Hypnotism for Generalized Anxiety Disorder? does it work?
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Been there , done that. The answer is NO. You dont want those people messing in your head either.\n\nI am on paxil for it and it has stopped. Also God helps too. Makes you feel safe no matter where you are.
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I suffer aswell..ive tried loads of things. I have refused to go on tablets because they only help the symptoms of the attacks, not the root cause of them.\nIts taken me five years to talk about it with someone. I have gone 3 times to a hypnotherapist / psychotherapist and it has really helped. Ive found out why I feel like this. Im learning what triggers the attacks and the hypnotherapy is helping me to change how i think about myself etc.\nExercise is vital really to managing them. Going for walks and all..it helps the anxiety to subside.\nIve cut out sugar and coffee in my diet aswell, these things kind of make anxiety worse. its true that food has an effect on your mind and body.\nAnyway....if you want to talk then you can pm me or mail me cos i know what youre going through.
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First I have to say..Anxiety really Sucks!!\nI had a problem with anxiety and didnt want to take meds.\nLots of Prayer and the below listed therapies worked for me.\nStay strong you can overcome this without meds, your brain can be retrained to handle things differently so you wont panic. I will take alot of work on your part but most worthwhile things in life do require hardwork.\n   God Bless And Good luck..\n  If you need any more info you cant contact me through my yahoo 360 page, link located on profile..\n\nCognitive Behavioural Therapy:\n\nWhat is CBT?\nIt is a way of talking about: \nHow you think about yourself, the world and other people \nHow what you do affects your thoughts and feelings. \nCBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)". These changes can help you to feel better. Unlike some of the other talking treatments, it focuses on the "here and now" problems and difficulties. Instead of focussing on the causes of your distress or symptoms in the past, it looks for ways to improve your state of mind now.\n\nIt has been found to be helpful in:\n- Anxiety\n- Depression\n- Panic\n- Agoraphobia and other phobias\n- Social phobia \n- Bulimia\n- Obsessive compulsive disorder\n- Post traumatic stress disorder\n- Schizophrenia \n\nHow does it work?\n\nCBT can help you to make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts. This makes it easier to see how they are connected and how they affect you. These parts are:\n\nA Situation - a problem, event or difficult situation\nFrom this can follow: \nThoughts \nEmotions \nPhysical feelings \nActions \nEach of these areas can affect the others. How you think about a problem can affect how you feel physically and emotionally. It can also alter what you do about it. \n\n\nEMDR:\nEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)1 integrates elements of many effective psychotherapies in structured protocols that are designed to maximize treatment effects. These include psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies2. EMDR is an information processing therapy and uses an eight phase approach.
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Yes I did. It was a group session for weight loss. So far I have lost over a stone in weight and think that as long as you have an open mind, hypnotherapy definitely 100% can work
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Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  I used to have DEBILITATING panic attacks and after 3 hypnosis sessions, I can now do things that used to have me hyperventilating and sobbing!
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i personally have panic disorder. i've been told...get help from a mental health professional first and possibly medication. i've tried the medication, but i'm not one for pills. and honestly, talking to someone...doesn't make it go away! i've had to teach myself relaxation techniques. first and foremost, i repeat to myself over and over, "i'm okay, i'm fine, i'm not hurt, and this too shall pass". but it has affected me in everyday life, even when i'm not having an attack. truly it is all about your mind set. changing your way of thinking, and that can be the hardest part. i haven't found a concrete solution, i just take it day by day.
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http://hypnosistreatmentcenter.com/page45.html\n\nGo to this link for some methods from an expert.
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yes but Hypnosis is expensive and can only make one do what they want to do, your better off using meditation its self inflicted so is more effective and its free (bar the price of a book)
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Well, if you've tried the benzos, I assume you've tried Klonopin, and Ativan as well.  One thing that you didn't mention in your question and updates is whether or not you've been through therapy - there are several types that I hear work well with anxiety problems...  CBT, EMDR, Hypnotherapy, and several others or a combination of them may help you - provided you get a good therapist.\n\nAlso, I hear that a new type of anti-anxiety medications has come out that are touted to work as well as the benzos, without the addiction problems.\n\nMost of all, you need to identify and record your anxiety triggers - those things that cause you to have an anxiety attack.  If you're not sure, look at the situation you were in (after you are out of it, and not anxious) and think of each portion of the situation separately and see which one causes you to feel anxious.  You should write these triggers down as you discover them, and work on a way to disarm the trigger (aka desensitization).  A book called "The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook", by Edmund J. Bourne may help with this.
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This is a very general question, but my answer would be "yes" - psychoanalytic therapeutic techniques have helped countless individuals suffering from mental health issues such as anxiety or depression significantly improve their quality of life.\n\nThis is not to say that psychoanalysis is the only effective treatment modality - cognitive behavioral therapy, for example, is currently quite popular and also quite successful.\n\nIf you are considering seeking counseling, I would say "do it" - you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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I've heard of hypnosis as working before. Another way is to just quit cold turkey. You have to be determined to quit.
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See a counsellor who knows how to help you become desensitized to your fear of flying.   A good counsellor will know how to work with you.   Phobias are really quite common and can be cured without medication or booze.  When you are looking for a counselor, ask what is their experience with helping people get rid of phobias.  It will probably take about three sessions.  Then go and enjoy your trip.
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I just have to be blunt. Past life regression is BS. So is hypnosis. The best way to cure a phobia is to decide that you are not going to let it control you! You conquer IT! If you have a fear of flying, for example, ask yourself why. Do you fear for the rest of the people on the airplane? Or do you think that it would only crash if you were on it? I used to feel this way - but then I realized that if God would be on the scene to keep the other passengers safe, then He would keep me safe as well. Fly! Scared of heights? Well, I would be scared to walk on a catwalk building a skyscraper - and who says I am required to ever do that anyway? But if I had a fear of heights, I would gradually climb higher, inch by inch, realizing that every inch of the way, I was only one inch higher than I had been before and it's no big deal. Those are just a couple of examples. In summary: face your fears. That is the only way to conquer them. And you will!
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Hi!\nI, too, have severe anxiety. I am seeing a Psychologist weekly, and I am also on medication. I have never heard of the www.ConquerAnxiety.com website before, but it does look sort of hinky to me. If you go to the library, there are a ton of books there about dealing with anxiety, and they're free to check out and read. I am somewhat skeptical of self-help programs like that, at least without supervision from a doc or Psychologist....have you tried asking your psych. about it? Have you talked to your doctor about getting some medication? I found that it's next to impossible for me to begin dealing with my anxiety until I got it down to a "quiet" level, using the medications. With that being said, though, different things work differently for everyone, and this website may well work for you. I don't know, I'm not a doc. Good luck!
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Emotional Freedom Technique- Accupressure. I've seen and heard of it's use. It does work on some people, but some not. Myself I just use Walbutrin. It takes care of the anxiety and I quit smoking, too. Thirty six days now. Expensive though. If you don't have insurance it's $120.00 If you do then it's only $20.00 for 30 pills. Non Habit forming , too.
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Talk to your doctor about your anxiety.  There are several medications on the market that can control the symptoms and allow you to have a normal life.  Your doctor may even have a suggestion for a therapist you can work with to learn to modify your reactions to the anxiety.  If your doctor doesn't have a suggestion ... open the phone and start calling therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists until you find one that works with anxiety-related problems.\n\nSome of the things you can try on your own are:\n\n#1 -- Start journaling, if you don't already.  Carry a notebook with you and jot down all of your random thoughts and fears in the notebook, especially when you start to get the anxious feelings.  Abuse the heck out of the notebook instead of yourself.  Then once a day or once a week (or even never), whenever you are in a safe place that you don't have anxiety symptoms -- read back through what you've written to see if you can find the source of your anxiety.  Work on that source.\n\n#2 -- Turn off the voice in your head.  I know that sounds silly, but that's exactly what I had to do when my anxiety was/is out-of-control.  I literally lock myself in my car or a bathroom stall or my bedroom and I tell the voice:  "Shut-up!  You are lying.  I am _____ (a positive angle for whatever your particular anxiety is)."  Repeat your new-found mantra as often as you want to turn off the voice in your head.  That voice is still there and it still talks to me, but I don't have to listen to its lies.  :)\n\nGood luck!
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Its easy to overcome fear by BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION technique.\n\nIf u ask your Psychiatrist he can give you more information these methods.\n\nIt really works.