Hypnotherapy for Panic Attacks and Anxiety

It is estimated that, at any given time, around 13% of the population will suffer from an anxiety/panic disorder of one kind or another. That is approximately 8.5 million people that could be helped with hypnotherapy for anxiety.

It usually occurs during the teen years or early adulthood, and while the exact causes are unclear, there does appear to be a connection with major life transitions that are potentially stressful: changing jobs, moving house, getting married, having a first child, etc.

Anxiety is a word used to describe feelings of uncertainty, hesitation, nervousness or fear and is usually context related. The people I help by using hypnotherapy for anxiety are the ones where the anxiety has started to effect their lives.

Some feel anxiety when talking to strangers, some feel anxiety when giving presentations, some experience anxiety driving on a motorway; a few will say they get anxious feelings all the time. Hypnotherapy for anxiety will look at the individuals particular issues and tackle the underlying beliefs that support the behaviour.

Hypnotherapy for anxiety – Panic attacks

Though panic attacks can be very debilitating, the structure of most of them, in essence, is fairly straightforward (not much consolation if you are having them, of course!).

These feelings of high anxiety are often, although not always, context related. In other words someone will experience panic attacks when in a shopping centre, on a train, in crowds, alone, the list is endless. The thought patterns are often similar to those that some would describe as phobic. This condition is sometimes described as panic disorder.

Many people experience panic attacks just once, or very infrequently, but still find themselves in a constant state of dread, either remembering that situation, and/or imagining that it will happen again (the fear of the fear). The state of excessively worrying that the situation is going to repeat itself is sometimes referred to as pre-anxiety, or a pre-anxiety attack.
The subconscious has a primary task of survival to keep you safe. If something scares you (or even embarrasses you severely) the subconscious will seek to avoid the same or similar situations.

Using hypnotherapy for anxiety and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) we can change how you feel about that situation or event. As the fear often lies deep inside the sufferer, so does the cure. By finding the initial trigger to those feelings of anxiety, we can help release those feelings and let go of those feelings, thus changing how we feel.

During an anxiety or panic attack, a person may experience the following symptoms:

• difficulty breathing, feeling as though you ‘can’t get enough air’
• palpitations, racing heartbeat
• terror that is almost paralysing
• dizziness, light-headedness or nausea
• trembling, sweating, shaking
• going to the toilet too frequently
• hot flushes or sudden chills
• choking, chest pains
• tingling in fingers or toes (‘pins and needles’)
• trouble sleeping or staying asleep
• fear that you are going to go mad or are about to die

With hypnotherapy for anxiety I offer a free ½ hour, no obligation, consultation. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or queries.