I was only 24 when anxiety knocked on my door. Well, POUNDED is more like it.
I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I didn’t want to leave the house. I didn’t want to shower. The symptoms were pretty bad. Panic attack, anxiety, it’s all related.
I was in college and ended up at the student health center, where they assigned me a psychologist in training under a more senior psychologist. Among other things….like giving me an Rx for Librium, the drug of choice in the mid 1970s, which I didn’t come to appreciate until later in life, but that’s another story….among other things, the psychologist used hypnosis on me.
Ironic, isn’t it? I had no idea then or even in the ensuing years, that I’d become a hypnotherapist.
Those sessions with him taught me that I really could use my mind to control anxiety.
Natural really is better
Hey, I know we’re a fix-it-with-a-pill society. It astonishes me how many young people I know are given heavy duty drugs to handle anxiety. And I do think drugs have their place.
But it’s entirely possible to handle anxiety yourself by hypnosis, and also by learning a few hypnosis techniques, yourself, that you can use any time it comes upon you.
Which is what I did.
Whenever I got those feelings, and through the years they HAVE reappeared, I immediately used what I was taught and they vanished. As time went on they appeared less and less and I can’t tell you when the last time was–maybe last year? But they’re gone as quickly as they pop up because I know what to do.
For me, a rational, logical thought process was my safe haven. My therapist and hypnotherapist worked with me to find the best hypnotic suggestions for ME. The ones that would resonate most and would actually work for me. And then taught me.
And I have used them ever since. Super-successfully.
Help is at hand!
I’d like to help you do the same: work with you on finding the best, natural way to handle anxiety via hypnosis. To show you (or your son, daughter, spouse, parent, friend) how it works and how you, too can apply it to help control your anxiety.
Contact me at Carol@AHealingSpirit.org and let’s set a time to talk about it!
Anxiety is hard to control and it’s not easy. and Anxiety is one of the most I don’t want to feel ever.
I have never tried hypnosis before but I have heard of a few friends who benefited greatly from it. Maybe I should try it sometime. If I finally decide to , I will contact you.
When anxiety attacked, it is really challenging. Those of us who have experienced it can probably relate well. I agree with you that natural is better. My go to when I feel the onset of it coming on is to take long deep breathes – slow down my breathing, go to stillness and allow the breathe to calm my mild, which in turn, calms my body. Blessings & thank you! Evelyn
This is a great post. i suffer from anxiety sometimes and my case is not that severe but I couldn’t agree more that meds make it so much worse!
Anxiety is definitely a really and crappy thing for anyone to deal with. I’ve never heard of using hypnosis though.
I never heard about hypnosis and if it’s really gonna help those suffering anxiety that would be great, Anxiety is something that In don’t want to feel .
My mom was just telling me that my nephew was just diagnosed with anxiety. He’s 12. I don’t like the idea of him getting all drugged up as a quick fix. I am going to forward this article to her to see what she thinks.
He has nothing to lose by trying it and everything to gain.
The natural remedies are always the best if you ask me. I’ve never been a huge fan of meds and pills anyway!
I think we all can benefit from meditation in some form. And i;s wonderful that you’ve had positive results with hypnotherapy. I’ve been so curious about it.
I’ve never tried hypnosis before – if it helps with anxiety then that is brilliant news. I used to suffer badly with panic attacks in my 20s – I was introduced to the art of breathing properly (sort of yoga/meditation I guess) and although I’m not 100% anxiety free I am nearer 95% anxiety free and I haven’t had a full blown panic attack for years & my last mini wobble was over a year ago & I successfully breathed my way out of the attack. I was advised in my 20s to take drugs to help but then I panicked about the drugs so never took any! LOL!
I can relate!
It sounds like anxiety can be seriously crippling! I can imagine it being an incredible obstacle to overcome when it’s happening at work and school.
I have always been fascinated by hypnosis, and I have wondered if it would help with my own anxiety. Maybe I will have to give it a try!
Worked for me!
I’ve never tried hypnosis before. I’ve thought about it, for anxiety reasons, but I’ve read that it’s a “to each their own” type thing. I’d like to look into meditation.
I’ve never tried hypnosis before. I’ve heard it can get people to stop smoking, and other things. I’d like to look into meditation.
Anxiety sucks and some don’t even realize they have it. It’s great that you found a way to deal with it quickly and can help others!
I’ve never thought of using hypnosis to treat anxiety before. It does make sense, though. The human brain is very suggestible.
I’ve tried meditation before, and I seemed to get something out of it. I think we need to be susceptible to hypnosis and meditation. Not everyone believes in them.
Well, for it to be successful you have to be open. I’m not sure it’s really a belief structure….but you’re right, you do have to believe it can work. There’s so much research evidence that shows it does it’s sort of like not believing in science.