Emetophobia Help with Anna Christie

Host: Anna Christie, Psychotherapist and Emetophobia Specialist
Anna Interviews: Jenelle Clark from Ohio, USA.

Trigger Warnings: No trigger words are used in this episode, and no stories are told with any detail at all.

Jenelle has suffered both depression and emetophobia in her lifetime. She describes her disappointment with motherhood as well. Anna and Jenelle talk about what depression is like, medications to treat it and when to get help. They go off-script a few times as well into varying degrees of silliness. Well, Anna does.

IMPORTANT: If you are feeling depressed and suicidal there are people standing by 24/7/365 who care about you and want to help you.
In CANADA call: 1-833-456-4566
In the USA call: 1-800-273-8255
In the UK call: 116-123
In other countries simply Google "suicide help."

Opening Quotation: "I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you're not alone." ~Dwayne Johnson

Intro Music: YouTube Audio Library, "Far Away (Sting)" by MK2. Used with permission

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com

Today I interview Ashley Anderson who has coped with emetophobia as well as Hiatal Hernia, Hyperthyroidism, Migraines and Chronic Nausea. She also suffered Post-Partum Depression. Ashley at one point was completely unable to look after her baby due to her thyroid, but she has risen above all of that now and gives some great advice to other emetophobics.

Trigger Warnings: One time I say "vomit" and Ashley briefly refers to being sick, but no stories are told and definitely no gory details!

Quote: "Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition is a combination of both." ~Theodore Isaac Rubin

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com

Host: Anna Christie, Psychotherapist and Emetophobia Specialist
Anna Interviews: former emetophobic Lisa Lopez from Chicago, USA.

Trigger Warnings: The word "vomit" is written once (below) and spoken a couple of times by me, but mainly Lisa just says "was sick" and doesn't really tell any stories at all about sickness.

We were first supposed to be talking about emetophobia and relationships but as I interviewed Lisa her amazing story came out. She was so terrified of vomiting at one point that she was sleeping in her bathroom and never went out of her house. Now she is married, has a career and can do just about anything. I was blown away by the courage and strength of this young woman who used meditation inspired by Guru Raphael Zernoff as a way to begin her journey out of emetophobia.


Opening Quotation: "Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Intro Music:  YouTube Audio Library, "Far Away (Sting)" by MK2, used with permission. 

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com

An interview with Gisell Smith, who's had emetophobia since she was 5, and just can't pinpoint a cause. Anna listens and lends her insight as to what may have happened with Gisell, and why finding any one cause is so difficult.

Trigger Warnings: The word "vomit" and "I was sick." No explicit stories or gory details! 

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com

Episode 1 is one of very few monologues this season. Anna Christie tells her compelling story of emetophobia and how she worked to overcome it and become a therapist who helps others.

Trigger Warnings: The word "vomit" is used several times. If it triggers you, listen anyway! You can do it! The more you see and hear the word, the less power it will have over you until it becomes just a non-issue.

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com

Support the show

Anna's Website: www.emetophobiahelp.org
Resource site for Clinicians: www.emetophobia.net
MERCH for stress, anxiety, panic: www.katralex.com