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Bristol Hypnotherapy Clinic
in residence at the
Greenway Community Practice
Greystoke Ave, Southmead
Bristol BS10 6AF
Tel: 0117-968-6886, Mobile: 07811-373703
International 44117-968-6886
USA Cell phone 248.635.3726
Panic Attacks
Fear and panic are acute states of arousal that occur repeatedly and unexpectedly which can have some of the following symptoms:-
Difficult rapid or laboured breathing, palpitations, chest pains, choking or smothering sensations, dizziness, fainting fear of dying, fear of mental illness, or of impending doom, hot / cold flushes, hot / cold clammy hands, tingling / burning sensations, trembling / shaking, sweating, unrealistic feelings.
Most people with a panic disorder feel anxious about the possibility of having another panic attack.
A panic disorder can progress to produce a phobia due to avoiding a situation that they think will cause a panic, including agoraphobia where panic is felt in crowded places, shops, and when driving.
It is something inside ‘one’s self but outside their control’
This problem responds well to a combination of hypno-analysis to find an originating cause and cognitive therapy which can eliminate or modify thought patterns to the symptoms of the patients.
Anxiety States
Anxiety is different from that of panic and fear, in that anxiety is a chronic state of arousal, where panic and fear is sudden and an acute state.
The more common complaints by an anxious person are, sweating, nausea or ‘butterfly's’ in the stomach, palpitations or chest pain, shallow or constricted breathing, muscle tension and headaches are often found. Everyone is an individual, so not all these or different symptoms may be experienced.
Anxiety is normally persistent and severity depends on how badly individuals expect they will do in a situation, how much control they may have in a particular situation or event, and how critically they will be judged afterwards. They frequently evaluate themselves or create an image that is negative, which causes further or persistent anxiousness. Nearly all those suffering from anxiety will complain of not being able to concentrate or they have a poor memory. There is nothing wrong with their concentration or memory, just the underlying anxiety that creates them not to think with logic and reason.
By finding how this anxiety was created in the first place using hypno-analysis provides the client with a better understanding of themselves. Then using clinical hypnosis increasing their confidence and self-esteem, cognitive behavioural therapy within hypnosis allows different copy skills and strategies for living life more positively, which then becomes a new habit.
Obsessive compulsive disorders, although it is termed as one are quite different. An obsession is felt, while a compulsion is acted out. In an obsession the fear is private and inward, in a compulsion the fear (or desire is taboo) is given a symbol that arouses the feeling of fear, in a compulsion the individual creates his / her own symbol. The repetitive compulsion performs a particular act over and over again, must touch every lamp-post on his way home, count his money over and over again.
Both the obsessions and the compulsions are substitutes for something desired or imagined that does not harmonise with the personality ego.
Occasionally using analysis the originating causes to these problems are found and resolved. More important is utilizing cognitive behavioural therapy within hypnosis, which allows that person to think and feel differently. ERP exposure response prevention is used in conjunction with hypnosis and allows for superior outcomes. It is essential a plan of action is devised for that individual person suffering from OCD.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders OCD