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Phobias

Phobias and fears are produced by internal anxieties that become associated with particular situations. Some may seem to serve a genuine purpose (fear of heights, fire, etc) - mostly however, they appear to be completely irrational! - But do not be fooled!  All phobias do have a cause and all phobias do, or perhaps did, serve some purpose - otherwise they couldn't and wouldn't exist!

The most common cause is some forgotten incident (a sensitising event) from one's youth that provoked overwhelmingly powerful emotions. So powerful and intense are they that 'nature' or the powers that be within that psyche decides enough is enough. The incident and associated emotions are therefore conveniently buried or bottled up and tucked away out of reach, at least, out of conscious reach. Phobias that respond particularly well to analytical hypnotherapy include:

Aerophobia fear of flying

Acrophobia fear of heights

Agoraphobia fear of open spaces

Arachnophobia fear of spiders

Claustrophobia fear of enclosed spaces

Emetophobia fear of being sick

Entomophobia fear of insects

Hydrophobia fear of water

Ophidiophobia fear of snakes

Pyrophobia fear of fire

Spheksophobia fear of wasps

Xenophobia fear of strangers

There are hundreds more. I have even treated clients with a phobia of boiled eggs.  This related back to a time in her childhood where she ate a hard boiled egg that was off. Did you know that there is even a 'fear of phobias'! Yes, you've guessed it, phobophobia!

It is these hidden away or repressed memories and emotions that can and often will, sooner or later, create a phobia. So the phobia then continues to serve as a warning of the approach of some potentially similar and 'un-faceable' incident. In therapy, we can find and release the emotions which originally caused or created the phobia. And with the release of those old, bottled-up emotions, the phobia itself just disappears.