
23/05/2025
I’ve been working with a client navigating emetophobia — the intense fear of vomiting. It’s one of those hidden but deeply disruptive phobias that can hijack daily life and lead to extreme avoidance.
I have been combining exposure-based strategies (yes, that means gently stepping into the discomfort) with EMDR therapy to reprocess past experiences.
It's been really hard even for me to listen to recordings of people vomiting... but we did it! It's still a long way... step by step, we continue...
Progress doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like being able to sit with discomfort for a few seconds longer.
Sometimes it’s being able to say “I was scared, but I stayed.”