Phobias however are a severe irrational or intense reaction to an object or a certain situation usually brought about by an incident in your formative years. Take a phobia of spiders as an example, it may have originated in your childhood when an adult or sibling reacted badly to seeing a spider in your presence. Your young mind may not have encountered a spider before and the sub-concious stores all the data associated with the event as a threat. The result is a phobia of spiders which is re-enforced from that day onwards, usually without any conscious understanding. A phobia sufferer may realise that the feelings they have are unreasonable or irrational but they cannot control it or change it. For many phobia suffers the intensity and anxiety prevents normal living.
Help for Fears and Phobias
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Need help for fears and Phobias?
Many people have a fear, fewer people have a phobia. Hypnotherapy or BWRT® can help you overcome your fears and phobias often giving you complete freedom from what was a lifelong problem. When we are born we have two fears only, fear of the dark, and fear of falling. Everything else is learned by response and experience whether true or false.
'Hypnotherapy or BWRT can bring rapid results for sufferers of fears and phobias'
What is the difference between a fear and a phobia?
Fear is a rational response. If you were in a forest and an elephant charges towards you there is no need even to think about it, your ancestral learning takes over and the fight or flight action occurs. It is a natural action for self-preservation of the species.
Some common phobias
- Flying, Heights, Lifts & Elevators
- Water, including dripping taps, waterfalls, lakes, oceans, etc.
- Spiders, insects, snakes, domestic pets
- Doctors, dentists, medical equipment & procedures
- Being sick or seeing vomiting, blood, faeces or urine
- Stage Fright, public presentations
Social phobia
- Meeting somone new / dating
- Eating, drinking or socialising with friends
- Work activities – team building, courses, presentations
- Talking on the phone
- Regular trips, travelling on public transport
- Regular trips, travelling on public transport
A comprehensive list of phobias may be found at this Wikipedia phobia Page
Don't let Fears or Phobias rule your life.
Single phobias can often be resolved in just one or two sessions. This rapid process is possible because both Hypnotherapy and BWRT are able to communicate directly with your subconscious mind and re-educate or remove the erroneous learnings which usually cause fears and phobias.
Which therapy is best for me?
Hypnotherapy and BWRT both have high success rates in resolving fears and phobias. Alan will advise you which is considered best for you, allowing you to make an informed choice before undergoing therapy. Further information can be found on our BWRT and Hypnotherapy pages.
Do you suffer from an irrational fear or phobia? Contact Alan today for a free consultation and take the first step towards a new life.