Symptoms: sudden fear followed by the fight, flight or freeze response, or even a panic attack. Sweating, shaking, cannot speak clearly, confused, at worst pains in the chest that mimic a heart attack, This seems out of all proportion to what is happening and there is a general feeling of being out of control and must get away. These symptoms can be felt, in part, even when thinking of the place or activity.

Phobias can be linked to a range of things - flying, supermarkets, heights, enclosed places, open places, darkness, illness, blood, needles, hospitals, birds, cats, dogs, spiders,being sick or near someone being sick, public speaking, crowds, driving on motorways, driving on unfamiliar roads, driving test, exams, intimacy. The two main categories are -

either being the centre of attention

or being out of control.

Phobias, fears are learnt patterns of behaviour and are the result of a three stage process -

A. a sensitising event
B. a triggering event
C. anticipation increasing anxiety

Hypnotherapy is excellent at dealing with these problems by -

1. regular relaxation into hypnosis during sessions and at home using the back up programme(s) on CD or cassette tape.

2. suggestion therapy under hypnosis, often dealing with the recent triggering event(s)

3. the use of hypno-analysis, regression to find and resolve the orginal event.

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Case History - A. Quite often the client has built up a lifestyle that avoids situations that can cause the fear to kick in. One young woman of 23 had not been to a pub, club, cinema, theatre, office meeting or indeed anywhere that involved a group of people, since she left school. After a few sessions, we found the cause, and she reported going to the cinema twice that week - I asked what films she had seen, and she said she couldn’t remember as it wasn’t important. What was important that she had been able to go there at all!

Case History - B. A young woman with a fear of birds recalled a nightmare she had as a child where she was in her cot and a big black bird flew in and perched on the end of the cot. It then plucked out big black feathers gradually filling the cot and smothering her. She rang me later that day to tell me she was feeding the pigeons around her feet.

The original cause has to be found and resolved for there to be a permanent change, and many people fear this will involve some unknown horror which could even be sexual abuse, . In fact the causes are often very mundane events that the child (at the time) misinterpreted or was confused by. It can even be the way someone has thought about something or as above a dream.

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