What is Claustrophobia?
From the Latin 'claustrum' for a confined space, and the Greek 'phobos' for fear, claustrophobia is an extreme fear of confined areas such as caves, tunnels, auto-locking cars, public restrooms, elevators - even rooms with sealed windows, and especially airplanes. It can sometimes trigger a panic or anxiety attack.
Although the disorder has undoubtedly been around much longer, an article about this anxiety disorder was published in the British Medical Journal in 1879 by a Dr B. Bull of Paris.
Approximately ten per cent of the population, of both sexes, experience claustrophobia and report that age exacerbates the problem. Some sufferers who experience claustrophobia are able to identify the events that triggered their initial episode. Whether a single traumatic event triggers long-term claustrophobia depends on existing stress levels, how the situation is handled, how supportive others behave. These are all contributing factors to the development of claustrophobia.
An individual who experiences strong fear reactions may begin going out of their way to avoid people, events, or scenarios that trigger their fear. This is what separates normal fears from phobias. Fears or phobias should be treated if the behavior interferes with the individual's lifestyle or causes them to avoid something that they wish they could participate in.
Some theories suggest that the adrenaline-generated fear and panic to run-or-resist naturally subside after thirty minutes or so. We are designed to use fear to prevent us from engaging in potentially hazardous situations, such as walking alone in dark alleys at night. In truth, fear is a natural part of life and is not necessarily negative. Fear can inspire us to take common-sense precautions, such as locking our doors or wearing car safety belts.
Nonetheless, overcoming fears or phobias is one of the most common reasons for people using hypnotherapy.
Although it is not unusual for irrational fears to develop in adult years, they are sometimes a result of past events and repressed memories.
Claustrophobia is a physical fear reaction that tends to become more intense as we age. Mild cases involve clients recognizing what triggers their fear and wanting to learn to control their reaction. This hypnosis script for managing claustrophobia includes basic post-hypnotic suggestions that will enable milder cases to learn to control their breathing rate, slow their heart beat, and regain a calm, relaxed state of mind. This calm and relaxed state makes it possible for them to then address the issue.
Identifying Triggers Using Regression
In cases that are a result of childhood trauma, many people are unable to even recall the event that original triggered the fear. But the subconscious stores all of our memories of events and experiences: the subconscious never forgets.
Hypnotic World's claustrophobia script uses age regression to manage this type of case.
This powerful script allows the therapist to guide the individual back through time, through their earlier life experience. Once they discover the specific triggering event, hypnosis allows a client to review the fear event from a detached, objective point of view. It becomes much easier for the individual to then regain or re-establish control, even in frightening situations.
This claustrophobia hypnosis script provides additional conditioning by offering a way for clients to 'practise' confronting their fear. By using visualization and imagery to engage the client in the imagining of a future event, he or she is able to condition themselves to control their response to the situation.
Claustrophobia: Pinpointing the Cause
We know that hypnosis can make learning quicker and more direct. By reducing 'static' surrounding a signal, hypnosis helps with the unlearning or re-learning of habits, patterns and reactions.
This allows the hypnosis script to help users to overcome their problem from the root, using revivification to pinpoint and transform the causal events by 'conversing' with the subconscious mind.
How This Script Helps
This Claustrophobia hypnosis script uses ideomotor signalling to establish complete communication with the unconscious mind once a trance has been induced.
Whilst this can be accomplished directly or indirectly, this claustrophobia hypnosis script favors direct suggestions. Direct suggestions or requests for signals of 'yes' and 'no' are often more effective in ensuring that the client's conscious and subconscious are in communication.
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