PHOBIA AND PTSD

WHAT CAUSES PTSD AND PHOBIA? The same process causes all fears, phobias and PTSD. Phobias and PTSD used to be thought of as different. The process that creates these problems is the same and so is the treatment.

ANXIETY AND EVEN FEAR IS A NORMAL RESPONSE.  The purpose is to alert us to possible danger..  These signals cause physiological changes in the body. Sometimes the part of the brain in which associations are made become hypersensitive to particular cues., If the original fear was sufficiently intense it can become as if your brain is stuck on SCARED TO DEATH. 

You can experience an event once (like having a spider, jump on you as a child) and if the emotion of fear is strong enough that is all it takes to create a phobia. The same as PTSD you only have to be involved in one scary car crash to be traumatized by it for life (getting flashbacks etc).  People can develop a phobia anything at all,  from spiders to belly buttons.

This process works by generalizing, linking a highly emotional event with stimuli present.  For instance, the wind blowing in a certain way can become a trigger.  A certain smell can become a trigger.  What’s worse, normal daily stress makes it worse.

For example if you got bad news while at a party where balloons were present you might develop a phobia of balloons. Or if a mugger wore a black shirt when they mugged you, you may get a phobia for black shirts or even for black.  If you have developed a fear of bridges, seeing a picture of a bridge or even just a thought about a bridge, for instance, can trigger your phobic response.

Hypnotherapy works to eliminate the phobia in the same way as eliminating panic attacks.  A phobia triggers the Fight-or-Flight-Response even though the conscious mind knows that there is no danger.  It is as if the ON switch is 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 an anxiety disorder such as a phobia or PTSD, the trigger may be external or internal, and provokes some sense of fear, dread, danger or threat.  Though the suffer knows that the threat is not realistic and out of proportion to an extreme degree, he has no conscious control over his reaction.

Luckily we CAN retrain the brain to raise the threshold and become less sensitized to your triggering event.  We can learn to trigger a CALM ATTACK just as we trained ourselves to trigger a PHOBIC ATTACK.

When any response or behavior interferes with your functioning, your feelings of well-being or your quality of life, its time to take action.  Do not let yourself suffer one more day!

HOW HYPNOSIS HELPS IN PTSD AND PHOBIA.  Hypnosis creates anxiety-free relaxation and desensitization. Originating triggers are discovered and the client is taught self-hypnosis.  The habitual phobic response to the stressing event is broken and replaced with a calm, more rational behavior.Hypnosis has had a long and successful history treating PTSD and phobia. 

• 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

CLINICAL STUDIES

• 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 PHOBIA and PANIC ATTACK FREE.   Your panic attacks and phobias keep you from living your life to its fullest?  You have nothing to lose but your PANIC OR PHOBIA. Call today to begin your new PHOBIA AND PANIC FREE life.

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

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