year old girl, had emetophobia since she was five years old. 

One year ago her symptoms deteriorated so much that she would wash her hands obsessively to the point that her hands would be red-raw and bleeding. Driven by her fear of being sick and the germs she could potentially catch, she would scrub her hands after touching door-handles, surfaces and the TV remote. 

Matilda’s obsessive behaviour became so intense that she would even avoid walking on a particular patch of carpet that she had been sick on five years previously. Similarly, having once been sick on a single step on her staircase at home, she would avoid stepping on that step, hopping over it each time she would walk up or down the stairs.

Searching online for a cure for emetophobia, Becki, Matilda’s mum found the Thrive Programme and was even more delighted to discover the Thrive Pprogramme for Children book. Having now completed the programme and being emetophobia free for the first time in 5 years, Matilda explains how her behaviour has changed from the constant avoidance of anything she deemed as related to being sick to a life free of the intense stresses that she suffered with previously.

Matilda’s transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. She has no more meltdowns, she doesn’t work herself up into a fretful state anymore and, as she states, she feels like a completely opposite person !

This is proven by her recently volunteering to help another child in her class at school who had complained of feeling sick – something she would never have done before !

What a fantastic change and a massive well done to Matilda for putting in all that effort and ridding herself of her emetophobia.  

Great Job !

If you found Matilda and Becki's story helpful we recommend watching some more inspiring emetophobia recovery stories:
Awesome family help daughter beat emetophobia: https://youtu.be/NlXj0G231WU
Teenager Lauren and mum: https://youtu.be/V86UV84zmJw

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Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting/sickness: either yourself, other people, or both. Research suggests 0.1 to 8.8% percent of the population have a fear of being sick (Hout & Bouman, 2011). Emetophobia is a debilitating phobia, which significantly impacts your life: sufferers are chronically anxious and go to great lengths to avoid encountering anything sickness-related, which provides temporary relief but often results in a rollercoaster of anxiety, fear and exhaustion. Issues associated with emetophobia include: OCD, eating difficulties, anxiety-related gastric problems, phagophobia, tocophobia and more. Our goal is to raise awareness of this severe phobia and provide a solution for sufferers and their families.  

You do not need to live with Emetophobia - you can COMPLETELY overcome it - just like all the people in these videos did - all the ex-emetophobes in this YouTube channel used the special Emetophobia version of The Thrive Programme to overcome their phobia. If you are emetophobic, or know someone who is, you can no doubt relate to many of the experiences people share in their testimonials. We hope this reassures you that you’re not alone, and that you do not need to live with this debilitating phobia forever.

The Thrive Programme for Emetophobia (also known as Cure your Emetophobia and Thrive) is the single most successful and predictable method for getting rid of your emetophobia. It has helped over 20,000 emetophobes around the world overcome their phobia.

You can study the programme at home by yourself with a workbook (currently being translated into a number of other languages, as well as a version for the Visually Impaired), a comprehensive online course, or be guided through with a specially-trained Thrive Programme Coach® (face to face or online). Whatever way you choose, the results are predictable, and give you the tools to overcome it, for good.