Anxiety can stand in your way of enjoying life to the fullest and may even lead to more severe health problems. If left untreated, it can weaken your immune system, cause high blood pressure, increase your risk of diabetes and lead to unwanted weight gain.
Overcoming anxiety may seem like a Sisyphean task, but there is a perfect solution you can try – hypnotherapy.
Does hypnotherapy work for anxiety effectively?
The answer is a resounding YES! Hypnotherapy treatments are some of the best methods for dealing with anxiety and getting your life back on track.
Before discovering how hypnosis therapy for anxiety can help, let’s first recognise the symptoms of anxiety and look for the warning signs that it might be spinning out of control.
What Is Anxiety?
Anxiety is your body’s response to prolonged, intense stress. It can make you feel uneasy, worried, tense, nervous, restless or afraid.
If you are constantly worrying about everyday situations or keep imagining potential scenarios of what is to come, anxiety can easily creep up on you.
A traumatic accident, a sudden illness or a significant life event, such as a divorce, are other common causes for anxiety.
Anxiety can lead to panic attacks that come out of nowhere and overwhelm you so much that you can not even think straight.
Furthermore, anxiety and depression often go hand in hand and share a lot of the same symptoms.
How to Recognise Different Types of Anxiety?
Some of the most common types of anxiety include:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder - feeling stressed and anxious about everyday events for no apparent reason
- Panic disorder - experiencing regular, sudden panic attacks
- Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) - feeling persistent, excessive fear of social situations
With Generalised Anxiety Disorder, you may experience fatigue, nervousness, muscle tension, sweating, irritability and trouble sleeping. You may be too stuck in negative thinking and unable to remember the last time you felt relaxed.
When it comes to panic disorder, it can make you feel out of control most of the time. The symptoms of an anxiety attack are physical, including shortness of breath, a racing heartbeat, sweating, nausea, trembling, numbness, hot flushes and chest pain.
The worst thing about anxiety and panic attacks is stressing about having another panic attack. You constantly worry about experiencing all those symptoms again, so you enter a vicious cycle that keeps triggering anxiety.
If you suffer from social anxiety, dealing with people and fearing they may judge you can cause sweating, trembling, nausea, a rapid heartbeat, dizziness and difficulty breathing.
When Does Anxiety Become a Problem?
Some of the warning signs that your anxiety may have become a problem include:
- Exaggerated worries or fears
- Feeling powerless to control your worries and fears
- Regular symptoms of anxiety, including panic attacks
- Avoiding situations that might trigger your anxiety
- Inability to go about your everyday life
- Anxiety interfering with your professional, social and family life
If you find yourself experiencing any of these signs, hypnotherapy for anxiety can help you break the cycle of anxious thoughts and dread. Read on to find out how.
How Does Hypnotherapy Work for Anxiety?
Contrary to popular opinion, anxiety is not a natural response to stress that you can not control. It is something you have learnt through classical conditioning, that is, pairing anxiety symptoms with a neutral stimulus.
Since it is a learned response to stress, anxiety can be treated by breaking the negative patterns associated with it and changing your mindset.
Hypnotherapy is the best therapy for anxiety and depression because it treats the root cause of the problem. It encourages talking about past trauma and why you are feeling stressed and anxious to better understand your causes for anxiety.
During your hypnosis to treat anxiety, you enter a relaxed state of mind, where you can regain emotional control. With my professional guidance, you can tap into your subconscious mind, explore challenges and fears and focus on solutions.
Being in an alert mental state of focused attention, you are more responsive to suggestions that can help you develop healthy thought patterns.
The key to overcoming anxiety with hypnotherapy is exploring all your worries, especially during the initial consultation. That is when you can learn how the mind works and what causes your anxiety.
How Many Hypnotherapy Sessions Do You Need to Treat Anxiety?
If you need help with anxiety and stress or any other related issue, such as panic attacks, you might need 4-6 hypnotherapy sessions.
If you need anxiety and depression help, you might need 6-8 or more sessions, depending on your unique experiences and feelings.
What Are the Benefits of Hypnosis Therapy for Anxiety?
Hypnosis therapy for anxiety can help you see stressful events differently and replace anxious feelings with positive thoughts and inner peace. It focuses on relaxation and positive life aspects that can help you see things from another perspective.
Whether you need hypnosis for anxiety and depression or hypnosis for anxiety and panic attacks, the crucial benefit you can expect is feeling like yourself again.
You can overcome your fears, eliminate negative feelings, tame your inner critic, boost confidence and self-esteem and regain control of your life.
Do You Need Help with Anxiety?
At Awaken Hypnotherapy, you can get the support you need to regain control of your life. You can get the best treatment for anxiety and depression that will help you overcome your fears and start living your best life.
My Hypnosis Therapy for Anxiety Mornington Peninsula is custom tailored hypnotherapy for stress, anxiety, depression and panic attacks. It is a one-on-one hypnotherapy program designed to remove anxiety triggers and resolve any trauma at a subconscious level.
Ready to finally overcome anxiety and get the much needed peace of mind? Schedule your free consultation today and start living the happy, healthy life you deserve!