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Using hypnosis for phobias is very common.
But most people do not understand why. The answer is simple. Phobias are from the mind and hypnosis works great on problems of the mind. But are not all mental health problems from the mind? Yet hypnosis does not work on all of them. So why does hypnosis work so well on phobias?
One issue is that for most mental health problems the patient does not know the cause or the diagnosis. For instance, a psychotic usually cannot diagnosis themself. But with phobias many people are aware of their exact problem. They come in for help stating what they have, knowing they fear flowers. Then treatment needs to focus on restoring the patient’s life back to normal. Or at least less irrational lifestyle changes in response to flowers.
Hypnosis is talk therapy, but the hypnotist helps the patient use their inner mind to find relief from the phobia. After a full interview the hypnotist gives the subconscious suggestions to relieve the exact sources of a phobia. This will help you grasp the triggers and build coping skills for real success, without drugs. And hypnosis can cover a wide variety of phobias because they all stem from mental fears. Read about this in Can Hypnosis Help Me?
