Get Away From The Hold Of A Social Phobia Using NLP & Hypnosis by Alan B. Densky, CH
Social phobia is a common anxiety disorder in which a person is afraid of being in certain social settings. An individual with social phobia experiences debilitating anxiety that impacts their personal and daily life.
People with social phobia are extremely self-conscious and worried about what others may say or think about them. They are often afraid of speaking up, out of fear that they will be judged or criticized. Those with social anxiety tend to be down on themselves or have feelings of low self-worth. They are frequently worried about being seen by others and find socializing to be very terrifying.
Some people with social anxieties may seem "shy," but in the case of a phobia, this is taken to irrational extremes. For instance, if you have social phobia, you may be reluctant to make a crucial phone call because you are anxious about talking on the phone. You finally make the phone call, but you are so nervous that you "lock up" or forget why you called. Although it happens to everyone sometimes, for a person with social phobia it may happen every single time, to the point where they find it impossible to make any calls.
Perhaps it is the evening before a big presentation at work and you find yourself unable to fall asleep. You dread the thought of being in front of a room with your supervisor and all your colleagues watching as you present a new idea or project. You can't stop yourself from feeling extremely embarrassed and self-conscious. Even after the meeting, you can't stop overanalyzing everything you did and said. You worry that you embarrassed yourself in front of your colleagues by stuttering or saying the wrong thing.
Maybe you want to go to parties and make friends, but you avoid socializing because you are anxious about introducing yourself to someone new. You find parties daunting and the thought of meeting someone new frightens you. You worry about what you'll say, or that you'll get laughed at. You might stay at home a lot because you are too scared about going out. These are only a few examples of the way social phobias can affect us.
Social phobias are overblown fears that can prevent you from achieving your professional goals or fully enjoying life. But even people who know their fears are irrational may not know how to handle their fears. People with social anxiety disorder would love to be more social and meet new people, but are just too afraid to do so. Despite their conscious desires and best efforts, they cannot control their phobia because all phobias are seated in the unconscious mind. Ericksonian hypnosis therapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques are the most helpful phobia treatments because they resolve issues at the unconscious level.
It can be difficult for sufferers of social anxiety to get help because they can be too afraid to visit a counselor or talk about their condition. This is why hypnotherapy programs are appropriate for them. The programs promote a tranquil and confidence-boosting frame of mind in a private setting, without being intimidating or overwhelming.
The first part of a good phobia program is relaxation therapy. Hypnosis is a powerful tool for relieving your stress and tension. At the moment when you are completely relaxed, hypnotic techniques will promote positive ideas in your unconscious mind and get rid of your social phobia. NLP techniques will eliminate your fears by specifically targeting the thought process that is responsible for a phobia.
In traditional hypnotherapy, specifically worded post-hypnotic suggestions are used to treat every different phobia. The problem is, people often ignore being directly told what to do or think, so traditional hypnotherapy is not always effective. A deep-seated phobia requires the use of NLP and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.
Ericksonian hypnotherapy techniques work better than traditional hypnotherapy because they utilize suggestions that are not apparent to your conscious mind, versus direct suggestions. These suggestions are placed in discussion, in various stories and metaphors, to persuade your unconscious mind to follow a different line of reasoning. This is why Ericksonian hypnotherapy is much more successful than conventional hypnosis therapy and far harder for the unconscious mind to reject.
A single program that has Ericksonian hypnotic therapy and NLP techniques can treat any phobia, in any person. This is because several techniques are used together to maximize their effectiveness. People are often amazed at the apparently miraculous changes they see through hypnotherapy. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP are ideal tools to help build your confidence and beat social phobia so you will be able to enjoy life.
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Alan B. Densky, CH is a certified hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner. His ecommerce site offers self hypnosis CDs for self confidence. His Self Confidence CDs were tested by Personal-Development info in England. Visit him for Free hypnosis & NLP newsletters and articles.
