HEALING ARTS
Irrational Fears
By Charles Wm. Skillas, PhD, DD, BCH, CI, FNGH
Among the many reasons why people seek hypnotherapy place, thing or situation which generates feelings of
is the need to deal with fear reactions. The range of arousal or anxiety.
such problems is extensive - from simple, annoying
In mild cases, simple reprogramming through
“hang-ups” to specifi c (or non-specifi c) fears, which
hypnotherapy can prove eff ective. Hypnotic suggestion
aff ect the activities or enjoyment of life, to full-blown
can replace catastrophic thoughts. Hypnosis can slow
phobias, which may represent serious mental illness.
the heartbeat, achieve a sense of balance, generate
Virtually everyone is subject to a variety of rational or relaxation through deep breathing and free the throat to
irrational apprehensions. Fears can develop in adulthood swallow and promote clear-headedness.
through traumatic experience or physiological causes,
In more severe cases, symptoms are usually apparent,
but most prove to have originated in early, impressionable
but true causes likely are unknown. Exposing the cause
years when undeveloped reasoning ability creates in a
can diminish the anxiety associated with the fear by
young person a natural climate for developing fears of the
taking it out of the unknown so that rational suggestion
unknown. Actually, the only fears we are born with, unless
can be used to alleviate symptoms.
they come from a past life, an attached entity or from the
mother, are the fears of loud noises and of falling.
Regression Therapy can be a highly eff ective technique
for uncovering causes. Spirit Releasement Therapy can
Common Fears
release the suff ering one if the fear belongs to an attached
The usual apprehensions that can exist in relative degrees earthbound spirit, soul-mind fragment or a demon.
of severity include fl ying, high places, rejection, failure,
Once causal factors are revealed, the hypnotherapeutic
pain, poor performance, death, animals, water, darkness,
behavior modifi cation technique of systematic
open/closed spaces, and many others. The fear of public
desensitization therapy may be used. This is a well-
speaking is the worst fear, exceeding that of death.
recognized procedure used by psychologists to bring
Fears can be highly valuable if they serve useful the psyche back into balance. The fears are met and
purposes, such as creating caution in driving, locking faced through the subconscious mind. Repeated
doors and being prepared for emergencies. However, confrontation causes deterioration of the fear
when a fear causes alteration of a normal lifestyle, symptoms and increases the ability to face and deal
creating intense and irrational behaviors, becoming a with past traumatic experiences without apprehension.
threat to a personʼs well-being, it merits attention.
If desensitization does not work, then the Hypnotherapist
A fear becomes a “hang-up” when it becomes noticeably must consider that entity attachment or past life trauma
disturbing and begins to aff ect behavior. A fear becomes is the most probable cause. Often the energy sources
a phobia when it reaches the point of being triggered by of the negative forcing functions are distributed over
factors, which are irrational and may be unknown, and a number of layers of consciousness and they must
when it is experienced so frequently that it aff ects an all be cleared. Then the client can be reprogrammed.
individualʼs normal activities. Not understanding the The number of layers of consciousness which must
repressed confl ict causing the reaction may result in be cleared is unknown by either the hypnotherapist or
unreasonable behavior. The fear itself may not create the clientʼs conscious mind and so the hypnotherapist
the phobic reaction. It may well be caused by what the cannot tell the client how many sessions it will take
fear represents as an unknown danger. to relieve his fear problem. In my experience, over
A key point is that a phobic person is threatened by
27 years, the average number of layers that must be
something that does not, in reality, present a life-
cleared runs between 3 – 6, I have found 35 layers or
threat. The fear generates more fear and the situation
more on some clients and that is why desensitizing is a
cannot be confronted in a calm state. Many panic
good stop-gap procedure.
attacks are phobic in origin.
Dr. Skillas is a Board Certifi ed
The Advantage of Hypnotherapy
Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist. He
can be reached at 770-449-7976. The
The progressive development of fear and phobic
next hypnotherapy certifi cation course
reactions often proceed through four phases: begins the weekend of
Unrealistic self-statements create a state of alarm - February 28, 2009.
Fear of the fear itself develops - Reason is rejected as
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