Phobias/Panic Attack


Fears

A phobia (from the Greek "fear") is a strong and persistent fear of a situation, an object, an activity or a person. The main manifestation of this common anxiety disorder is the disproportionate and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject, generally considered harmless.

A study by the National Institute of Mental Health found that between 10% and 20% of North-Americans suffer from phobias. Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age.




Manifestations

Feeling of panic, dread, horror or terror.

Recognition that the fear goes beyond normal boundaries of the actual threat or danger.

Reactions that are automatic and uncontrollable, practically taking over the person's thoughts.

Rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, an overwhelming desire to flee the situation and all the physical reactions associated with extreme fear.

Extreme measures taken to avoid the feared object or situation.




Types

There are three types of phobias: Agoraphobia, Social Phobia and Specific Phobias.

A person who has Agoraphobia finds it difficult to leave home (or other safe area) because he or she is afraid of having a panic attack in public or not having an easy way to escape if the symptoms start.

For people with Social Phobia, also called social anxiety, the fear is extremely intrusive and can disrupt normal life, interfering with work or social relationships in varying degrees of severity.

Specific Phobias are characterized by strong, irrational, involuntary fear reactions to a particular object, place or situation. There are four categories of specific phobias: situational phobia, fear of natural environment, animal phobia and blood-injection-injury phobia.




Integrated Program

We share the belief that Medical Hypnosis should be delivered by licensed and trained health care professionals, capable to interact enough with the patient to be certain that emotional disturbances and psychotic problems have been excluded.

Medical Hypnosis works on three levels when dealing with phobias and panic disorder.

Firstly, on a conscious level by helping the patient to gain insight and perspective into the problem and realize that he or she has choices.

Next, using regression under hypnosis to the time of the first incident, allowing the subconscious mind to treat the phobia as something that belongs in the past with no bearing on the future.

Last but not least, positive suggestions made under hypnosis offer coping strategies and solutions.

In order for the Phobia Removal Integrated Program to be successful - therefore to assist in the elimination of the old reactions, to promote a different comportment in those same situations and to encourage permanent behavioral modifications - 2 to 4 Hypnosis Sessions, combined with a Homeopathic regimen to consolidate fear relief, are customarily required.