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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Fear and Phobias 6: Emetophobia

Emetophobia: A fear of vomiting or choking is not uncommon and can cause any existing social anxiety to become intensified as the fear of becoming the focus of attention increases. It appears to be related to a number of factors including social anxiety, competence concerns, and stress factors.

In addition to medication, when appropriate, cognitive behavior therapy and now competence training is being used to alleviate this fear.

This particular phobia is not widely studied on its own, yet many suffer from it in some form. Are you one of them?

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