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Some Common Phobias

  Agrophobia
This is a most common phobia and could almost be said to be the final chapter to all other phobias in it's disabilatating nature it is often accompanied with panic attacks. The actual phobia is a fear of open spaces and as a consequence eventually traps the sufferer in their own home . Caught early enough this problem can be dealt with very successfully.

  Social Phobia                        
This is the fear of being judged, ridiculed, laughed at, shouted at , being put in the spot light , the centre of attention , to have themselves brought to the attention of those whom the phobic considers to be judgmental of them. In severe cases this includes everybody. This produces a disinclination to perform even the most basic of actions in public or in an area which might be considered to be public. Trivial actions become a matter of great soul searching in order to summon up the courage to carry them out , such as public speaking , eating , drinking performing any physical functions , using a public toilet , showers such as in a changing rooms , swimming pools, eating in restaurants, in many cases these actions become impossible to perform and avoidance is chosen as the only way to escape. Making a decision or stating an opinion also becomes an impossible task for most social phobics.

  Following on from social phobia what I consider to often be sub-categories of social phobia are :

  Emetophobia                             
This is the fear of being sick, especially in front of people or in a public place. This phobia seems to effect more women than Men . It proves to very disabilatating phobia for women as it discourages pregnancy for the fear of morning sickness. It also prevents both sexes from enjoying the more common excesses such as rich food or drinking alcohol. This in turn discourages socialising as the risk of a situation arising which might make them sick increases amongst a social group drinking or eating to excess.

  Coprophobia
This is the fear of defecating ( in common usage shitting , shit or anything which relates to faeces), this includes using public toilets- for fear of anyone seeing them , hearing them or even smelling them defecating . This fear sometimes extends to seeing , hearing or smelling others faeces. In more extreme cases the fear of loss of bowel control in public prevents almost totally the coprophobic from leaving the safe environment of their home.

  Shy Bladder                               
This is similar to coprophobia but obviously involves an inhibition about urinating (peeing) in public or using a public toilet due to fears of being watched . The fear prevents the person from urinating even when desperate. This problem is far more common in Men than in women due to the obviously different lay outs of ladies public toilets where privacy is easily obtained.

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How can Hypnotherapy Help with Phobias

  Hypno-Analysis is a form of therapy which follows the doctrine of "cause and effect". This means that for every symptom displayed (effect) there is a cause.
The aim of Hypno-analysis is to find the cause of the and release it , once released the symptom (s) will disappear forever.

  Hypno -analysis is at it's most effective when dealing with emotional problems and nervous disorders as they respond particularly well to this form of therapy.

  The Analytical therapy aims to bring within the client a moment best described as a surprising and liberating enlightenment. This moment of enlightenment is most commonly found within 8-12 sessions of analysis . When the cause of the anxiety has been found and released the symptoms are gone for good.

  This is an all encompassing therapy which produces complete freedom from the symptoms as opposed to merely controlling the effects of symptoms with anti-depressants, homeopathic remedies , smoking , drinking or Counselling etc.

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