Hypnotism for anxiety....does the idea have traction or is it daft?

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Im sick of this anxiety....it affects every part of my life
work
relationships
friends
lifestyle
choices.

Sometimes its better than other times. At the moment im having an awful bout of it. My isides or all churned up and its like im paralysed.
I want to do stuff, i start of to do stuff and before i know it Im off diverting / self sabotaging / brain going ten to the dozen....whatever you call it when.
My insides feel sickly, i get waves of stomach aches, stomach tension.

Im not on antianxiety medication. I have done that in the past but then anxiety settles and i come off the medication and something sets it off again. Ive done 2 years of counselling at a big cost and I got alot out of it but the angst is still there.
Im not doom and gloom, reasonably positive but a little frustrated that current climate is what it is but Im good. Life is good. I think

I want this this angst gone. I want rid of it once and for all so I can just live, not go through periods where i get flooded by emotion or overwhelmed where i stop stop doing things or not even start them.

Anyone have experience of hypnotism in relation with anxiety?? worth a try or not??

I had several sessions, it was nice and relaxing at the actual time I was in the sessions and hypnotised, but has made no difference at all to my overall anxiety.

I do take medication, which helps enormously and, for when things get really bad, I take propranolol as and when needed.

Have you tried CBT? The thing about anxiety is that even if the hypnotism helps with the specific thing that's making you anxious now, unless you can change your thought process then sooner or later something else will make you anxious.

I hope things improve - anxiety is miserable!

Thanks for your replys.

Ill look at CBT. I thought that was the same as counselling lol so not looked at it before.

Propanolol is something i may try again but i want to get on top of my thought processes...so im not phased by things again

I had some for a specific problem & was doing great until lockdown when we had to stop.

Maybe it depends a bit on the hypnotherapist? Mine seemed to include a range of techniques, including deep relaxation, grounding techniques, & breaking down my problem into manageable goals. I don't think the deep relaxation bit of it would have been enough for me on its own, & I'd tried CBT & it didn't work. But a mix of strategies helped. Relaxation got the adrenaline under control & my head in a better place. We talked a lot in sessions about changing my thinking, & she reinforced those thoughts when I was "under" & relaxed.

I still use the techniques now, but they are more effective if I've practised the relaxation first.

I'd say the techniques can be used in other settings. When I was struggling with lockdown the breathing & grounding stuff really calmed me down.

I think one of the reasons hypnotherapy helped me was because I'd decided it was going to work. It did still take quite a lot of effort on my part to practise & do the thing that was so terrifying.

I shopped around a bit, checked out various hypnotherapist websites & their credentials before choosing one.

Good luck, I hope you find something that helps you to feel better.