CYEAT: Chapter 6

This is a short chapter and seems kind of like a recap or intermission to me - reflecting on the last few chapters and hinting at what's to come.

You are reminded of the three underlying issues for emetophobia: external locus of control, low self-esteem, and social anxiety. The rest of the chapter explains how each one of these three negatively affects the other two (and gives examples).

If you have an external locus of control, it's going to lead to you having lower self-esteem and more social anxiety. If your self-esteem lowers, you're going to have more social anxiety and your locus of control will become more external. If your social anxiety increases, it will lower your self-esteem and again make your locus of control more external.

That's the bad news. The good news is that the same goes for moving in a positive direction. If you improve with any one of these three, it will lead to improvement with the other two. So you don't have to tackle fixing all three at once because even focusing on just one, you can't help but have an effect on the others at the same time.

Which is awesome and very hope-inspiring. I'm looking forward to the development of this idea and more specific tips on improving in the three areas.