Having an anxiety attack in a confining space can be a shocking time for claustrophobic people and those near them. When an individual’s claustrophobia is triggered, they will often experience panic attacks, trouble breathing, physical illness, passing out, and other, often irrational, responses. One can develop claustrophobia at any time or because of a traumatic event, but it often starts during childhood.
The condition is activated by various situations, which could vary between individuals. For example, some claustrophobic people may only feel claustrophobic while riding a lift, while other people find that crowds aggravate their condition. In any situation, claustrophobia and other irrational fears tend to interfere with people’s daily lives and personal satisfaction. People with phobias often develop avoidant behaviors and enjoy a lower quality of life as they manage their activities around their phobia.
For numerous people, the fear of humiliation over their fears is as bad as the phobia itself. Often times, people know that their fears are overblown and irrational, but can’t seem to stop themselves from losing self-control. The reason for this is because phobias are rooted deep within the unconscious, which no amount of conscious willpower can be fully effective in controlling. This poses a unique challenge to the control of phobias.
Claustrophobia is often cured with anti-anxiety drugs or therapy. Hypnosis therapy is an ideal, safe and non-invasive form of therapy with no negative side effects. It works by targeting the deeply-rooted causes of fear in the unconscious to rapidly eliminate a phobia. In particular, a system that uses Ericksonian hypnosis techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can be used to treat a phobia. This innovative program uses various techniques to help people overcome their anxieties.
The first phase in curing a phobia is helping the phobia sufferer become at ease and stress-free. Hypnosis has traditionally been used as a form of stress-reducing therapy, to allow people to clear their minds and focus deeply.
Traditional hypnotic techniques have made use of direct, post-hypnotic suggestions to help treat phobias. The disadvantage of the direct suggestion is that the conscious mind tends to reject being merely “told” what to think. So many people put up mental barriers and reject suggestions. In this day and age, both children and adults are particularly likely to resist direct suggestions because we are independent thinkers who question authority.
Deep relaxation is the very essence of the hypnotic state. In the tranquil state, instead of using direct suggestions, an alternate approach known as systematic desensitization can often help eliminate a phobia through visual stimuli.
Ericksonian hypnosis therapy uses a more sophisticated approach than traditional techniques. It utilizies indirect suggestions concealed in interesting metaphors and stories to interest the unconscious and persuade it to follow a desirable, phobia-free thought process. Since indirect suggestions do not need to be tailored to a single phobia like direct suggestions do, one good Ericksonian hypnotic therapy program can work to beat any phobia or even more than one phobia at a time.
NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is a unique form of therapy that many highly trained hypnotherapists have begun to use. The best NLP technique for extinguishing a phobia is known as the Visual – Kinesthetic Disassociation, also called V/K. The V/K is recognized as the single session phobia cure, and with good reason. Irrational or panic reactions (attacks) take place because traumatic experiences are attached to and aggravated by mental images. With the V/K, the stressful experiences are disconnected from the mental images – often in merely one session, and the phobia is virtually extinguished.
Those battling claustrophobia can get relief by using hypnosis therapy. The use of Ericksonian hypnosis with NLP techniques can help anyone beat their phobias. Hypnotic therapy has helped many people feel safe and secure in situations where earlier, they would have had a complete break down. Hypnosis therapy techniques have provided incredible benefits for people afflicted with phobias and continue to enhance lives every day.
Alan B. Densky, CH has created several hypnosis methods for the cure of symptoms of anxiety attacks based on NLP and Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Learn more on his Neuro-VISION NLP website using his Free article library and video research library.
