The Thrive Programme changed this lady's life - helped her with emetophobia, anxiety, alcohol issues

Lisa suffered from severe emetophobia for years. It was really challenging to deal with on a daily basis - even simple social occasions such as going out for dinner lead to huge anxiety about what to eat and if it would make her ill. Going to the cinema meant sitting on the end of a row, always, in case she had to run out and be ill.

She also starved herself regularly when she couldn't face eating and once lost two stone in two months. Life wasn't great and wasn't sleeping properly either, along with being constantly anxious.

With her panic attacks getting worse, Lisa eventually started drinking and was consuming a lot on a daily basis just to stay calm and get some sleep. This got worse when her grandma passed away and she lost her job. Her self-esteem got worse and she put on weight.

After contacting Rob Kelly - founder of The Thrive Programme - Lisa got hold of a copy of the Cure Your Emetophobia & Thrive book and worked through the programme, eventually going to a Thrive boot camp in a bid to cure herself. It worked and Lisa is now sober and free of emetophobia. She's loving life and is now sleeping through the night for the first time in year - well done Lisa!

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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.

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.