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Phobias and irrational Fears

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An effective treatment for all Phobias and fears

I have found Hypnotherapy , Psychotherapy using Hypnosis and Hypnotic techniques, Clinical Hypnotherapy and Analytical Hypnotherapy very successful in the treatment of phobias and irrational fears

 

 

 

 

 

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Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy can stop irrational Phobias and fear

Is this Phobia taking over your life ?

I provide a very effective treatment for removing your phobia. Understanding your phobia is not enough, conscious understanding of phobias produces no real relief from phobic responses like fear, shaking, feeling faint, panic, palpitations, sweating etc and all the side effects of reacting in this way; worrying what people will think of you, not being able to do certain 'normal' things because of your phobia, so we won't be making you hold large spiders ,climb ladders or eat foods you hate!

We know that Phobias prevent many people from doing what they would love to do in their lives, holidays abroad due to flying phobias, eating certain foods due to Emetophobia (a fear of being sick) from a fear of spiders (arachnophobia) to not being able to speak in public (glossophobia) phobias can be very restrictive on your life.

I treat the cause of your phobia, removing the 'unconscious' cause of the problem offers a permanent 'cure' of your phobia, removing the symptoms for good. 

What is a phobia ?

A symbolic representation of an internal anxiety. Although some Phobias appear  to serve an obvious purpose (fear of fire, drowning, heights etc.) others seem  to make no sense at all but as strange as some phobias seem your mind thinks they are all serving an important purpose.

Are Phobias and Fears the same thing ?

Many people suffer phobic reactions to things from feeling a little bit silly about something to a full blown panic attack when they are forced to face their phobia.

Most Phobias are not directly related to the cause of the emotion, they are 'symbolic of it'.

Phobias are often called fears and fears are often thought of as phobias but they are quite different to each other. Fear has an obvious focus on danger to us. Phobias are irrational, excessive reactions to often non dangerous objects animals or situations yet they cause huge amounts of anxiety, heart pounding, tremors, shortness of breath, dizziness etc.

I specialise in the treatment of

Emetophobia or Emetephobia - a fear of being sick , phagophobia, vomitophobia, vomit phobia, sickness phobia.

At no time are any of my clients expected or encouraged to watch anyone be sick or be made to think of being sick in order to expose them to their phobia. Emetophobia is not about being sick or anything to do with seeing someone being sick! It is an external expression of internal anxiety. Hypno-analysis finds the cause of this anxiety and removes the effect (phobia/ fear) for good.

Associated fears; gagging, seeing others being sick, choking on food, pregnancy (due to possibility of morning sickness), drowning, and 'social Phobia'.

This Phobia seems to effect more women than men, and tends to have a very disabling effect on the sufferer; quite often the person has to avoid all places where there is a possibility of themselves (or others) being sick; pubs, restaurants, clubbing, eating in front of others etc. Because of the association between eating and being sick, the sufferer often feels a little obsessive about what and where they will eat. A lot of sufferers tend to view being sick as 'horrible, dirty, etc, and so it is quite common for emetophobics to also have fears of other situations where they might feel the same way; going to the toilet , or the inability to urinate in front of others
(shy bladder).

I specialise in the cure of the fear of being sick, treatment of this phobia which is a pathological fear of being sick (puke, puking, chucking up, vomit, vomiting or throwing up) can and does effect people in many different ways;

Some sufferers have a fear of others being sick while they have no fear of being sick themselves. Others find just the mention of sick ,puke or vomit or the smell and /or sounds of someone being sick is enough to bring on a severe phobic reaction which in turn produce intense / strong emotions of fear, disgust, panic and even feeling sick themselves.

'Emetophobia' when given its medical name affects people's lives, often very profoundly in almost every area of their lives; Travelling becomes a very real problem for the emetophobic due to the obvious fear of travel sickness, air sickness, sea sickness which can cause an aversion to cars, trains, tube trains, boats and flying.

An avoidance of certain social situations like a fear of eating out, pubs, clubs, parties are avoided due to the chances of others being drunk or eating rich foods which in turn could make people sick. Along with such fears come other pre occupation with illness (sickness), tummy bugs, sickness bugs, stomach bugs and the danger of food poisoning, so many food types are often avoided, rich foods, cream, cheese, spicy foods, milk, rice pudding, custard and the very amounts of food eaten become important along with the time of day they are eaten to reduce the chances of being sick.

Often pregnancy is dreaded or avoided because of the very real risk of morning sickness, in fact the avoidance of children is often found (because they are prone to sickness bugs when young). Emetophobia can even effect your sex life or at least parts of it (oral sex is often avoided because of choking and gagging and the fear of this producing an effect of being sick).

Hypno-Analysis is used to great effect to find the permanent cure or resolution of Emetophobia,

Coprophobia or Corprophobia - fear of going to the toilet (passing faeces) ,toilet phobia

A fear of anything related to passing faeces, shit/shitting, toilets, public toilets, being heard going to the toilet, feeling unclean or dirty generally. Another fairly common Phobia. Typically the sufferer would find it difficult (if not impossible) to use a public toilet. A lot of the time the fear is specifically of losing bowel control - in public. Quite often the sufferer has very precise routines they have to adhere to - in order to be able to go to the toilet.

Sometimes people with
coprophobia/coporophobia use laxatives to avoid the feeling of going to the loo, and sometimes they might even 'auto-disempact'

I specialise in the cure of the fear of passing faeces (pooing, shitting, crapping etc), treatment of this phobia which is a pathological fear of anything related to faeces, feces, pooing, shit or shitting, particularly in public toilets can and does effect people in many different ways;

Coprophobia (often spelt corophobia or koprophobia) and also known as scatophobia is very often associated with public toilets (loos) where the sufferer finds it impossible for many reasons to use.

There are strong links with other phobias such as Shy Bladder (the inability to urinate, pee, wee etc in front of others or in public toilets) and social phobia/anxiety which produces many inhibitions about bodily functions.

The fear of pooing (shitting, taking a dump, crapping) produce a great deal of anxiety for the coprophobic, making using public toilets impossible or very difficult. The fear of others hearing them passing faeces, breaking wind and the often associated feelings of being unclean, germs etc make going to the toilet very difficult , often impossible.

For many who fear passing faeces it is a personal recurring fear of the feelings of passing faeces or the constant fear of messing themselves in public by losing bowel control. To help prevent this many coprophobics use laxatives to remove much of the sensation of going to the loo (as a side effect the timing of when one might go to the toilet is much easier to control)

Social Phobia a fear of embarrassing, or humiliating 'on the spot' type situations (in public) ,social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, fear of being judged

Social Phobia is probably the most common phobia there is; a pervasive fear of any situation where the sufferer is likely to feel 'on the spot', embarrassed, humiliated or judged - for example; dinner parties, public speaking, interviews, appearing in court, singing, stuttering etc Associated symptoms: sensitivity to criticism, negative self image, fear of rejection, difficulty in being assertive and feelings of inferiority . On a more general level, the social phobic worries continuously about how others 'see' them, and what others may think about them - it is not surprising then that the sufferer usually spends a lot of time creating the image they want others to see. Usually the social phobic is quite adept at concealing their anxiety from others, although there is quite often a difficulty in maintaining eye contact.

In the D.S.M.4 (the Mental Health 'Bible') the main criteria for social phobia is listed as; A marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others. The individual fears that he/she will act in a way that will be humiliating or embarrassing.

Some symptoms that may appear alongside (or be caused by) social phobia or social anxiety are.....


A fear of public speaking
A fear of talking on the telephone
A fear of writing in front of someone (even signing a cheque!)
Blushing, or a fear of blushing
Stuttering or stammering
A lack of confidence
Working too hard (to please others)
Setting unachievable high standards (and feeling bad when they are not met)
A preoccupation with how you look: perfecting an image you want others to see (NOT vanity - this is about trying to 'blend in')
Certain twitches or 'tics'
Shy bladder (men) not being able to pee, when on the spot
Certain sexual inhibitions - due to 'performance anxiety'
Repeated failure of driving test - due to 'performance anxiety'
A persistent fear of failure, or 'not making the grade'

Basically any situation in life where you might feel embarrassed, on the spot, judged, silly or out of control etc.

Symptoms of a phobia

  • De-realisation (feeling unreal) or de-personalisation (feeling detached from self)

  • Dizzy, light headed, faint or unsteady

  • Fears of loss of control or becoming insane

  • Heart pounds, races or skips beats

  • Nausea or other abdominal discomfort

  • Numbness or tingling

  • Sweating

  • Shortness of breath or smothering sensation

  • Trembling

  • Chest pain or other chest discomfort

  • Chills or hot flashes

  • Choking sensation

So if you are in the Cambridge area and suffer from a fear or phobia please contact me.

Getting in touch with me:

If it all sounds interesting and not too scary I offer a free initial consultation. why not contact me to book your appointment today ?

Tel. 07940 029 383

 

 

Other common phobias and fears
Arachnophobia -fear of spiders
Acrophobia - fear of heights
Aviatophobia - fears of flying
Agorophobia - fear of open spaces
Aichmophobia - fear of needles
Claustrophobia - fear of enclosed spaces

Demophobia - fear of crowds

Glossophobia - fear of speaking in public
Hydrophobia - fear of water
Nyctophobia - fear of the dark
Odontophobia - fear of the Dentist
Thanatophobia - fear of death or dying

 

more common phobias
Emetophobia - fear of being sick
Coporophobia - fear of loss of bowel control
Toilet phobia - fear of public toilets
Shy Bladder - fear of urinating in public

 

Where is the Hypnotherapy Clinic ?

Driving directions from Cambridge - St Neots 

16.9 mi, 24 min

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Depart A1134 / Queens Road toward A1303 / Madingley Road
84 ft
Turn left onto A1303 / Madingley Road
3.2 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit onto slip road
0.3 mi
Merge onto A428
5.9 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit
5.6 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit onto B1428 / Cambridge Road
0.5 mi
Pass through 4 roundabouts, remaining on B1428
1.4 mi
Turn left onto Market Square
222 ft
Arrive at Market Square, St Neots PE19 2
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Market Square, St Neots PE19 2

 

Matthew Smale Registered Hypnotherapist No. 81846

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