hypnotism for anxiety/panic attacks?
I used to get really bad panic attacks and I tried seeing a psychologist (which helped a little), but then I went to a hypnotist. Ever since my hypnosis in April 2008, I’ve only had about five panic attacks, and I used to get at least 3-4 a day.
For a while now, though, I’ve had a fear of public speaking. This stems from the fact that I was in the middle of a panic attack when I had to give a presentation one day. I’ve never had a problem with public speaking — all through elementary, middle, and high school, I was one of the first people to raise my hand or to read out loud in class. That is, until that one (ironic) psychology presentation during my senior year of high school. Ever since that day, I’ve been freaked out about public speaking and I’ve been afraid it will happen again. Unfortunately, I have an english presentation coming up in about a month where I have to read an essay in front of the class. Do you think that hypnosis will work well for my newly-acquired fear of public speaking since it worked so well for my panic attacks?
Thanks for the help!
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Of course it will. You have used it successfully once, you can do it again. You know this works, because it works.
Yes especially since it did so much for your panic attacks-do it!
cure for panic attack? Do one thing every single day that SCARES you.
Speak to a random person.
Ask a guy out.
Do it, dont think about it, do IT!!!!!!!! Sooner or later u will have nothing to panic about, i cured my friend helping her this way.
The world is your oyster………and its yours for the taking, good luck my friend.
It’s easy to misuse hypnosis. I would be afraid to risk it.
It can’t hurt. If you want a good book try reading *Many Masters Many Lives* or maybe its *Many Lives Many Masters* by Dr. Brian Weiss.
It is about hypnotism and past life experiences that were helped by hypnotism its a true story. Very interesting. Easy reading.
yes hypnosis is good stuff, you got nothing to lose everything to gain
View the techniques for control of anxiety/panic attacks, in section 8, at ezy build, below. Begin, on this first occasion, only, by holding your breath for 5, or 10 seconds: this will give you the confidence to realise that YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR BREATHING, but not pass out, or die (your autonomic nervous system resumes breathing, if you become unconscious). Advice from a published psychiatrist on controlled breathing: (1.) Get a clock, or watch with a second timer. (2.) Practise for 5 minutes, 4 times daily, until proficient. (3.) Take a small breath in, and hold it, for 6 seconds. (4.) Think to yourself: "RELAX", just before breathing out. (5.) Try to feel a sense of releasing tension, as you breathe out. (6.) Breathe in for 3 seconds, then out, for 3 seconds. Try to make your breathing very smooth, and light, as you breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, or nose. (7.) For the next minute, continue to breathe in, and out, every 3 seconds. (8.) Go back to step 3, at the end of the minute, and proceed through to step 7, doing this for 5 minutes. Use this at the very first sign of a panic attack starting, or any time you feel anxious, or tense. Similar, but simpler advice, from a clinical psychologist is to breathe in to the count of 3: (one thousand one; one thousand two; one thousand three) each takes around a second to say to yourself, in your mind. Then breathe out to the count of 3. Repeat, until it begins to take effect. Understand panic attacks, and what triggers them, in your life (if it is unresolved anxiety, or stress, see sections 6, [page N first] or 42, [page i first] respectively).
The paper bag method also works for most people, but is not suited to all circumstances, such as driving, or playing sport. Another alternative is psychotherapy, to address its fundamental cause, which is usually anxiety; read section 1, and examine the http://1-800-therapist.com/ & http://www.metanoia.org/choose/ websites, and use the locators to find a therapist, (and phone book, but only if necessary). I used to suffer from panic attacks, until I questioned what had changed in my life, at, or just before that time, to trigger them, which is enough for some people. Visualise as vividly as possible, a large, red, flashing, "STOP!" sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: "I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!" You may want to us either: "ruse", "ploy", "game", or "trick", instead of "tactic". It usually takes 30 – 40 repetitions, for most people, to establish a new habit. I also suggest that you learn, then practise the controlled breathing technique, until competent, then employ it, at the very first sign of a panic attack.
Practice one of the relaxation methods in sections 11, 2, 2c, or 2i, daily, and when needed. Also, give the EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you. There is also a version for use in public places, (if you like, you can claim to have a headache, as you massage/lightly tap your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising – saying it to yourself in your mind). Sections 53, and 2, 2.q and 2.o at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris also refer: "Even though I sometimes suffer from panic attacks, I deeply and completely accept myself." Note: the controlled breathing only helps with the symptoms (as do medications/herbal remedies): you need to address the underlying cause, which requires some form of therapy, and Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy has been shown to be effective. Imagine that the cause of your panic; your anxieties, fears, your self doubts, self recriminations, all the agonizing "I’m-so-Stupids"; every painful "I-can’t-do-it" are huge raging, hurtful bulls snorting and charging at you. You see them coming at you and you hold out your red matador’s cape at arms length and simply let them charge right by.
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