Can hypnotherapy cure emetophobia?

Emetophobia is a learned behavioral response and for many people it can be a very debilitating condition. Unfortunately, it is a condition that is often misunderstood by a large number of people, including many medical professionals.

Emetophobia has elements of being both a phobia and an anxiety disorder. For many sufferers it is something that they developed in a youth again often in early childhood. It can develop from being sick themselves or seeing someone else sick, which can understandably be a very frightening experience for a young child.

Fear can also develop from the reaction of other people around you. I have had a lot of clients develop fear not because of how they reacted to being sick, but because of how a close family member panicked in response to someone being sick.

When we talk about curing emetophobia, we are actually talking about overcoming fear by changing the way people perceive the situation. Many people would say that when the fear is gone they feel healed. In many cases, hypnosis can be a very effective tool that allows people to overcome the fear of vomiting.

While it is true that some people can overcome the fear of getting sick with hypnotherapy treatment alone, in some cases, however, hypnotherapy alone is not enough. For those people, they will have to deliberately get used to doing things differently based on what the therapist tells them to do to get rid of the fear.

In the same way that if you go to an osteopath with a problem, you may be able to correct the problem simply by what you do while you are on your treatment table; however, in some cases, that may not be enough on its own and they will do it. give you some type of therapeutic stretching or exercises to do.

If you are an Emetophobic or a relative/friend of an Emetophobic, the first thing you should know is that in most cases, with proper treatment/therapy, the fear can be significantly reduced or in many cases completely overcome. .

The second thing to know is that while some people can get over their fear relatively quickly, others can take longer, so you may need to be patient. No therapy works for everyone in all situations. If the therapy/treatment you are currently using is not working for you (you should experience at least some improvement within a couple of appointments), then you may need to consider an alternative therapy route.

Being healed doesn’t mean you have to like being sick or that the sound/smell is nice. Being sick can be very unpleasant but it is normal that the smell, the sound and the idea of ​​it make you sick. Nobody likes being sick, but that doesn’t mean you have to be afraid of it. Being cured means returning the response to a normal and appropriate perspective, like any other person who has a normal response to being sick or throwing up. So that you can be free from fear.

Hypnotherapy has already helped many people overcome the fear of vomiting. You can overcome emetophobia.