STRESS, ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS

Hypnosis has had long history of helping people become free of STRESS, FEAR and PANIC ATTACKS.  In any given year, about one-third of American adults have at least one panic attack.

Hypnotherapy is very effective in treating all stress-related problems.  Stress reactions are physiological as well as psychological.  The trigger is psychological but the response is physiological.

The client learns that every fearful thought releases a little trickle of adrenaline into his body.  Adrenaline is the body’s natural “speed”.  When there is too much adrenaline for too long a period of time, his anxiety can become unrelenting, crippling panic. It would be like drinking five pots of coffee day after day. 

The client has to learn to turn off his body’s release of “speed”.  He becomes desensitized to his triggers so that he can maintain a state of calm relaxation.  He learns self-hypnosis and is given a strategy for dealing with his triggers in realtime.

ANXIETY.   Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress.  Its purpose is to alert us to a possible threat in our lives.  These signals cause physiological changes in the body. 

When people suffer from chronic stress the body and brain stay in a permanently high state of arousal.  The body and the brain become exhausted AND become unable to return to a resting state.  You become HYPERVIGILANT, like soldier guarding the fort without sleep.  If this chronic stress and anxiety lasts for too long, you have set the stage for panic attacks and phobia.

HOW DOES IT START? People have stress reactions every day.  You might worry about your daughter getting home from school on time... or a report getting to the boss on schedule... or any of thousands of scary little imaginings throughout the day.  Most of them are completely below your awareness would be no big deal, but stress is cumulative. You become like a bathtub with the drain plugged.  Even a little drip will eventually cause the tub to overflow.

PANIC ATTACKS.  Panic attacks are sudden surges of overwhelming fear that that comes without warning and without any obvious reason. It is far more intense than having anxiety or the feeling of being 'stressed out' that most people experience. One out of every seventy-five people worldwide will experience a panic attack at one time in their lives.

Though you know your feelings are irrational, your still heart pounds, your hands shake, and you feel short of breath.  You are terrified but you don’t know why nor what to do about it.

WHAT IS A PANIC ATTACK?  A panic attack is the Fight-or-Flight-Response with the ON switch stuck on open. The ability to become very scared quickly is what kept humans alive in primitive times.  When we are frightened our brain switches over to an ancient part of the brain, bypassing the logical function and connecting directly with our ability to move.  It’s called Emotional Hijacking and physiologically, that’s exactly what happens.

With chronic stress our brains get stuck in that emotionally and physiologically hijacked state.  We can no longer return to a state of calmness.  The stage is set. 

Your threshold has been lowered so that anything can set it off.  It’s kind of like a motion detection burglar alarm.  If it’s set too low, a breeze can trip it.  And that is what a panic attack is.  It is an overly sensitized response with a very, very low threshold.

Luckily we CAN retrain the brain to raise the threshold and become less sensitized to every upset.  We can learn to trigger a CALM ATTACK just as we trained ourselves to trigger a PANIC ATTACK.

COMMON IRRATIONAL FEELINGS DURING PANIC.  People having panic attacks often feel as if they are the only ones who have ever felt this way.  The thoughts and sensations however are very similar.  Here are the most common:

• I’ve having a heart attack
• I can’t breathe
• I'm having a stroke
• I'm going to faint
• I'm having a 'nervous breakdown',
• I’ve lost complete control of my mind and body
• I’m going to pass out or fall down
• I’m humiliating myself; people think I’m crazy

HOW HYPNOSIS HELPS IN ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS.  Hypnosis has had a long and successful history treating stress, anxiety and panic attacks.

• It gives you control of racing thoughts that cause stress
• It helps you make lifestyle changes that reduce your overall stress level
• It gives you conscious and instant control over your responses
• It desensitizes you to your triggers until you have a ZERO response
• It helps you uncover and resolve past events that may also be related

HOW SUSAN FRENCH CAN HELP.  Susan French has received specialized training in PANIC ATTACKS, ANXIETY, AND PHOBIAS using 5PATH Hypnosis Technique from Cal Banyan, PHOBIA CERTIFICATION from HMI and American Hypnosis Association, the National Guild of Hypnotists, PANIC ATTACKS, ANXIETY, AND PHOBIAS training from Uncommon Knowledge in the UK.

FYI: HYPNOSIS IS ENDORSED BY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.  The British Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the National Institute of Health approve hypnosis for clinical use.  Additionally, clinical hypnotherapy is used in-house at Harvard University Medical Center, Stanford University, Kaiser Permanente, UCLA, and the University of Washington Harborview Burn Center to mention only a few.

CLINICAL STUDIES AND OTHER MEDIA INFORMATION

• Hypnosis is no Panacea but it can help alleviate physical pain as well as phobia induced stress and anxiety. Natural Health - 2005 November
  by Rachele Kanigel http://www.hypnosis.edu/articles/panacea.asp
• The Power of Hypnosis
  Studies show that hypnosis can treat everything from chronic pain to poor study habits. Chances are, it can work for you.
  2001 January - Psychology Today
• Physical Pain and Phobia Induced Stress and Anxiety
  Hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, is becoming more common in medical clinics like the one at Stanford and in hospitals, where doctors are using it to sedate patients before surgery, ease the pain of burn victims, and prepare women for childbirth.
  2005 November - Natural Health
• Helped by Hypnosis
  Hypnotherapy in which practitioners encourage patients to enter a trance, a state of heightened suggestibility, to promote physical or emotional health doesn't always have such dramatic or immediate effects.
  2004 August - Self Healing

HOW DO I GET STARTED?  Today is the first day of the rest of your life.  Spend it ANXIETY-FREE.   Your panic attacks and phobias keep you from living your life to its fullest?  You have nothing to lose but your ANXIETY or PANIC. Call today to begin your new ANXIETY-FREE life.

Three to six sessions are generally enough to eliminate your ANXIETY or PANIC ATTACKS.  ASK ABOUT THE ANXIETY OR  PANIC ATTACK PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF SUPPORT.

You can schedule a free consultation by calling me at 877-583-2026 - Schedule an Appointment - Contact for More Information . Susan French – “My clients achieve their goals.  You can too! Call today.  All questions are welcome

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