The Blip Recovery Plan (BRP) is a brand-new set of advanced resources created specifically for recovering emetophobes who are suffering from blips. You are in a 'blip' if you're feeling helpless, hopeless, negative and can't see yourself ever getting over your phobia... if this describes you, then you need the BRP! *The BRP is 100% online and details are delivered to your email address within minutes!* With 8 stages of focused resources – all containing new videos and exercises - the BRP will tell you everything you need to know about your blips, and then help you create a plan to overcome them completely. Stage 1 -How will you know when you are emetophobia-free? 'How will you know when you are emetophobia-free?' seems such an obvious question to answer, but it isn't, for three reasons: Many emetophobes find it impossible to ever imagine they COULD get over their phobia, and hence have never dreamed or imagined what their life would be like without it. If you don't know what the end of your journey looks like, how will you know when you are there? What actually IS your phobia... where does 'sensible precaution' end, and 'terrifying phobia' begin? Most emetophobes believe that in order to be 'over it' they need to feel absolutely nothing about the idea of vomiting, and this is not true... they only need to overcome the 'terrifying anxiety', and then the phobia will reduce to a - more common - 'dislike'. So, understanding what the phob ia actually is, is very important. Most emetophobes are scared to believe that they are actually over it…just in case they aren’t. They don't want to 'relax their guard' - understandably - until they know they are absolutely safe. Understanding both when & how you’ll know that you’re over your emetophobia, empowers you and gives you courage to push yourself harder. Stage 2 - Understanding and applying the programme content During the journey of overcoming emetophobia, is crucial that you fully understand the programme content AND that you put in effort daily to help build empowering, helpful and supportive beliefs and thinking styles. This is vital as it will help you to build robust mental health, regulate your emotions and overcome your phobia. This stage of the BRP is delivered to help you gauge (a) how well you understand the programme content, and (b) how much daily effort you are putting into implementing it. Stage 3 - Reducing the effects of your lenses This step of the BRP is to help get some perspective and understanding about how your ‘lenses’ are creating your emetophobia, and how you can change them in order to get over it. You have had most of your lenses since you were about ten years old. They are the beliefs, thinking styles, attitudes and behaviours that - much like your accent - you simply copied off your parents and siblings. Reducing the effects of your lenses is an important stage of the journey to creating resilient, helpful beliefs and attitudes. Stage 4 - Identifying and reducing the effects of collusion in emetophobia Spotting unhelpful collusive behaviours in emetophobia is so important, it gets its own chapter! Significant others (parents mostly, but partners too) can tend to be unknowingly a major source of unhelpful collusion for emetophobes. There are many established behaviours that collusive significant others exhibit. This stage of the BRP is all about identifying those relationships, understanding the dynamics within them and how to reduce their unhelpful effects. Stage 5 - The 5 different stages of a blip This step of the BRP is all about the five distinctly different stages of a 'blip'. These are the individual processes that all emetophobes pass through during blips, from the pre-blip coasting to the post-blip shakiness, via the mid-blip dip. Understanding these different stages helps you to avoid blips and recover from them more quickly. Stage 6 - It’s a trap – don’t go there! The mechanics of a blip, whether it lasts for hours, days or longer, is a simple trick that you play on yourself, without even knowing it. A simple thought or momentary fear can unravel, be catastrophised and develop into a spiralling blip. Understanding this, and managing your emotional responses well, is a significant factor into building robustness against the trappings of a blip, right from the start. This stage of the BRP explains all about this trap and how not to fall for it! Stage 7 - Black & white thinking and emotional regulation: Emotional regulation is a major part of learning to overcome emetophobia and thriving. Managing your responses, some of which you will have been at the mercy of for many years, is a vital step in changing the unhelpful thinking styles that emetophobia is built upon. This stage of the BRP is all about black & white thinking, an unhelpful way of viewing yourself and the world around you, and changing that trait for more positive, helpful thinking habits. Stage 8 - Preventing and recovering from a blip: Both preventing and recovering from a blip requires two main components. Briefly, these are perspective and self-reassurance. Perspective is significant because without it you'll struggle to maintain a balanced, calm view of the potential threats around you. Reassurance is marginally less significant but is still an important factor into how you look at evidence rather than fear. Evidence, both of the threat (or lack of) that you face and of the progress that you have made in your journey to overcoming your phobia. This stage of the BRP brings together all the other stages into a clear, deliverable plan to recover from, and prevent, blips. This comprehensive Emetophobia Blip Recovery Plan is a must-have for any emetophobes going through The Emetophobia-Free Programme, who is experiencing a blip.
