Its been established that as many as 8%-16% of Americans suffer from a phobia, a difficult statistic to measure because of the nature of phobias but for those affected,these statistics are very real. The anxiety felt sometimes just by thinking of the phobia can mar an otherwise happy existence.
The clinical definition of a phobia is an exaggerated or illogical response to fear, a type of anxiety disorder of which there are 3 identifiable classes:
Social phobias - Social phobias relate to any fear experienced when mixing socially, such as getting into a crowded elevator, shaking hands, or fearing crowded places.There are often environmental factors involved in their instigation
Agoraphobia - Agoraphobia is a phobia related to being fearful of leaving your safe environment and venturing outside and can also be likened to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by a distressing event happening to us outside. Agoraphobia is not restricted to the fear of open spaces as is commonly thought, but extends to include fear of social embarrassment and contamination from outside germs etc.
Specific phobias - Specific phobias are irrational fears towards objects, or conditions, such as fear of snakes, fear of laughter, or the fear of breathing. Unbelievably, there is even the fear of having a phobia (phobophobia)! Specific phobias are often caused by a trigger, often early on in life when something happened to cause an associated trauma. Those with specific phobias will try at all costs to avoid their trigger, causing potential problems when they are possibly faced with them in an everyday situation. Very often the extreme reaction is misconstrued as those around who are unaware of the phobic reaction take it to be overdramatised, because of its illogical nature.
If you've experienced a phobic reaction you will know that the anxiety and sense of panic is very real and just the thought of an attack can start making you anxious and unable to think.
The subconscious response to the trigger object can make the application of hypnosis or self hypnosis for phobias a successful way to treat them. A combination of hypnosis and NLP (Neuro linguistic programming) can rep-program the subconscious reaction when confronted with the object of a phobia and because the phobia is an illogical reaction the feelings of anxiety and panic can be released and replaced with calmer feelings and a more controllable reaction.
Imagine being able to confront your phobia without the feelings of panic and dread, and the freedom that would allow and without the use of medication. By treating the source of the problem hypnosis can also generate a feeling of refreshment and well-being that affects other areas as well and use of self hypnosis CDs or downloads means that if the phobia is based on a social anxiety, the embarrassment of having to explain to a third party is removed and it can be practised in the comfort of your own home.
In summary, you no longer have to live with the phobia that is causing you so much misery and embarrassment, you can, with the help of hypnosis live a comfortable and stress free life without anxiety and fear constantly looking over your shoulder.
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