Phobia Success Stories

Agoraphobia is the irrational fear of leaving someone’s home, or being anxious in places where escaping would be difficult. Georgia Williamson suffers with crippling agoraphobia, not being able to leave her house in 4 years.

It’s estimated that 6.9 million people in the UK have agoraphobia (a fear of leaving the house). 52-year old Vicky has spent most of her adult life trapped in her own house, suffering with agoraphobia since she was 5 years old, sometimes not leaving the house for 6 months.

A fear of vomit is known as emetophobia. Becky thought that she had suffered with emetophobia for the last 8 years, but during therapy with The Speakmans, she realized that she had struggled with the phobia ever since she was a child. As a result of her emetophobia, Becky struggles to leave the house.