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Healing from Fears and Phobias by using Hypnotherapy

January 2, 2025 / / 0 Comments

A phobia is an anxiety disorder involving excessive and persistent fear of a situation or object. Exposure to the source of the fear triggers an immediate anxiety response.

Many phobias that can have a serious impact on a person’s life. As you may notice most specific phobias fall into one of four major categories:

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2013.

Fears of the natural environment
Fears related to animals
Fear related to medical treatments or issues
Fears related to specific situations

Symptoms of Phobias

Phobias lead to physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms.

Common symptoms include:

Chest tightness or pain
Chills or hot flashes
Choking sensations
Confusion
Difficulty breathing
Dizziness
Dry mouth
Increased blood pressure
Nausea
Racing heartbeat
Shaking or trembling
Sweating

In addition to these physical symptoms, people may experience dread, a sense of impending doom, fear of losing control, or even the feeling that death is imminent. To avoid such feelings, people with phobias may avoid any situation where they might potentially encounter the source of their fear.

Causes of Phobias

The exact causes of phobias are not known, but it is likely that a combination of factors plays a part. Some factors that increase the risk of developing a phobia include:

Genetics: People with a close family member with a phobia or another anxiety disorder also have a greater risk of a phobia.5 It is important to note, however, that people who don’t have family members with the condition still develop phobias.

Traumatic experiences: A difficult, stressful, or traumatic experience can also trigger the onset of a phobia. For example, being bitten by a dog as a child might trigger a fear of dogs in adulthood.

A–Z List of Some of the More Common Phobias

This article lists more than 100 of the most common phobias. It also covers some of the treatment options that are available.

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A

  • Ablutophobia: Fear of bathing
  • Achluophobia: Fear of darkness
  • Acrophobia: Fear of heights
  • Aerophobia: Fear of flying
  • Algophobia: Fear of pain
  • Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or crowds
  • Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects
  • Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car
  • Androphobia: Fear of men
  • Anemophobia: Fear of air
  • Anginophobia: Fear of angina or choking
  • Angrophobia: Fear of anger
  • Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers
  • Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society
  • Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched
  • Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter
  • Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
  • Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers
  • Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning
  • Astrophobia: Fear of outer space
  • Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or untidiness
  • Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection
  • Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
  • Automatonophobia: Fear of human-like figures
  • Autophobia: Fear of being alone

B

  • Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria
  • Barophobia: Fear of gravity
  • Bathmophobia: Fear of stairs or steep slopes
  • Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians
  • Belonephobia: Fear of pins and needles
  • Bibliophobia: Fear of books
  • Botanophobia: Fear of plants

C

  • Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness
  • Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed
  • Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors
  • Chionophobia: Fear of snow
  • Chrometophobia: Fear of spending money
  • Chromophobia: Fear of colors
  • Chronomentrophobia: Fear of clocks
  • Chronophobia: Fear of time
  • Cibophobia: Fear of food
  • Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces
  • Climacophobia: Fear of climbing
  • Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
  • Cyberphobia: Fear of computers
  • Cynophobia: Fear of dogs

D

  • Daemonophobia: Fear of demons
  • Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions
  • Dendrophobia: Fear of trees
  • Dentophobia: Fear of dentists
  • Domatophobia: Fear of houses
  • Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents

E

  • Ecophobia: Fear of the home
  • Elurophobia: Fear of cats
  • Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting
  • Entomophobia: Fear of insects
  • Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers
  • Erotophobia: Fear of sex
  • Equinophobia: Fear of horses

G

  • Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
  • Genuphobia: Fear of knees
  • Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public
  • Gynophobia: Fear of women

H

  • Haphephobia: Fear of touch
  • Heliophobia: Fear of the sun
  • Hemophobia: Fear of blood
  • Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Fear of long words
  • Hydrophobia: Fear of water
  • Hypochondria: Fear of illness

I

  • Iatrophobia: Fear of doctors
  • Insectophobia: Fear of insects

K

  • Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms
  • Koumpounophobia: Fear of buttons

L

  • Leukophobia: Fear of the color white
  • Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
  • Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth

M

  • Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking
  • Megalophobia: Fear of large things
  • Melanophobia: Fear of the color black
  • Microphobia: Fear of small things
  • Mysophobia: Fear of dirt and germs

N

  • Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things
  • Noctiphobia: Fear of the night
  • Nomophobia: Fear of being without your mobile phone
  • Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals
  • Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark

O

  • Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight
  • Octophobia: Fear of the figure 8
  • Ombrophobia: Fear of rain
  • Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
  • Ornithophobia: Fear of birds
  • Osmophobia: Fear of smells
  • Ostraconophobia: Fear of shellfish

P

  • Papyrophobia: Fear of paper
  • Pathophobia: Fear of disease
  • Pedophobia: Fear of children
  • Philematophobia: Fear of kissing
  • Philophobia: Fear of love
  • Phobophobia: Fear of phobias
  • Podophobia: Fear of feet
  • Porphyrophobia: Fear of the color purple
  • Pteridophobia: Fear of ferns
  • Pteromerhanophobia: Fear of flying
  • Pyrophobia: Fear of fire

S

  • Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween
  • Scolionophobia: Fear of school
  • Scoptophobia: Fear of being stared at
  • Selenophobia: Fear of the moon
  • Sociophobia: Fear of social evaluation
  • Somniphobia: Fear of sleep

T

  • Tachophobia: Fear of speed
  • Technophobia: Fear of technology
  • Thalassophobia: Fear of the ocean
  • Trichophobia: Fear of hair
  • Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder
  • Trypanophobia: Fear of needles/injections
  • Trypophobia: Fear of holes

V-Z

  • Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women
  • Verminophobia: Fear of germs
  • Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft
  • Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners
  • Zoophobia: Fear of animals
  • Zuigerphobia: Fear of vacuum cleaners

Hypnotherapy Can Help With for Kids Challenges

December 26, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Kids feel everything at such a bigger level than us adults do. That does, unfortunately, include all of the negative and unpleasant emotions.

Kids are so in touch with these emotions, in fact, that I think they can teach us adults things about our own perspectives.

Whatever your child is struggling with, hypnotherapy can help. There are five big issues that I have helped kids with in the past as a clinical hypnotherapist. These are some issues that are worth addressing.

1. Nail biting

Nail biting is a habit most frequently associated with stress or anxiety. In kids, they have identified this negative behaviour as something that soothes their discomfort or helps them in some way – even if they are, in fact, causing themselves pain. Nail biting can lead to great physical harm in children, with varying levels of self-harm inflicted by the child themselves. It’s because of this that hypnotherapy is so useful, because it identifies the underlying negative pattern and can change the way a child might respond to them. In some cases it can help a child identify the source of their triggers that leads to nail biting in the first place, and help them figure out how best to avoid these triggers again in the future.

2. Fears and Phobias

Kids tend to develop phobias and fears from a traumatic memory or scene involving the specific fear. It is also common for a child to have the same fear as a parent through modelling. It could be anything from a fear of the dark, to insects, vomit, or water. While fear is a natural response that dates back to prehistoric times (back when we fought for our survival, hence the fight-or-flight way of thinking), but if the fear is a dominant part of your child’s awareness and attention, this irrational response is not beneficial to their lives. It can prevent them from trying new things, going places, or just create a continuous feeling of anxiety. Thankfully, all fears and phobias can be released using hypnotherapy. Once the mind has accepted a new response to the situation the fear is greatly reduced or eliminated completely.

3. Sleep issues

Insomnia or poor sleep habits in children are as impactful and harmful to their health as for adults – when you’re a kid, you need the extra sleep in order to be your best and happiest. Sleep issues that develop in kids can last well into adulthood, from insomnia to anxiety and overthinking. Because hypnotherapy is designed to help one reach a relaxed state, some people including children may fall into the same brain wave state as sleep during their session, and this is perfectly acceptable, even wonderful – it means your child is on the right track to getting the sleep they need. Poor sleep habits in children can lead to crabbiness, anger, lack of focus, and hyperactivity. It is important for children to create lasting good habits for sleep.

4. Dentistry

Children can develop dental issues just like adults, such as migraines and headaches from bruxism and teeth grinding, which are typically a physical symptom of anxiety and stress. Another dental issue children just like adults might have is a fear of needles, the dentist, or dental procedures. It’s very fortunate that just like dental technology itself, there is a form of hypnotherapy called HypnoDontics which HHC specialize in. This type of hypnosis can also help children with many issues including thumb sucking, getting used to dental appliances, reducing analgesics, and creating relaxation during long procedures resulting in calmer and less stressful dentist appointments.

5. Bed wetting

This can be traumatic to anyone regardless of their age. Children especially feel a huge sense of shame and embarrassment from wetting the bed. Children who are deep sleepers are more likely to have issues with wetting the bed. They are simply not aware of the full bladder. It is also possible for children who were once dry at night to begin wetting the bed again when an emotional event occurs such a death in the family, a move, or parent separation. This is called “regression.” Hypnotherapy can help your child train their mind and body to wake up in time to use the toilet or to work through emotional issues causing the regression back to wetting the bed.

What NOT to do when bringing your children for Hypnotherapy

Did you know there are things that parents can do which are not helpful in trying to bring children for hypnotherapy? For example, forcing a child into a hypnotherapy session will never, ever achieve the results you want to see changed. The child must see some benefit to want to change. Like with adults, hypnotherapy is not a magic wand that I wave over their heads and then, ta-da, the child with the bad habits is fixed after one session. If you want to see them grow and transform into healthy adults as time goes on, then you both need to want to be part of the process of change. It is very helpful for both parents to maintain a positive attitude about the process. Expectations of results, both positive and negative, are impressed upon your child as a belief.

If your child has had or is experiencing any of the issues I have listed here currently, you can’t go wrong with hypnosis. Give them a gift that lasts forever. It really is worth it.

Hypnosis works very quickly and will change your subconscious permanently.

Your goals can be achieved within 4 to 8 sessions.

To be the most effective the hypnotherapy sessions are 4-7 days apart.

Challenges that can be treated with Hypnotherapy:

Anxiety, Asthma, Chronic pain, Fears and phobias, Smoking, High blood pressure, Insomnia and Panic attacks……..

Contact Information:

Tel: 0027 – (0)87 379 7668

Main E-mail: info@hypnotherapycenter.co.za

This hypnotherapy script was written by Gerald Crawford – HHC Stellenbosch South Africa.

This script is a sample, and you can modify it to fit your personal style and the needs of your clients. Remember to always follow proper hypnotherapy protocols and guidelines.

Gerald Crawford is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapy Practitioner, Healer, Guide and Educator. He has gone on a personal journey of transformation and discovery and studied the human mind for over 10 years and though his own adversity he has emerged victorious and is passionate about helping others find and live there true-self.

Gerald Crawford has worked to develop specialized treatments integrating the principles of meditation, yoga, ayurveda, and clinical hypnotherapy. Gerald is a Master Teacher in the field of Dharma Therapy and continues to work both clinically and as an educator specializing in the treatment of individuals with anxiety, stress, depression, pain and complex trauma.

Gerald Crawford Personal Motto: With experience and study comes insight with insight come wisdom with wisdom comes enlightenment, transcendence then follows.

I facilitate changes in human thinking and spiritual awareness utilizing affirmation, suggestions and other techniques, thereby disentangling and unraveling unwanted thoughts, beliefs and habits, freeing my clients to live the lives they choose to.

Gerald Crawford is registered with the CMA (Complementary Medical Association) Accordance with the Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act 22, 2007)

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