Phobias

Do you have an irrational fear of something? Yet consciously you know it seems silly, but you just can’t help but feel it. Maybe it is a simple phobia like a fear of spiders or balloons, or something a little more complex, like flying, which is often an accumulation of many fears, e.g. crashing, losing control. It may be to do with your social surroundings such as a fear of crowds or public spaces. Whatever your fear or phobia we can help.

Although consciously we are aware we have the phobia or fear and want to get rid of it, unconsciously we feel that we cannot control it. This is because we have inherited an innate skill from our ancestors designed to keep us safe from danger. Because times have changed over the millennia we no longer need to have such profound fears. If you can imagine when we were a part of tribes during the ancient world, hunting and gathering we would most likely come across a more perilous landscape, other tribes would be stalking us to take over control, and creatures roaming the planet overall were more dangerous. If we came across those things we would get an immediate response that would enable us to fight or flee from the danger. Unconsciously we would remember how terrible that was and would not want to put ourselves in that position again, therefore unconsciously we would have a reaction to the object or situation the next time around.

So phobias are a result of having seen, heard or felt something that had a big impact on us, interestingly they start with just one event, usually during the imprinting years, from the ages of 0-7, (it can sometimes be later) -which then leads to a phobia. An example, is that you may have had a spider drop on you as a child and it shocked you, maybe making you cry, or you saw an adult whom you loved and trusted get frightened in response to seeing a spider. This then taught you to be afraid of this so developed a phobia. Many people know what the cause of their phobias are, others don’t. This doesn’t matter as we can help you find the phobia and put it to rest for good.

Phobias can be extremely limiting, and at times embarrassing. We can work quickly to rid you of your phobia, so contact us today on 0117 9028183 or by email on enquiries@nextstepnlp.co.uk.