| If you have phobias and anxieties, you may require | | | | phobia, there are steps you can take to work |
| support to help stop fears from overtaking your life. | | | | through them. Each approach can be complemented |
| You can use a number of different approaches to | | | | with self-hypnosis to maximize their effectiveness. |
| guide you to success. Any anti-fear approach can be | | | | Desensitization is a great approach for dealing with |
| augmented with self-hypnosis. | | | | phobic and frightful responses to situations, animals |
| Phobia | | | | and objects. This systematic approach begins with |
| A phobia is a fear that has gotten out of control. | | | | you simply picturing your source of anxiety in your |
| Your fright is a natural, healthy response to | | | | mind. Gradually, you are introduced to the object of |
| threatening circumstances. Your body is very | | | | fear until you can face it without feeling anxiety. |
| effective in keeping you out of danger when it uses | | | | Cognitive therapy helps you retrain the way that you |
| this emotion. The physical effects are enough to | | | | think about your source of distress. This approach |
| encourage you to avoid dangerous situations. | | | | uses your conceptual thoughts to work through your |
| When the natural protective emotion gets out of | | | | anxiety and phobic responses. Cognitive therapy is a |
| control, it develops into a phobia. You know you | | | | process that takes considerable time but it does yield |
| have this condition if you are constantly worried | | | | excellent results. |
| about running into your source of distress. Your | | | | Help Stop Fears Using Self-Hypnosis |
| feelings are irrational and overwhelming. | | | | Each approach can be augmented with self-hypnosis. |
| Phobias interfere with your ability to function normally | | | | This complementary approach is ideal because it |
| on a regular basis. You may avoid normal situations | | | | supports you as you try to use your conscious mind |
| and you obsess over the fearful experiences. The | | | | to guide you to feelings of calm and relaxation, no |
| very notion of facing the source of your phobia can | | | | matter what you face. Hypnosis creates a path to |
| cause you to feel great anxiety. | | | | the subconscious mind. |
| Anxiety | | | | Your subconscious is the hub of automatic responses |
| Anxiety is a response that you feel when you are | | | | like fearful reactions to certain situations or objects. |
| overwhelmed with emotion and nervousness. | | | | Self-hypnosis works directly with the inner workings |
| Anxiousness and phobic state of mind can lead to | | | | of your mind, easing you through your recovery |
| feelings of panic that seem to come out of nowhere. | | | | process. This is the perfect complement to |
| The anxiety and fearful responses are all | | | | desensitization and cognitive therapy. |
| encompassing, making it seemingly impossible to | | | | Both desensitization and cognitive therapy rely on |
| control. | | | | your conscious mind to do the work. This can be |
| Treatment approaches | | | | counterproductive if you subconscious mind is |
| You can use a few different psychological | | | | convinced that there is reason to be fearful. |
| interventions to help stop fears before they get out | | | | Self-hypnosis can help stop fears as an augmentative |
| of control. Even when the fearfulness develops into a | | | | approach or independently. |