Can emetophobia be successfully treated? My definition of “successfully treated” means someone who is completely over the fear and stays over it. Some former emetophobics have been free from emetophobia for several years without having a relapse – even after experiencing a bout of stomach flu. That’s successful treatment.
However, there are countless stories of emetophobics who are fine for weeks, months, or even a few years that for some unknown reason relapse. This, is not successful treatment.
Courage. This is the one word that has prevented me from seeking out therapy. I just haven’t been able to garner up the nerve to search for a good therapist. Emetophobia is not the most well known psychological condition out there and therapists with experience treating it, which are far and few, have said the treatment is different than of other phobias. Needless to say, emetophobics looking for a good therapist have a difficult task and resort to shopping around to find one that understands. So until I get up the nerve, I’ll keep learning to deal with it.
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