Hypnotherapy As A Cure For Claustrophobia
People with claustrophobia experience fears involving small spaces or places where
it may be difficult to escape quickly, for example, airplanes, trains or elevators. Some sufferers even feel claustrophobic inside MRI scanning machines. Due to their feelings, people with claustrophobia tend to avoid closed-off places. They may also try to stay near doorways or along the walls of a room, versus approaching the center. Claustrophobia sufferers frequently suffer panic attacks when they begin to feel "trapped" or closed in. For many people, being in a tight space is as scary as the idea of being buried alive.
Suffering an anxiety attack in a crowded space can be a shocking incident for claustrophobic people and those near them. At the moment when an individual's claustrophobia is triggered, they may have panic attacks, trouble breathing, nausea, fainting, and other, often irrational, responses. A person can develop claustrophobia at any age or because of a traumatic event, but it often arises during childhood.
The disorder is activated by various situations, which may be different between individuals. For example, some people may only feel anxious while on a lift, while others find large crowds aggravate their condition. In any event, claustrophobia and other irrational fears often have a negative impact on people's lives and personal satisfaction. Phobia sufferers frequently become avoidant and suffer a lower quality of life as they plan out their lives around their fears.
For many claustrophobes, the fear of embarrassment over their fears is as debilitating as the phobia itself. Often times, people are aware that their fears are exaggerated and irrational, but can't seem to stay in control. The reason why is that phobias come from deep within the unconscious mind, which no amount of conscious willpower can be fully effective in controlling. This makes controlling phobias particularly challenging.
Claustrophobia can be treated with anti-anxiety medication or counseling. Hypnosis is an ideal, non-invasive, safe form of therapy with no harmful side effects. It works by targeting the underlying causes of fear in the unconscious mind to rapidly eliminate a phobia. Specifically, a system that contains Ericksonian hypnotic therapy techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can be used to cure a phobia. This innovative program uses numerous hypnosis techniques to help people fight their anxieties.
The initial step in the therapy process is helping the sufferer become rested and stress-free. Hypnosis has long been used as a form of stress-relief therapy, to help people clear their minds and focus deeply.
Traditional hypnosis has used direct, post-hypnotic suggestions to help cure phobias. The drawback of the direct suggestion is that the mind tends to resist being merely "told" how to respond. Many people put up mental blocks and reject suggestions. In our modern society, people are particularly prone to ignore direct suggestions since we are independent thinkers who question everything.
Deep relaxation is the essence of hypnosis. Once in the calm state, instead of using direct suggestions, a different approach called systematic desensitization can often help cure a phobia using visual imagery.
Ericksonian hypnosis therapy techniques use a more refined approach than traditional hypnosis therapy. It contains indirect suggestions embedded in interesting stories and metaphors to engage the unconscious mind and persuade it to follow a desirable, phobia-free line of thinking. Because indirect suggestions do not need to be specifically tailored for a single phobia like direct post-hypnotic suggestions do, one good Ericksonian hypnotic therapy program can work to effectively beat any phobia or even multiple phobias.
NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is a modern form of therapy that many well trained hypnotherapists have begun to use. The most effective NLP technique for extinguishing a phobia is known as the Visual - Kinesthetic Disassociation, also referred to as the V/K. The V/K is known as the single session phobia cure, and with good reason. Phobic or anxiety reactions (attacks) occur because traumatic emotions are associated with and triggered by mental imagery. With the V/K, the stressful emotions are disconnected from the mental imagery - often in one quick session, and the phobia is essentially eliminated.
Those battling claustrophobia can find rapid relief using hypnosis therapy. The combination of Ericksonian hypnosis therapy and NLP techniques can help all people escape their fears. Hypnotherapy has helped many users feel comfortable and secure in situations where before, they would've suffered a breakdown. Hypnosis therapy techniques have provided incredible benefits for people afflicted with phobias and continue to improve lives every day.
by: Alan B. Densky, CH
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