David will be holding regular webinars over the next
few months. If you will like to
take part, please
click here
SEMINAR FEEDBACK
Hi David, I am still buzzing from the seminar! I
have never felt so relaxed in an atmosphere,
subject of which would normally have me
panicking! You and your wife made the whole
experience far less daunting than I could've
imagined and I could have stayed there all day.
I was amazed to see so many people and
immediately got comfort from that. Also knowing
that there are varying levels of fear going on
is helpful to know. I feel like I already have a
bit of a clearer knowledge of how the mind works
now and realise how the therapy would help me in
overcoming this fear.Thank
you!
Vanessa
'just wanted to tell you that last year I
cried at the reports on
Norovirus, this year I'm neutral. Don't
want it, of course, but I'm not freaking
out'...Anna
Click on the above video to hear an introduction
from me...it does NOT have any images of that thing
that you don't want to see.
HOW MANY OF THESE BOXES CAN YOU TICK?....
You eat out in restaurants very
rarely and when doing so you
avoid chicken, spicy or unusual
cuisines
You don't drink or restrict
yourself to a glass of wine
You don't like pubs or clubs - even to the extent
of walking past them
You dislike dinner parties,
social events and crowded rooms
which could lead to anxiety /
panic attacks
You
eat little in public and if so
you sit near a door
You are very aware of checking sell-by dates
You avoid flying and travelling
by boat
You
avoid public transport,
preferring to travel by car and
driving yourself
You
feel uncomfortable when visiting a
cinema and insist on sitting at the
end of a row
You
avoid pregnancy fearing morning
sickness and / or the fear of having a
child and not being able to care for it
correctly if they were to become sick
You
avoid anyone with a real or imagined
sickness bug - either within their
own environment or in public places
You
ensure that you always carry a bottle
of water, mints or chewing
gum
You
are aware of cars stopped at the side of
a motorway
You
are very aware of pavements and
check weather forecasts to see
when rain is due
GABRIELLE'S STORY...I've suffered with
Emetophobia all my life, that's 45 years
of stressing about, or trying to avoid
being s***. Up until my hypnotherapy
sessions with David - about 5 years ago
- I didn't cope very well and lived in
fear most of the time. I managed to have
2 children but after they were born a
new fear entered my life, that of the
kids being s***. Hypnotherapy released
me from years of negative and
frightening thoughts and my approach to
life now is so far removed from my old
self.
You can be imprisoned by your own mind
but it is possible to regain control. I
recently reached a turning point in my
life that I never thought possible. I
started to feel s*** and instead of
guzzling water or mints or pepto bismol
or rennie or motillium10, I decided to
just let it happen. I always thought
that you had no warning but I was wrong,
my body let me know I was going to be
s*** and so I just waited. It was over
so quickly and I can honestly say it was
just unpleasant, not horrific, not
scary, not overwhelming, not
uncontrollable, just unpleasant. I felt
so much better and was so pleased with
myself. It was such an achievement.
Just knowing I can cope with the
experience has changed my life. My son
was s*** recently and instead of calling
my husband to deal with it I calmly took
him to the bathroom and held his hand.
It didn't phase me in the slightest, in
fact I was so pleased that I could be
there for him.
Now I know that you are reading this and
thinking "that's fine for her, she
doesn't know how I feel, being s*** is
worse than dying". Well I do know,
because I've been there, I have been up
all night shaking from head to toe,
avoided parties that I would have loved
to have gone to, been housebound because
of a s***ness bug at work, lived my life
as a series of panic attacks, thought
about suicide. All because of one tiny
event that happened at birth.
Life does get better.
Gabrielle
"I need to sort out this phobia. I
just realized that if I had cancer and needed chemo, I'd
probably refuse treatment and die to avoid throwing up".
AllieMarie
DAVID SAMSON is a member of the General Hypnotherapy Register
(GHR). He holds a Senior Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice
(SQHP) and is accredited by the National Regulatory Register for
Hypnotherapy (NRH)
He has
appeared on Vanessa's Real Lives (ITV 1 television) discussing
unusual phobias. He has acted as Phobia Advisor to London Talk
Radio, LBC
Radio, BBC Radio London and BBC Radio 2. His work with phobias has been featured
in The Telegraph, Daily Mail and the Evening Standard and LBC
He
has successfully been treating Emetophobia for the past
seven years and on average helping 7 - 8 sufferers each week.
"It is my belief that exposure therapy is too frightening for an
emetophobe to undergo and that they should be in full control
throughout the sessions"
You eat out in restaurants very
rarely and when doing so you
avoid chicken, spicy or unusual
cuisines 
