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Aerophobia - How To Cure Fear Of Flying With NLP

By: Alan Barrett Densky, CH


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Have you ever been scared of flying on a plane? If so, you are not the only one. The fear of flying, known as Aerophobia, is amongst the most common fears that people experience. This fear can be a crippling, overwhelming feeling. It can even prevent you from getting around; traveling significant distances, or visiting far-off friends and family. Overcoming such a fear used to take long years of treatment, but now there are hypnosis and NLP techniques to treat phobias for rapid, life-changing results.

Are you wondering exactly what defines a phobia? All phobias are considered a type of anxiety disorder, and many who have them often have anxiety attacks and other symptoms such as shakiness, physical illness, or a rapid heart beat. Several people complain of feeling nauseous or losing their ability to control themselves, and organize their lives around their phobia in an effort to evade their fears.

For people suffering from a fear of flying, even the mere thought of boarding a plane might cause a hysterical reaction. Other sufferers might feel only a bit uneasy while the plane is grounded, but panic once the airplane takes off.

Picture a scenario in which a lady with Aerophobia is seated on an airplane before departure. She begins to feel worried and her heart begins to pound. She knows it is safe to fly, but she is afraid nonetheless. When the plane is off the ground, she is powerless to do anything but cry uncontrollably, and continues to weep during the trip until she can finally get off the plane. Although it may sound extreme, this sort of response is held in common by a surprisingly high number of people.

Phobias are distinguished by intense, irrational fear. People with Aerophobia are scared of flying even when they know that flying is really a very safe form of travel. They may feel ashamed when they respond with sobbing, trembling, or having an anxiety attack, but feel helpless to control their behavior. For many sufferers, this fear of humiliation is as daunting as the fear of flying itself.

In actuality, people with phobias can't control their behavior because their fears are based in the unconscious mind, which no amount of conscious effort or willpower can help. This is where hypnosis therapy comes into play. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques go to work in the unconscious mind to effectively treat phobias.

A well-designed hypnosis therapy program for treating a phobia contains several successive steps. Step one is hypnosis for stress-relief, quelling worries and anxieties. Once you feel stress-free and relaxed, hypnosis directs new thoughts in the unconscious to eliminate the fear. NLP itself extinguishes fears by exclusively pinpointing the single thought process that results in a phobia.

Instead of conventional hypnosis, which uses direct post-hypnotic suggestions, Ericksonian hypnosis uses indirect suggestions in discussion to convince the unconscious mind to adopt a new, more reasonable train of thought. It is more effective than conventional hypnotherapy because people often ignore simple post-hypnotic suggestions, but find it difficult to reject indirect suggestions that are incorporated in fascinating stories and metaphors.

The specialized wording of post-hypnotic inductions in traditional hypnotherapy means that most conventional hypnotherapy programs will only be effective against one phobia. A characteristic feature of an Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP program is that it isn't phobia specific and will work on any phobia, in anyone. It works for most people because the system is composed of multiple unique hypnotherapy techniques arranged for maximum effectiveness.

The most useful phobia busting NLP technique that I have studied is known as the Visual - Kinesthetic Disassociation. The V/K is often known as the "one session phobia cure," because of its remarkable effectiveness!

The combined Ericksonian hypnosis and NLP program is perfect for the independent thinker who wants to beat an illogical phobia once and for all. Users can follow the step-by-step process at their own individual pace, but are typically surprised at the ease with which they finish the process and overcome their fears. The results people achieve with hypnotherapy often seem simply miraculous.

Hypnotherapy and NLP are phenomenal tools for many people battling phobias. Ericksonian hypnotic therapy and NLP have helped countless people fight their fears. The techniques are remarkable for helping those who are scared of air travel to take pleasure in airplane travel and all of its advantages. For a long time, hypnosis has been able to benefit people's lives globally, and eliminating phobias is just one of the ways in which it aids people.

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Alan B. Densky, CH has been eliminating phobias using Hypnotherapy since 1978. He offers panic attacks hypnotherapy CDs plus a broad range of Self-Hypnosis CDs for stress & depression related symptoms. Visit his website for free hypnosis MP3's.

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