A Social Phobia Can Be Rapidly Overcome With Self-Hypnosis
Posted in Health on 07/26/2010 09:07 am byMany people are uncomfortable or experience some degree of anxiousness when thrust into a new situation or a group of unfamiliar people. However, for roughly ten percent of people, anxiety about social situations is bad enough to be disabling. Scientists now think that a much larger group of people may deal with milder types of social anxiety that can cause significant problems in daily interactions.
The technical term for this type of anxiety is social phobia. Social Phobia usually takes place when a person experiences fears or worries that usually arise from being in a social event. Someone who struggles with a social phobia might also have trouble with forcing themselves to stop thinking excessively about how others are passing judgment on or evaluating them.
For those who suffer from social phobia, anxious feelings can occur in all sorts of different types of situations, including shopping, going to a party, public speaking, being in front of an audience, or being given an interviewed. These types of social anxieties can also be manifested in the body; for many people with social anxiety, sweating, blushing, shaking, or intestinal problems can occur when coming face to face with these types of stressful situations.
Scientists now believe that social phobia involves problems with self-confidence. Self-confidence is our ability to feel that we are able to make the right decisions, be independent, and have power over our lives. Those who struggle with self-confidence — a very common issue in today’s high-stress world — might think excessively about how they are perceived by others, to the point of not wanting to take part in social activities or of beginning to feel ‘out of control’.
Fortunately, though, there are some basic actions those who have problems with self-confidence problems can take in order to get back this control. One course of action someone who suffers from self-confidence problems can take is to get an anxiety and phobia workbook. You can think of the anxiety and phobia workbook as a simple means to get insight into the problems you are having trouble with by maintaining a journal of triggers and symptoms; there are also exercises to do that will help you build more insightful introspection about your self-confidence problems.
When you have come to the point at which you have begun to have some insight about your problems with self-confidence, and have decided that now is the time to start building self-confidence, then it might be a good idea to investigate a type of therapy that has been proven to be very successful in social phobia. Just like the anxiety and phobia workbook, this specific kind of therapy is characterized by being centered on aiding you to become pro-active and develop power over your life. In sum, you will be curing yourself.
This type of treatment, called hypnosis, works by using the hidden powers of your unconscious mind to help you become confident, self-assured, calm, and comfortable with yourself. It may be surprising to know that we all come into this world with these capabilities, but due to difficult life events, learned helplessness, and troubled social interactions, we often lose track of our abilities to take control of these powers. Hypnotherapy has been clinically shown to work for people with self-confidence and anxiety problems.
Many people who suffer from self-confidence and other anxiety-related problems often seek a ‘quick fix’ solution, such as medications, natural remedies, and short-term traditional therapy. Although these strategies can help some people, they don’t actually attack the cause of our self-confidence problems - our unconscious mind. If you want to deal with self-confidence problems, you must be in control of your own cure.
If you make the decision to check out hypnosis therapy to help you acquire self-confidence, you will receive a series of sessions with a hypnotherapist who will encourage you to enter a deep state of relaxation. Within this place of calmness, your unconscious mind is wide open and willing to be reached by suggestive techniques. Your hypnotherapist will then work with you while in this open mental state by using repeated suggestion to aid you to realize that you are a capable, strong, and independent person.
Some other possibilities for those who are dealing with self-confidence are to receive hypnosis through videos or audio CDs, which can be viewed or listened to in the comfort of your own home. Many people also find out that learning self hypnosis, a specific relaxation method in which you are encouraged to become open to your innermost wants and needs, with just a small amount of guidance, can be very helpful. Whichever form of hypnosis for anxiety you choose, you can be sure that you are taking an important step in enacting your own treatment and recovery.
Alan B. Densky, CH has developed several hypnotherapeutic techniques for overcomming shyness and social phobia. His authority site offers a full hypnotherapy article library devoted to every aspect of hypnotherapy and NLP. Visit for Free self hypnosis videos, downloads, and newsletters.
- Alan B. Densky, CH