Fears and Phobias are the primary reason that most people seek out therapy. Hypnosis has been proven to be extremely effective in either controlling these fears or eliminating them entirely. All of us deal with fears at some time or another in our lives. Its important to understand that while there are an endless supply of fears that have been labeled by the psychiatric community, they all tend to break down to one or both of two fears: The fear of rejection or the fear of loss of control. We all bring with us these fears from childhood.

Definition of Fear: An emotion of varying intensity aroused by a recognized and logical threat and involving the flight/fight response. It aroused a feeling of unpleasant tension and a strong impulse to escape as well as certain physiological changes.

Definition of Phobias: An Excessive, unrealistic and/or illogical or uncontrollable fear elicited by an object, situation, or activity. It usually involves strong physiological and emotional responses.

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Some fears such as death or danger are important to our survival as human beings and are necessary. Others such as the fear of being bitten by a dog generally has its roots in an actual similar event. Once the fear interferes with the persons ability to rationally cope with their environment, it then becomes a phobia.

Sometimes the fear can be accompanied by a physiological change in the persons body that tends to heighten the fear reaction and then in turn cause the mind to develop a phobia. For example, going to the dentist already being afraid of the impending experience and possible pain and not eating properly causing the blood sugars to drop drastically just at the moment the experience is reaching its peak. The sugar drop translates into a physiologically induced anxiety attack and from then on due to the Law of Association, the client is forever afraid of dentists. Result: Dentophobia

Most fears as opposed to phobias occur in childhood and are usually grown out of. some people however do carry them into their adult lives. Usually the cause is known. Phobias on the other hand develop in adulthood and the cause is usually vague. If the cause is known and it is a fear and not a phobia, we recommend the use of circle therapy. Phobias work better with what we call systematic desensitization. With circle therapy We have the client repeatedly face the cause and then relax until eventually the cause is eliminated and the relaxed state takes over. Because circle therapy is dealing with the actual cause we recommend this only if the cause is certain and taking the client back to it will do no harm.

Lifefirst.com firmly believes in the ability of hypnosis under the hands of a qualified therapist to alleviate the symptoms of almost all fears and phobias. Through the use of such techniques as circle therapy and systematic desensitization (techniques available to Lifefirst.com registered therapists), the client can look forward to a full and happy life free of the chains that fears impose.