Mary is such an inspiration. I’m on week 4 of the programme and I am feeling all the changes…..I’m completing all the required Actions every day not missing one and I think I’ve listened to every single podcast episode 3 times over! I feel so confident in beating this. I am getting emotional writing this because I truly thought this would be something I would just need to learn to live with 🥲 Thank you so much to the amazing Rob Kelly and his team Thank you thank you thank you 🥰

Wow, what an inspiring story! Thank you so much for these testimonials Thrive.😊

Happy to see Joe back on the podcast. This was my favorite one so far. I definitely relate to all of it. I love this program so much. I was going to say it gave me my life back but since I had emetophobia from age 7 to age 54 I can honestly say that it gave me a life that I never knew was possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

I see mine! Did the Thrive programme in early 2020, to be honest I stopped after a while but changed my mindset altogether with the help of THRIVE mindset ideas, and in just over a year I had overcome SOOO much. I dreamed of being a paramedic so did an ambulance ride along and held the sick bag as a rubbish bag (would NEVER of done this ever). went on a plane twice (so glad I did, found my love of flying and I'm working towards my private pilot licence!) went to a concert where a guy was drunk and I took myself back to the time where I made posters around my house with positive things about emetophobia and just enjoyed it, minimal panic. Mum had weight loss surgery so gets sick every now and then....I can confidently hear/watch her be sick with no panic (only small amounts, bigger stuff is still something I have to overcome, sorry if a bit too much information lol). I watch people throw up on TV shows...real and fake, hear people gag etc and to be honest..I laugh sometimes lol. (Mean to laugh I know but it's something SO HUGE for myself). 16 year old me in early 2020 was so upset about half of these things possibly ever not happening but now 20 year old me is basically emetophobia free! and all of those things did happen and guess what I lived 😂 Bit of a long story (really long lol) but thank you so much for this programme, you help SO many people and I don't think anyone can properly thank you 🤩❤😁😁😁.

Please never stop these podcasts, they are so so helpful ❤

Have you thrown up since getting better? If so how was it?

My fear is hearing others vomit the sound or seeing others or hearing it judt paralyed me I cant move i got trapped in the bathroom someone in the stall 3 doors down scared me i cant stand to here the sound or ser it I cant take anyone anywhere thst is going to be sick i need help

I cant just tell her to understand herself, thanks!

This is amazing, thank you both! Now how do I fix this? My daughter is suffering. Practically what are the steps? Thanks!!!

Hello, have an 11 year old daughter with severe emetophobia. We have tried 4 different therapist and nothing is happening. Please let me know how we can help. We are all frustrated and want to help her. Thank you!

Are there cases where emeetophobes hang onto (subconsciously) to their phobia? How to release/let go permanently?

I used to have it but now i kinda dont i went through the book lear ed some thing only got to like chapter 2 and havnt felt motivated to do it ik i should just do it but idk i have no fear really on it just worried how i would feel if it happened now but before i was much worse to the point were i didnt eat for 3 days because i was scared to be sick and so much other things that just i didnt know how to manage but now im doing way better but its all from tips ive learned myself which are probably in the thrive program and from videos maybe idk sorry for rambling but im still gonna ho through the book becausr theres stuff popping up thoughts negative thoights about sick and stuff it never really left my mind im just not as anxious if not at all but i still think about it and i still worry sometimes or think what if so i shoukd get into the book and get it all done once and for all sorry for the random comment i was just looking at reviews

Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling with Emetophobia for over 8 years now. And I never felt truely understood by many people, including many of my therapists. Your videos help me to understand more about myself. And also encourage me to keep working on myself and pushing through it. Especially the social anxiety and personal disgust has never been mentioned anywhere. And it always felt like my main problem. Fearing how others perceive me, how I perceive myself after throwing up. That I'm disgusting. These videos help so much and I'm thankful for people who take the time to help us. Keep it up ❤️🙏

I really enjoyed this podcast, it’s the first time iv heard this point of view , and I couldn’t agree more. Especially about already having components in place .

Joe.....I dislike the word SHOULD too! Massively. It suggests that you (or someone else) has done something incorrectly when that is not necessarily accurate. I am so pleased to hear someone dislikes the word too! I haven't got to the language section of the book yet and maybe words like this aren't covered but that word and the word disgusting are banned from our house. I make a conscious effort to avoid these strong emotion invoking words and opt for different words or phrases instead 🤷🏻‍♀️. My children don't even say disgusting, we try to say something might be unpleasant rather than disgusting for example and I try my best to never tell them they SHOULD have done something 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you to both you and Rob for creating these podcasts. They are invaluable 😊

Please I want to be done with this fear. I am so so scared for my future, for my partner and our children. How will I take care of them? I can't leave them alone as they get sick neither can I bear to help because emetophobia is REAL. I hate it. I hate breathing. I hate living because of it. I hate being helpless. I hate it. Please help.

If you want more information about how you can go through the programme, check out our website at www.emetophobia.co.uk/ .💙

This is amazingly helpful...and very funny to boot. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I need it very much!!!!

Thank you for publishing all these videos! I have been struggling with emetophobia since I can remember. I am 42 years old now and I can't remember a time in my life not having this damn phobia in my life. I have just discovered Rob Kelly and his videos etc. He is amazing at describing something I thought no one else understood. I'm just starting my journey of healing from this but I hope to find more about the Thrive program. I also suffer from PTSD, GAD and depression. But honestly the phobia is probably the worst of them all.

thanks for sharing your story, it's helping me

Do you have to work with someone?

Thank you for sharing this.

Amazing well done. I'm just starting the programme.

Same! I love this program 💕🙏🏻

"Life's too short to worry about being sick" - Agreed! Well done!

Mary is such a gem. She inspires me everyday to overcome my emetophobia! I love her! This is a great interview :)

Thanks heaps Jackson. We’re in Perth and hoping this will work for my 11 year old daughter 🤞

As a parent of a child with emetophobia, I would love to know more about how you were colluding and what you stopped doing. My husband, daughter and I are doing are nearing the end of the Thrive program now. Thanks

I really want to do this program soon so I can become a mother someday. Gonna probably start this program next month 🥰

This sounds so much like my life, I have just started therapy, and i'm now looking into the thrive program

I’m 15 and I have had severe emetophobia for as long as I can remember. Nobody understands that I’m not just ‘scared’ that it’s an extreme. I have tried therapy and nothing works. I can’t even say ‘the word’ and it makes me uncomfortable even writing this. Can you please please help?

This was the most helpful video "diary" so far, thank you so much Rhi for explaining some of the ways you used the actions to get over your emetophobia!