What is a phobia?
A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving excessive and persistent fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an immediate anxiety response.
A phobia is an overwhelming and exhilarating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal.
Some are more common (think arachnophobia or claustrophobia), while some are much rarer (for example, fear of dogs barking or balloons popping).
Phobias tend to fall into one of three groups: social phobia, agoraphobia, and specific phobias.
Phobias are more articulate than fears. They develop when a person has a magnified or surrealistic sense of danger.
Women are more likely to experience phobias than men. Typical symptoms of phobias can include nausea, trembling, rapid heartbeat, feelings of unreality, and being preoccupied with the feared object. Phobias can be debilitating, but they are also very treatable. If your phobia becomes very severe, you might find that your life centres around avoiding the thing that causes your anxiety or stressful feelings. A phobia can cause distress, and it can restrict your daily life.
Hypnotherapy can help with phobias.
Hypnotherapy utilises the heightened awareness of the hypnotic state to help you explore your fears.
I will guide you in visualising yourself in a state of peacefulness and relaxation, confronting your fears gradually and introducing you to self-calming methods.
In the hypnotic state, you are deeply relaxed. Your conscious mind is quieted, and we allow your subconscious to focus on your phobia. In this state, your subconscious mind is open to gentle suggestions that can change your thoughts and behaviour patterns. These changes can help you face your phobia and eliminate the fear from your life. I use integrative psychotherapy methods to enhance the suggestions and help you achieve your goals.
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