Research suggests that the majority of Emetophobia sufferers are female but Kane's inspirational story shows that it can affect anyone. Kane developed emetophobia while serving in the royal navy in his 20’s and the phobia got progressively worse over the years.
In Kane’s words, his life with emetophobia was ‘bland’. He didn’t get excited, didn’t enjoy partaking in experiences and didn’t know who he had become. Kane avoided social events, created excuses and restricted his life to such an extent that he didn’t look forward to anything whatsoever.
Kane discusses how covid worsened his phobia by allowing him to completely limit his experiences. The catastrophic thinking and high desire of control he was experiencing just increased his desire for control further. After hitting rock bottom, Kane realised he was experiencing emetophobia. After many talks with his wife, Kane found the Emetophobia-free programme and the rest is history!
The breakthrough
Kane began listening to the Emetophobia-free podcast and was able to listen to real stories from real people! Suddenly, his questions began to make sense and Kane knew something had to change, and fast. During the programme, Kane learned about himself as well as the phobia. He improved his self esteem, confidence and what was ‘all consuming’ anxiety. Kane recognised the importance of completing the actions to prove his own power despite this initially feeling quite overwhelming. In his own words, Kane trusted the process and completely changed his life.
In Phillipa’s words, Kane knew what he wanted to fix, and just did it! He applied himself, took responsibility and trusted the process. He understood that he was creating the phobia, and despite it not being his fault, knew it was his responsibility to overcome it
In Kane’s words ‘since grabbing the programme by the horns, I’ve never looked back’
Life after Emetophobia
Since completing the programme, Kane is confident, resilient and completely over his emetophobia. Who knows what the future has in store but we couldn't be happier for him!
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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. The Thrive Programme for Emetophobia (also known as Emetophobia-Free) 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.
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