Stress

Stress and anxiety are probably involved to some extent in agreat many of the causes for clients coming for hypnotherapy. Stressand anxiety are everywhere and can cause many problems if ignored.Relaxation exercises, and other stress management techniques can bevery helpful in overcoming stress and anxiety caused by everyday life.

Dueto a variety of socio-economic conditions, stress has now become morewidely recognised by both individuals and employers. Effective stressmanagement takes in various therapeutic models and tailors a programmeto include not just dealing with the presenting stress but to also helpclients to avoid reaching high stress levels in the first place.Hypnosis can help with stress by;Teaching relaxation techniques andrelaxation exercises, thereby developing new ways to relax naturally(the relaxation response instead of the stress response).Positivethinking can help with panic attacks, anxiety and fears.

Creatingan understanding of stress and the reasons for stress and addressingthose stress factors on different levels giving an understanding of theindividual nature of stress and creating positive outcomes for thefuture.

Remember stress and anxiety can cause problems in veryclever and unhelpful ways. One of the best ways to combat stress is toexercise but then who wants to exercise when dealing with stress.

How do stress and pain relate?

Stressand pain have a lot in common. They often feed on each other, like avicious circle. Simplistically put, pain causes stress, the stresscauses pain, the pain causes a reaction, which in turn causes stress,which causes more pain, and so cycle continues. Chronic stress becomeschronic pain; chronic pain causes chronic stress.

So, how can hypnosis help?

Hypnosishelps to break the stress/pain cycle. When one experiences pain, thereis the tendency to make it worse by tensing up the muscles, which thencauses more pain. One of the things hypnosis can do is to help youlearn to relax those muscles and redirect the pain in a constructiveand less invasive way.

Why has "stress" become such an issue?

Stress,in and of itself, is not a problem. It is a normal response, called"fight or flight", which happens when faced with some tension-filledsituation. The issue comes when the stress is unrelenting. The usualbody defenses eventually have no way to "recuperate" in order to assistyou when you face challenges, illness or other possible dangers.

Anxiety Disorders.

Panic Attacks

Again everybody gets anxious from time to time and this is perfectly normal.

However, when a panic attack strikes, it feels anything but normal.

A panic attack can happen completely 'out of the blue', and often occur for little or no apparent reason.

The onset of a panic attack is usually very sudden, and typically, a panic attack will last usually between 20 and 30 minutes.

A panic attack is usually defined as a period of intense fear, accompanied by a series of psychological or bodily symptoms.

The symptoms of a panic attack.
The symptoms of a panic attack will vary from person to person, but can include any of the following:

    * Shaking
    * Difficulty in breathing, or shortness of breath (Dyspnoea)
    * Abnormally rapid heartbeat (Tachycardia)
    * Excessive sweating (Hyperhydrosis)
    * Chest tightness
    * Chest pain
    * Abnormal sensations of the skin (Paraesthesia)
    * Raised blood pressure (Hypertension)
    * Tension and apprehension
    * The feeling that 'something terrible' is going to happen.
    * A specific fear of death

Treatment using hypnotherapy for panic attacks (or anxiety attacks), can give very rewarding and satisfying results.

If you suffer with panic attacks (anxiety attacks), and especially if it's causing problems in your life, then don't suffer in silence.