Hypnosis for Fears and Phobias

Has a fear or a phobia been controlling your life to some extent and perhaps that’s what has bought you to this page.

For those persons that experience fears or phobias these can be debilitating, often presenting problems that can seriously affect their quality of life, either personally or in their chosen careers.

The good news is that the use of therapeutic Hypnosis can help ease the problem of fears and phobias and help the suffer lead a relatively fear and phobia free life.

We often get asked what’s the difference between a fear and a phobia and there is a big difference. A fear is an emotional response to a real or perceived threat. Fears are common in the population and are often normal simply our innate fight or flight response to reactions to objects or events. An example being, many people have a fear of spiders, often experiencing a mild to moderate anxiety reaction when they see one. Fear helps to protect us. It puts us on alert, wary of danger and it also prepares us to deal with that danger. The feeling of being afraid is very natural and helpful response in some situations. Fear prewarns us it’s a primal signal that cautions us to be careful.

A phobia on the other hand is more severe – it’s a fear with a capital F. A phobia is a fear that also is excessive, persistent, and interfering. With a phobia, the fear escalates out of proportion to the presenting potential danger. To the person with the phobia, the danger is perceived and felt as being real because the fear is so very strong.

Phobias can become so ingrained that they can cause people to worry, to even dread and feel so upset that they often avoid the situations of things they fear. This is because the physical sensations of fear elevated by the phobia can be so intense. Having a phobia can interfere with normal day to day activities and overall quality of life. For instance, children or adults with say a dog phobia upon seeing the dog approach may cross the road or freeze to avoid the animal. Someone with a phobia of escalators or elevators may seek out and use the buildings stairway instead.