Emetophobia is an anxious focus on and fear of, vomit or vomiting. The sufferer can fear both vomiting or someone else's vomit or vomiting.

Emetophobia is very common in anxiety disorder sufferers and can cause the sufferer to become withdrawn or even housebound agoraphobic in extreme cases.

Emetophobia is often, but not always, accompanied by panic disorder, OCD, agoraphobia, monophobia and other anxiety related conditions. Child emetophobics often have school phobia.

Sufferers often find themselves:

- restricting their interaction with other people in case they vomit
- staying away from school or the workplace
- staying away from babies or young children
- only eating food that they 'trust' (sometimes taking food with them)
- cleansing themselves and not touching items that could carry infection

These are just a few of the behaviours of Emetophobics but the catastrophic effect it can have on a person's life and their extended family can carry on indefinitely.

Like all anxiety related phobias, Emetophobia can be eliminated quickly and simply, allowing the sufferer to move forward in life without any inappropriate focus on their health or wellbeing.

"I had Emetophobia for over 22 years. It started in school and accompanied my GAD and OCD. For decades I would hide myself away from anywhere that felt contaminated. I'd restrict school trips, avoid hospitals and holidays and anyone who looked, even vaguely unwell, I avoided at all cost. My life was so limited and I knew, logically, that my obsession was inappropriate and nonsensical but I still did it... because fear forced me to. In 1996 I recovered from my Emetophobia and all other anxiety conditions and now dedicate my life to doing the same for others."
Charles Linden - Director - LTE