Do you have a driving phobia?
Do you have a fear of flying or a fear of birds?
Do you have a social phobia?
Did you know that hypnosis can cure phobias?
This article explains how hypnosis for phobias can set you free so you can live the life you want.

What is a phobia?

A phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, animal or feeling.
Phobias are much more than just a fear.
Fear is a natural and healthy response to danger and is part of our ‘fight or flight’ response.
Phobias are very common and can affect women more than men.

Phobias are self-created because you frighten yourself by focusing about a negative outcome.
Phobias can be very severe if the object or situation is common in everyday life.
This can cause you to organise your life around your phobia.
Phobias can hold you back in life and stop you from doing things you really want to do.
For example, people with a fear of speaking in public may avoid giving presentations or speaking at meetings which can limit opportunities at work and even promotion.

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder.
If you suffer from a phobia you may not become anxious until you come in to contact with the cause of your phobia.
However, just thinking about the phobia can make some people anxious or set off a panic attack.

Types of phobias

Phobias are generally classified as specific or complex.

Specific phobias often focus on an object, animal, situation or activity.
Some examples of specific phobias are:

• animal e.g. spiders or snakes
• environmental e.g. height or germs
• situational e.g. flying or dentist
• physical e.g. blood or vomit
• sexual e.g. performance or infection

Phobias such as agoraphobia and social phobias are classified as complex phobias.
These types of phobias can have a very severe impact on the quality of a person’s life.
For example, some people find it difficult to leave their homes.
Complex phobias commonly involve many interlinked phobias.

What are the symptoms of a phobia?

People with a phobia often have panic attacks.
Panic attacks can be very distressing and often happen very suddenly and without warning.

Some of the common physical symptoms include:

• increased heart rate or pains in the chest
• sweating
• dizziness or feeling faint
• headaches
• nausea
• shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• physically shaking
• stomach ache or butterflies
• confusion or disorientation

In serious situations, a person may also experience some of these psychological symptoms:

• a fear of dying
• extreme worry of fainting
• feelings of dread
• fear of losing control

What are the causes of phobias?

Many phobias exist on a subconscious level and are normally learned over a period of time.
Phobias can have a single factor or range of factors involved.
Phobias can originate from a particularly traumatic event, such as an accident, or be learned by watching someone else, such as a parent.

How hypnosis for phobias can be an effective treatment

Hypnosis for phobias can be an effective treatment because phobias work on a subconscious level.
Hypnosis for phobias can be helpful because it allows you to connect with your subconscious thoughts and feelings and unlearn the conditioned emotional response.

The world around us is mostly a product of our imagination.
What we actually smell, see, hear and touch is only a small part of our reality.
The slightest sensory stimulus causes our subconscious to complete our perception of what we believe is real.

Hypnosis for phobias allows you to reorganise your subconscious thoughts so that the subconscious contribution to your reality is positive.

Hypnotherapy also allows you to build up your exposure to the phobia in a safe way so you can learn to be calm and relaxed when you are next exposed to your trigger.

It really doesn’t matter how much you consciously tell yourself that your phobia is not a threat to you because your conditioned emotional response will stay the same.
Hypnotherapy can help you connect with your subconscious mind to learn a new emotional response to the trigger.

That is why hypnotherapy can be such an effective treatment for phobias.

How does hypnosis for phobias work?

The first part of the therapy process is to move into a state of hypnosis.
You will be in control all the time.
If you are not sure what the cause of your phobia is, you will explore the cause of your phobia.

The next part of the therapy is to help change your response and this can be done using a range of different techniques.
One way to achieve this is to gently allow you to experience your phobia whilst you are in a relaxed state.
This allows you to face your fear using your imagination whilst you remain calm and in complete control.

Hypnosis is very empowering and helps you change your perspective of your phobia.
Throughout the process, you work gradually, and at your own pace, to build your confidence and resilience to your phobia.

So if you would like hypnosis for phobias to set you free, get in touch to book your free consultation.
Find out how hypnosis for phobias can help you with your phobia so you can achieve a fulfilling and happy life.