Outwardly you appear calm and in control, but beneath the surface you’re in turmoil.
In the grip of an anxiety attack your thoughts are fuzzy, while your heart is racing and your palms get sweaty.
Experience of stress and anxiety is described as feeling overwhelmed, wound up and panicky.
Gain lasting relief from bouts of anxiety with hypnotherapy. Reduce panic attacks caused by unrelenting mind chatter, stress and worry.
Anxiety doesn’t speak to logic, it whispers through your ears directly to your fears ~
Anxiety sucks! Hypnosis can help you gain relief, restore your self-confidence and act in your own best interests.
When you no longer see yourself through the lens of panic, you begin to visualise yourself as someone who is calm, capable and in control. With hypnotherapy you will gain relief from stress and anxiety. Reduce nervousness and restore your self-confidence.
Undeniably, stress and anxiety are a common part of your everyday life. Some level of stress and worry is unavoidable.
Just as undeniably, your brain is hard wired to keep you safe. Vital part of your brain, the amygdala, is given the job of protecting you and watching out for your survival.
For example, if a ferocious animal was chasing you, a heightened emotion of fear would instantly trigger a “fight-flight” response. You would automatically react by either running for your life or grabbing a weapon to fight.
Perfectly designed, protective part of your brain doesn’t only watch out for your physical survival. Similar emotional response happens when you are nervous about a job interview, giving a public speech or going for a sky dive.
When you experience anxiety in these situations, it’s your brain trying to help you survive emotionally. Hypnotherapy sessions will help you gain lasting relief from stress and anxiety. Reduce unwanted nervousness and restore your self-confidence.
Unpleasant feelings of fear and panic, cause fuzzy thinking and lack of focus. Out of the blue, familiar but awful feelings of anxious panic overwhelm you. It’s been said that stress, anxiety and panic attacks are a symptom of emotional turmoil.
Of course, you silently dread those unexpected bouts of anxiety, each time it happens you spiral deeper into a panicky mood and a negative mindset.
Maybe you even avoid situations where you’ll get worked up – because that’s when anxiety kicks in.
“People aren’t attacked by their bodies during panic; any more than a car is attacked by its alarm system when the alarm sounds.” ~ Mark Tyrrell
Next time you’re feeling stressed and anxious, notice what’s going on, in your mind and body.
Naturally it is helpful to recognise both, your internal and external stressors.
Identify unhealthy coping strategies and you will find a better way of dealing with them.
Read on… find out why the common symptoms of anxiety are so unsettling and how to manage them with hypnotherapy.
Basically, we all experience stress at one time or another. And sometimes it’s constructive and helpful.
Even though stress is helpful and motivates you to get things done, it can be harmful if you experience it too frequently.
Unhealthy ways of coping with stress and anxiety include; smoking, drinking, gambling and drug addiction.
Similarly, unhelpful coping strategies are: binging on junk food, procrastinating, or zoning out, withdrawing, avoiding social activity. Unfortunately, this erodes your confidence and willpower.
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt” ~ Honore de Balzac
Without a doubt, your external environment and relationships also cause internal stress. This can include worries and issues with your home life and family or work pressure and deadlines. No doubt, noise, pollution; injuries and trauma – all contribute to stress and anxiety.
Obviously, the symptoms of anxiety are unpleasant and unsettling. Some people experience them too frequently.
With the help of hypnotherapy you can learn to reduce the frequency and intensity of anxiety.
Gain lasting relief from anxiousness, brought on by unrelenting mind chatter, stress and worry.
“Anxiety made me catastrophise and assume the worst possible outcome, leaving me terrified to socialise in public.” ~
Unhelpful thoughts, expectations and worries contribute to the internal stress and pressure.
For example, our past beliefs and emotions influence the way we feel, behave and react in stressful situations.
Subsequently, stress and anxiety are a symptoms of underlying emotional turmoil.
Nervousness and anxiousness leads to feeling out of control, physically and emotionally. As a result, anxiety perpetuates fears of failure, internal conflict and self-criticism.
Anxiety sucks…
Unknowingly, you get used to a steady stream of mind chatter, blowing things out of proportion.
Never-ending thoughts, emotions, stories and drama running thorough your mind.
During anxiety episodes you feel an overwhelming sense of fear and dread. And your heart is racing, your muscles are tense and tight, you feel anxious panic arising.
Frequently though, you don’t fully recognise the impact anxiety is having on you.
Until you step out of it.
Generally, intensity and frequency of anxiety can escalate because of work and financial pressure. Anxiety can be reduced with the help of hypnotherapy.
For example, worrying over real of imaginary scenarios; jumping from problem to disaster.
Fearing the thought of being in debt, to losing a job, to being homeless.
Also, stress and anxiety can be brought on by family and relationship issues.
Likewise, anxious feelings arise due to negative self-talk; feeling not-good-enough or being your own worst critic.
Hypnotherapy sessions can help you gain relief from stress and anxiety. Reduce nervousness and restore your self-confidence.
Catastrophising and agonising over future or past events will cause stress and anxiety.
Negative thoughts going round and round, convince you that something is far worse than it really is.
Worries continue bouncing around in your head as you play out worst-case scenarios in your mind.
When you worry and criticise yourself, you become anxious and insecure.
As a result, you feel as though you are not good enough, you feel helpless.
“I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened” ~ Mark Twain
Subsequently, you begin to worry about what other people think of you.
Unfortunately, the more you criticise yourself the more powerful the inner critic gets.
People often criticise themselves for not being more confident, prettier, slimmer, funnier, smarter; and so on.
Unsurprisingly, this leaves them feeling inadequate or inferior, at work or in social situations.
Furthermore, if this is not dealt with it can develop into a full blown social phobia.
The more you compare yourself to others, the less you seem to measure up.
“You have been criticising yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself instead and see what happens” ~ Louise L Hay
Instead of self-criticism and negative self-talk, causing further inner turmoil; wouldn’t it be nice to think of yourself kindly, in a supportive way?
But, on second thought, that’s easier said than done…
As a trained hypnotherapist I know that sometimes we need help.
With help of Hypnotherapy and hypnosis anxiety and stress relief is achievable. Because, just as your inner-mind creates worry, turmoil and conflict, it can also change it.
Worrying seldom leads to a solution. Regardless of how much you dwell on issues and worst case scenarios, you will rarely be better prepared to deal with them, if they actually happen.
On the other hand – learn how to calmly evaluate and identify steps to deal with the situation. Generally, this will lead to problem solving and managing your anxiety. Hypnotherapy sessions can help you gain relief from stress and anxiety. Reduce nervousness and restore your self-confidence.
Anytime you get worked up and anxiety kicks in, remember to breathe deeply and practice self-hypnosis, mindfulness or meditation.
Second step is to steadily gaze at a spot in front of you.
Then raise your gaze upwards, without moving your head.
Keep your eyes fixed on the ceiling.
While gazing at this spot, mentally say to yourself:
“As I count from three (3) down to one (1) my eyelids will feel heavier and heavier.
By the time I get to one (1) my eyes will close and I will completely relax”.
Commence closing youreyes and allow yourself to completely relax.
Begin with your head, neck and shoulders, then your chest and arms.
Relax you back and spine, your upper body. Then your hips and legs all the way to your toes.
Take you time in doing this… release all tension from every cell, every muscle, every nerve.
From the top of your head, right down to your toes.
Mentally repeat to yourself:
~relax and let go
~more and more deeply relax
Third step is to deepen your self-hypnosis by using imagery and visualisation.
Continue breathing in the way described above (shorter breath in and, a longer breath out).
Next, imagine yourself in a comfortable place.
There is a TV screen with a remote control in front of you. Pick up the remote control.
See yourself switch on the TV. Select a channel.
Black and white, fuzzy, distorted images appear on the screen.
Now breathe out as you switch-off the TV with those fuzzy images.
Relax even more than before.
Repeat switching the TV off and on three (3) times.
Relax more every time you switch it off.
By the time you switch it off the third time, you find yourself more absorbed in the experience of calmness.
Self-hypnosis will help you to switch off your fuzzy, distorted anxieties and worries.
Each time you practice and repeat these steps, the easier it gets to switch off and find relief from symptoms of stress and anxiety.
Imagine yourself sitting back in front of the TV screen once more. Find the remote control, pick it up, feel it’s weight in your hand.
Once again switch the TV on and select a channel. Again there is an old black and white movie on the screen.
As you watch the same old drama, you notice those fuzzy, black and white images.
You hear familiar distorted sounds; of stress, anxiety, sadness, grief and, a sense of dread, worries and turmoil.
Watch now as you let those images get blurrier and fuzzier and smaller. Hear those distressing sounds become more hazy, faint and distant.
Again switch-off the TV…
Let the negative images and sounds fade from your awareness.
Switch-off those anxious thoughts, worries and concerns.
Return to imagining yourself in your calm place, sitting comfortably, relaxed and breathing calmly.
Find the remote control again and this time feel how light it is in your hand. Look at the TV in front of you as you switch it back on. Select a new channel.
This time see images of yourself in full colour…
Hear your own laughter, you feel at ease and carefree. See your desired goals coming true. Hear the calm and happy sounds of conversations, fun and laughter.
Watch pleasant scenes of yourself being calm and confident and enjoying all kinds of positive achievements in your daily life.
Begin repeating thoughts like:
“I am calm, and safe.” or “every day I value and appreciate myself” and “whatever happens I deal with it calmly”, “I feel calm and in control.”
Let these thoughts and images reveal to you the strengths and resources to live a full, happy and stress-free life.
See yourself radiant and healthy, with a healthy shape and size of your body. Enjoy feeling motivated to exercise, to be flexible and strong.
Focus on how good you feel while you visualise these positive images, thoughts and feelings.
Play and replay positive thoughts and images in your mind.
Take time in enjoying this part of the pleasant self-hypnosis experience.
Envision your life unfolding exactly how you want it to be now, rather than as it was before. Feel that you now have the calm confidence to achieve your goals.
Each day of your life see yourself feeling happy, content, confident and carefree.
Continue to spend as much time as you like enjoying this experience. You can now look forward to what each new day brings.
Suggest to yourself that you have enjoyed a wonderful relaxing experience.
At the count of three you will return to a natural level of calm awareness.
Breathe in deeply – then very slowly count yourself up from one to three.
You will be feeling calm, re-energised and alert, looking forward to the remainder of your day.
Even your nervous system calms down during the experience of self-hypnosis.
Self-hypnosis not only calms your thoughts, it relaxes your body in a way that goes beyond your thoughts.
Watch some guided self-hypnosis instructions on a below video.
I have prepared this video especially for you.
Hope you enjoy every moment of your self-hypnosis experience.
Undeniably, stress and anxiety are a common part of your everyday life. Some level of stress and worry is unavoidable.
Just as undeniably, your brain is hard wired to keep you safe. Vital part of your brain, the amygdala, is given the job of protecting you and watching out for your survival.
For example, if a ferocious animal is chasing you, the heightened emotion of fear instantly triggers a “fight-flight” response. You automatically react by either running for your life or grabbing a weapon to fight.
This protective part of your brain doesn’t only watch out for your physical survival. You feel a similar emotion when you are nervous about going for a job interview, giving a public speech or going for a sky dive.
When you experience anxiety in these situations, it’s your brain trying to help you survive emotionally.
“People aren’t attacked by their bodies during panic; any more than a car is attacked by its alarm system when the alarm sounds.” ~ Mark Tyrrell
Hypnotherapy is used effectively to reduce stress and anxiety.
But, is there sufficient enough research and evidence to back that up?
Study published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis – suggests participants reduced their anxiety levels by more than 79% on average, compared to participants who didn’t receive hypnosis.
Psych Central article indicates Hypnotherapy is being studied more and more in recent years. Because researchers, and mental health professionals are looking into additional mainstream and natural treatments for anxiety.
According to Eileen Davis, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Counselling, there are quite a number of research studies in existence. As a result, she carried out a review of (10) ten of them – for two most common conditions: chronic pain and anxiety.
Review revealed strong evidence of positive effectiveness of hypnotherapy as treatment in the reduction of pain and anxiety. (Davis, E., 2015, Literature review of the evidence-base for the effectiveness of hypnotherapy. Melbourne: PACFA)
“Learn to move beyond charged emotions, limiting beliefs and insecurities, to not only dramatically improve your own life, but also your relationships with family, friends, workmates and strangers” ~ Ben Fizell, Peacekeeper Project
In conclusion, give yourself a break. Stop worrying and stop criticising yourself. Stop stressing, catastrophising and caring so much about what other people think.
Say to yourself “don’t worry so much” or “you did your best”.
If you need further help, feel free to contact me. I am here to help.
Anxiety and emotional turmoil can be released with the help of an experienced hypnotherapist.
When you get worked up and anxiety kicks in, breathe deeply and practice your self-hypnosis.
Should you have any further questions about hypnosis feel free to call 0414 585 595. I’m Katherine Ferris and I am more than happy to be of help.
Katherine Ferris, from Sydney Wellbeing Centre teaches you how to get into a self-hypnosis meditation:
Sit quietly for five minutes: eyes closed, breathing deeply and slowly.
Count to four as you breathe in.
Pause.
Then count to eight as you breathe out.
Focus on your forehead: let it relax.
Relax your jaw and your face.
Let tension fade from the back of your neck, shoulders and spine.
Continue the breathing rhythm as you relax your body.
With self-hypnosis your body releases stress and tension
Each time you meditate, it becomes easier.
Normal everyday sounds around you can help you relax even more.
Breathe in: feel centred and calm, inner strength develops.
As you breathe out: disperse obstacles standing in the way of enjoyment of your life.
Now send loving thoughts to yourself, your family and friends
Thank the universe for providing you with health and wellbeing.
Feel a deep gratitude for all the good things in your life.
You can now remain centred and refreshed, long after you open your eyes, no matter where you are.
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