Fears Phobias

Most people have their weak spot and it is quite common to hear people having fear of say, cockroaches, lizards, cats, dogs, etc. Some of these fears may not have much consequence while others can be inconvenient or even downright debilitating.

For example, someone has a fear of lizards, but may not encounter them much. When encountered, the person may also be able to easily avoid it. Another person with a fear of cats, for example, may face more inconvenience. This is especially so if the person eats out in coffee shops or hawker centres a lot. There are many cats around these areas. In some housing estates, the cat population can be very high too. It is therefore not difficult to imagine how someone with such a fear will find it frustrating as it can be disruptive on a daily basis as the person has to find a way around these cats and take circuitous routes in order to avoid their feline “friends”.

I have also come across executives with fear of heights/flying who unfortunately need to travel often as part of their job. In these situations, it is more than just inconvenience and frustration because careers are at stake!

Some of these fears/phobias are caused by bad experiences in the past while others do not seem to have any origin, at least on the surface. Whatever they are, these fears are “stored” in the subconscious mind and the person can learn to let go of them through hypnosis.

Through hypnosis, one re-educates the subconscious mind to neutralise these fears. In fact, we cannot even rely on our conscious will power to help us. Our conscious mind does recognise that it is not logical to be fearful of, say something as small and harmless as a lizard or cockroach. However, the person with such fears just “cannot help it”. The solution lies really in reaching out to our subconscious mind to overcome the fear. Hypnotherapy is effective precisely because it deals with one’s subconscious mind.