Fear of flying and Cognitive Behaviour
Free yourself of your phobia with Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Definition of a phobia
A phobia is defined as an irrational fear of a particular situation, organism or object. The fear continues even though we can rationalise it and tell ourselves not to be afraid
With most phobias an event in our past is the most likely cause. It is not usually consciously known to us, however our subconscious mind is aware of the cause.
Fear of Flying
Eg. An event in the past such as a child such as accidentally being shut in. The fact of being shut in could cause someone to feel as if they have no control and this could create a belief about always having to be in control. “ I must be in control and be able to get out.
This subconscious unhealthy belief about that event is created at the time of the event.
Later on in life when that person is in a situation such as flying, where they don’t have control and cannot get out will trigger the belief, “ I must be in control and be able to get out “
Unhealthy beliefs cause unhealthy thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Unhealthy beliefs tend to take the form of musts, should and have tos.
Unhealthy beliefs are inflexible, are not realistic, don’t make any sense and don’t help you get to your goals.
Healthy beliefs are flexible, they make sense, they are realistic and help you get to your goals
CBH is a structured process that involves discovers your unhealthy beliefs, challenges them and changes them to healthier beliefs, which results in healthier thoughts, feelings behaviour and symptoms
Hypnotherapy is a powerful addition in that it weakens the unhealthy beliefs and strengthens the healthy beliefs. Results can be achieved in 6 hours
