Phobias Hypnotherapy / Fears
Phobias are far more common than people realise. You may be surprised to learn, it is estimated around 11% of the population have some kind of irrational fear. This is where Phobias Hypnotherapy can help…
Fear is a natural and healthy response we all have to danger. A survival instinct designed to help us avoid or escape life threatening situations.
An irrational fear of something is a learned behaviour, this could stem from Childhood the behaviour being learnt from a parent, guardian, or through one’s own traumatic experience i.e. turbulent flight.
If a parent is frightened of spiders for example, the child’s instinctive response can be spiders are a threat, as this message has been hardwired into the brain, whilst growing up with these fears learnt both consciously and unconsciously. Overtime the message becomes reinforced, and repeated exposure can compound the fear making it worse.
Phobias are more intense than fears, triggered by a particular situation or object, that can lead to severe anxiety or panic attacks for some people. You may even feel this extreme anxiety, without being exposed to the situation or object but just thinking about it.
Situation Trigger – you may know it’s safe to be out on the balcony in a high rise block of flats, but feel terrified to go out onto it, or even be able to enjoy the view from behind the windows inside the building.
Object Trigger – you may know that a spider isn’t poisonous or that it won’t bite you, but this still doesn’t reduce your anxiety.
For some people anxieties and fears are so overwhelming, that trying to avoid these situations can majorly impact on daily life and even career decisions.
Many phobias exist in our subconscious and are learned responses. Hypnotherapy can therefore help you unlearn the fear response, build up your exposure to the phobia and in time ease the associated anxiety.
Most common Phobias hypnotherapy treats:
- Fear of Heights
- Fear of Needles
- Fear of Flying
- Fear of Dogs
- Fear of Driving
- Fear of Water
- Fear of Spiders and small insects
For most simple phobias hypnotherapy can often be concluded with 2 – 3 sessions.
