For four long years, Catherine was terrified of being sick. She was so worried about it that she would stop eating for weeks at a time.
"I remember one time when my mum actually cut my throat by trying to make me eat. She was so worried because I would just stop altogether," said Catherine from Copsewood, Coventry. "I was so afraid of putting anything in my mouth in case it made me vomit."
Catherine's problems started when she was eight years old and was up all night being sick. After that, she was so afraid it would happen again that she refused to eat anything.
"I went through a stage where I wouldn't eat at all. I stopped eating for a whole month and went down to 3 stone and ended up in hospital."
Catherine, who is now in her 20s, wasn't treated until she was 16.
"My parents tried everything to help but, in the end, I managed to pull myself out of it and started eating again. Then I had a relapse and I knew I needed help. I know I couldn't just work it out myself again.
"When I visited Russ, at first I wasn't sure how he could help me. But he brought out a bowl of soup and said 'if you don't eat this at the end of our session, I'll give you your money back'. I knew he was serious then!
"I am so glad I took action and put a stop to it there and then. Goodness knows what state I would be in now if I had let it go on unchecked."
Fear of being sick is known as emetophobia and is quite common among children. If left untreated, it can be carried on into adulthood.
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