Hypnotherapy? Anyone tried it???

[tasha24x]

Have booked an appointment for hypnotherapy next Tuesday. Im a massive worrier, not a day passes when I dont worry. I can take the slightest thing & blow it up into something huge. Years ago I cheated on my partner (no sex involved) anyway I chose to stop speaking to the other person, two years later I told my partner the truth as it killed me to keep a secret from him. Since then he has forgiven me & been amazing, however im still besting myself up about it. Im fine in everyday life plodding along ( i may get the odd thought about it but keep myself busy) Last week he offered to take me away, the guilt and axiety came rushing back & we didnt end up going. ( I told him the truth whilst away on holiday, worst timing ever) I always find out when im out of my 'comfort zone' the guilt and anxiety is awful. We have bren together 9 years & Ive soent the last 3-4 of them in this state.

yes. it was a life changer for me. i had terrible anxiety. i am a very different person now.
a few of my friends have had it too, they feel the same.
you need a good few sessions and its expensive but really worth it.
I had solution focussed hypnotherapy.

Give it a go.

I've not tried it for anxiety but it helped me give up smoking. My hypnotherapist gave me a tape (an audio tape! how retro!) with a pre-recorded guided meditation thing to use every night as well. It was really relaxing and did wonders for my stress levels and sleep patterns as well as giving up the old fags.

Thanks guys. Im definetly going to give it a go. Ive tried councelling but its still always thrre when it comes to certain things in my life & I cant handle living like it anymore. I hope it will make me feel much more calmee about everything

Cleanmyhouse - are you like me a worrier for example? at the moment my mind just does nothing but worry. Its so horrible to live with.

I had hypnotherapy to help me with a situation which was me so angry - like really, really mad, ever time it occurred (and it wasn't even anything to do with me).

I used a hypnotherapist who was also trained in NLP and they helped me to change all the tension around the particular situation so now I can see it, and talk about it with complete calm.

However, I think that hypnotic approaches only work if your inner psyche wants it to - e.g. you can't hypnotise someone into taking their clothes off if they don't have deep exhibitionist tendencies in the first place... So if, for some reason, you feel that you should be eternally punished for your cheating, then hypnotherapy isn't likely to 'magic' the feelings away. In a situation like that, CBT can be helpful to challenge the inner thinking.

I had some after I developed a fear of flying. It's been really beneficial to me.

I've actually trained as a hypnotherapist because of this.

Yes, i couldn't switch my mind off. I'd started to have physical symptoms of anxiety and knew i had to do something about it. i didn't realise how bad my symptoms were until they stopped, i just assumed it was normal to feel that way.