Hypnotherapy for a fear of flying
A fear of flying can strike anybody at any time, and for most people it is manageable with some self-talk and a few distraction techniques. However, when a fear of flying turns into something that can prevent you from travelling, or from enjoying any aspect of your holiday as you stress about the flight home, it’s time to take action.
The official term for an extreme fear of flying is aerophobia. Yes, it’s an actual phobia, which takes it to a level beyond your control. Aerophobics don’t feel the same mild anxiety before a flight that many do, though this is how it might have started, before developing over time into something unmanageable. Aerophobics experience acute anxiety, which can be accompanied by breathlessness and the worrying beat of a racing heart, plus a strong desire to just get up and run. This is quite literally your fight or flight response kicking in, and is your body’s perfectly normal reaction to a terrifying situation. Unfortunately, your body is not in a genuinely terrifying situation, it is simply your brain going into overdrive and sending incorrect messages to your body.
But phobias aren’t rational, and you can look at the numbers as much as you choose, and try to be logical about it all, but your phobia doesn’t stem from the logical, reasonable part of your brain. It stems from the prehistoric, self-defence, hyper-alert part of the brain we needed during times of a much higher chance of potential sudden death or injury to keep us safe.
Yes, it can.
The answer lies in delving deep with you to understand the root cause of your fear of flying. Once I understand this, the events that triggered it, or where you recall it first happening, I can create a bespoke hypnosis session for you as an individual.
We take as much time as you need to talk in detail about your experiences, about each occasion you have experienced the fear and your physical and emotional reaction to it. I need to understand how long you have struggled with your phobia, how it has impacted your life and how it makes you feel even when not in the grip of your phobic response. Those times you feel it when not in an airport, or boarding a plane.
Next, I will use an incredibly powerful tool known as BrainWorking Recursive Therapy, or BWRT. This is a very dynamic treatment that will help you rewire your brain’s usual pattern of subconscious responses, so rather than travel the current path of a fear response, it takes the more logical, calm approach you want. No more fight or flight – now your prehistoric response mechanism won’t kick in, but your ability to reason and use logic will.
On average it takes no more than three sessions to cure you of your phobia. From those initial discussions to learning about ways to find calm in stressful situations, you will need to visit me just three times. Yhis might seem like a lot, a considerable investment of your time and money – but set this against the future joy of travel you can again experience – holidays with your family, trips with friends, even business flights – and it’s worth every moment and every penny.
Don’t let fear of flying spoil your life, Rediscover your freedom in just three weeks, with hypnotherapy for aerophobia.
