Fear

25th April 2014

PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) treatments

For most people recovery from stress or a difficult situation is a natural process which doesn’t require any outside help. However, for some, certain traumatic events can trigger a reaction which can last for a long time. This is known as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. It is a condition that shows itself physically and psychologically. PTSD describes a number of symptoms that happen after an event which was in some way frightening or life-threatening. A frightening event could be anything, for example an accident, a difficult birth, […]
6th April 2014

Old ‘Triggers’

Old ‘Triggers’ When we have emotionally painful or upsetting experiences in childhood we generally are unable to understand or process these experiences.  Although our parents would comfort us when something upsetting or traumatic occurred, we would still hold on to the trauma because we have been hurt or wounded emotionally. That old hurt resides in our subconscious mind. Later on, at some point in our adult life a significant emotional event or experience might happen that triggers that old pain. This can be an overwhelming feeling often resulting […]
14th March 2014

Fears/Phobias, Lack of confidence or Depression and physical pain

Here we have a list of problems that we fixed for clients by identifying the root cause of a problem they had. Fears/Phobias Many clients I see are afraid of flying. Jonathan came to me with the same problem. He had tried to fly and left the plain twice when there was still a chance to get out. In his case the fear wasn’t so much of flying but being in a small space.  It turned out that when about 11 years old a friend as a joke […]
27th December 2013

Panic attacks

Panic attacks can be terrifying for the person who is suffering from them. They are caused by an overload of anxiety and the symptoms are usually very clear. Someone having a panic attack will usually experience palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, feeling of losing control etc. Hypnotherapy is extremely effective in treating panic attacks and is certainly more effective than the use of medication which only treats the symptoms but not the underlying root courses. We tend to remove these attacks completely by working on the root problem. […]