Fears and phobias

What is a ‘fear’?

A fear is what we feel when we are in the presence of a real danger… it is the feeling associated with our body preparing itself to either fight the source of the danger, or escape from it. Some common fears are:

Fear of flying

Fear of driving

Fear of dentists

What is a phobia?

A phobia is a similar, often extremely intense feeling of fear, which is caused this time, by a situation or object with doesn't actually pose any real threat to our safety.

Common with many phobias, is the feeling of loss of control in the given situation, this brings stress and anxiety, and often full scale panic.

Often, the person will avoid the situation or object which brings these feelings, and when they avoid it, (and subsequently don't get these feelings of anxiety), this only serves to re-enforce the link between the object or situation, and the fear.

Some examples of Specific phobias are

• Animal (insects, spiders, rats, snakes, mice etc)
• Environmental (thunderstorms, darkness, heights etc)
• Injury (blood, needles, dental procedures, surgery etc)
• Situations (driving, enclosed spaces, lifts etc)
• Other (germs, illness etc)

Another form of phobia is Complex phobias:
There are two main complex phobias...

• Social Phobia (The fear of social situations and being judged)
• Agoraphobia (The fear of open spaces)

If you suffer with a fear or phobia, don't continue to suffer in silence.  Hypnotherapy can very effectively help with fears and phobias. Please contact successism to and find out how we can help you.