Get Away From The Grip Of A Social Phobia Using Self-hypnosis
Uncategorized August 16th, 2010
Get Away From The Grip Of A Social Phobia Using Self-hypnosis
Social phobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders in which a person is scared of being in certain social settings. A person with social phobia suffers from incapacitating anxiety that affects their personal and daily life.
People with social phobia are very self-conscious and concerned about what others may think or say about them. They are typically afraid of speaking up, out of fear that they will be criticized or judged. Those with social phobia tend to be down on themselves or suffer from feelings of low self-worth. They are worried about being noticed by other people and find socializing to be very terrifying.
A person with social phobia may seem “shy,” but in the case of a phobia, this is taken to extremes. For example, if you suffer from social phobia, you might hesitate to make a crucial phone call because you are anxious about talking on the telephone. You dial the number, but you are so anxious that you “freeze up” or forget why you called. Although it happens to everyone once in awhile, for someone with social phobia it may occur every time, to the point where they find it near impossible to make any calls.
Perhaps it is the night before an important presentation at work and you find yourself panicking. You hate the thought of being in front of your supervisor and all your colleagues watching as you discuss a new idea or project. You can’t stop yourself from feeling very embarrassed and self-conscious. Even after the meeting, you continue overanalyzing everything you said and did. You worry that you humiliated yourself in front of your co-workers by stammering or saying something wrong.
Perhaps you would like to go to parties and meet new people, but you avoid social gatherings because you are anxious about meeting new people. You find the crowds intimidating and the thought of meeting someone new scares you. You worry about what you’ll say, or that you’ll get rejected. You might end up staying at home very often because you are too scared to go out. These are only some examples of the way social phobias can affect our lives.
Social phobias are irrational fears that can stop you from achieving your career goals or fully enjoying life. But even those who know
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their fears are irrational may not know how to handle their fears. People with social anxiety disorder would love to be more social and meet new people, but are too scared to try. Despite their conscious desires and efforts, they cannot completely control their phobia because every phobia is rooted at the unconscious mind. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques are the most successful phobia treatments because they resolve issues at the unconscious level.
It can be hard for sufferers of social phobia to get cured because they can be reluctant to see a counselor or talk about their condition. This is why hypnosis programs work well for them. The programs foster a peaceful and confidence-boosting mind frame in a privacy, without being overwhelming or intimidating.
The first part of a phobia program is relaxation therapy. hypnosis therapy is a powerful tool for eliminating your stress and tension. At the moment when you are completely relaxed, hypnotherapy techniques will form positive thoughts in your unconscious mind and eliminate your social phobia. NLP techniques will eliminate your fears by targeting the thought process that causes a phobia.
In conventional hypnosis, specially worded post-hypnotic suggestions are used to treat every different phobia. Unfortunately, people have a tendency to resist being directly told what to think or do, so conventional hypnosis is not always effective. A deeply rooted phobia requires the use of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and NLP.
Ericksonian hypnosis techniques are more effective than conventional hypnosis because they utilize suggestions that are not obvious to your conscious mind, instead of direct suggestions. These ideas are hidden in conversation, in various stories and metaphors, to persuade your unconscious mind to adopt a different line of reasoning. For this reason, Ericksonian hypnosis is much more refined than traditional hypnotherapy and far harder for the unconscious mind to reject.
A single program that utilizes Ericksonian hypnotic therapy and NLP techniques can treat social phobia and any other phobia, in any individual. This is because several techniques are used together to increase their effectiveness. People are frequently amazed at the almost miraculous results they see using hypnosis. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP are great tools to help build your confidence and beat social anxiety so you will be able to live your life to the fullest.
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Alan B. Densky, CH has developed several hypnotherapeutic methods for the treatment of anxiety attacks. He also offers NLP CD’s for all other phobias. His website offers a full list of hypnosis & NLP CD’s. Visit for Free self hypnosis videos, downloads, and newsletters.