Social Anxiety

A social anxiety or phobia is a fear of being judged (in public) and is probably the most common phobia there is, but sufferers just don’t realise how many people feel the same way. It can hold you back in many of your life’s ventures whether personal, in your career or you own business.

It’s a pervasive fear of any situation where the sufferer is likely to feel on the spot, embarrassed, humiliated or judged. These situations frequently occur at social functions, business functions, parties, weddings, presentations, speaking in public, interviews, meeting new people etc.

It can frequently involve associated symptoms like the following: -
Lack of confidence, negative self image, worried about what other people think, sensitivity to criticism, fear of rejection, blushing, mumbling, stuttering, toilet phobias, difficulty with assertiveness, feelings of inferiority, fight or flight syndrome.

People suffering from phobias or anxiety often have anxiety or panic attacks when confronted with their fear or phobia. A panic attack is the sudden onset of intense anxiety and usually lasts a couple of minutes or even less, but can seem much longer to the person experiencing it.

Symptoms of a panic attack can include: -

A sudden intense anxiety or fear
Heart pounding
Sweating
Trembling
Shortness of breath
Tightness of the chest
Dizziness
Nausea
Fear of losing control
Rapidly builds to a peak
Sense of impending doom

What to do about your social phobia

The best way to live with a phobia is to ignore it and to distract yourself from it. Although we all know that this is easier said than done, the more you think about it, the bigger the issue becomes in your mind and the more it takes over your life.

It can often help in the short term to read more about your phobia and gain some understanding of it. Find out what it’s called, sounds funny maybe, but it is often reassuring to know that what you are suffering from is common enough for it to be given a name and that you are not alone with your phobia.

Some therapies try and get you to feel the fear and tough it out. This can very often be of help and both coaching and suggestion therapy can help in the short term or to get you through an impending situation, but it is really only symptom treatment and is not addressing the root cause of the problem.

If you think about the fact that a phobia or anxiety attack is driven by very strong emotions, then it follows that the longer-term solution is to find and resolve the emotional root cause.

With me, this is achieved in a gentle, supportive, safe and totally confidential environment, using a series of Pure Hypnoanalysis sessions. Together we will build a strong bond of trust and rapport and I will use a Pure Free Association technique, to help you to access and talk through those bottled up or repressed emotions until they are resolved and the bottle is drained.

Hypnoanalysis doesn't rely on what I think is important. It encourages your psyche to naturally allow some emotions to surface, those emotions that have been causing untold grief and anxiety in the back of your mind.

Hypnoanalysis is a fairly quick therapy compared to most and typically takes 8 – 10 sessions, unlike some therapies that take years. It is a quick and gentle way to reach the root cause of the bottled up emotions that are creating the problem. This is not symptom treatment; once the repressed emotion is released the phobia is gone.

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