Fear of Public Speaking

The fear of public speaking is called Glossophobia

The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread.

Many people experience fear of public speaking and in many polls percentage wise it is a bigger fear than death. Some people may call it stage fright or even panic attacks. Most people who fear to speak in public will get through it but for days leading up to the time where they need to speak in public the worry and anxiety builds.

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This can lead to other problems, even down to being short or bad tempered with your partner and children. While most people get through it there are those who can’t.

Some people will simple freeze and when this happens it reinforces the feeling of doom and dread they feel and the knowledge that they can’t speak in public. Others may start to stutter even when they have no stutter and this can create one. It’s easy to see how one problem can create more but you can remove fears and phobias with hypnosis.

For others they will pass up promotions as they would need to talk to staff or even not turn up for an interview because they feel terrified and powerless. While some individuals may scoff at this for the people going through it, it affects their life on a daily basis.

Some of the symptoms you may have if you have a fear of speaking in public are, dry mouth, full bladder, sweating hands, face and other areas. Week legs to the point of your legs giving way. You may experience palpitations right up to a panic attack.

If you think about what causes it, the answer for most cases is some perceived trauma usually when you were young. Speaking in front of people is general not dangerous so It’s a fear of being judged. When you were a child did a teacher make you feel stupid in front of others? Maybe it was a parent or guardian and you perceived their tone or facial expressions as disappointment.

We do live in the real world so many of us have parents and teachers who aren’t nice. That’s just reality and most of us are affected by what has happened in the past.

When you understand how the mind works this is simple to understand. Using hypnosis we find the cause of the fear and desensitise the memory and reframe it so it loses the negative feeling attacked to it. If you would like to find out more please contact us and we are happy to answer your questions.

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Unfortunately we hold on to it and we judge ourselves over things that in reality don’t make sense. When you understand how the mind works it’s easy to see why we have so many problems and so much stress.

Most therapies work from a model that the conscience mind is about 10%, the sub-conscience is around 84 – 86% and the un-conscience is 4 – 6%. So you can see the sub-conscience is the most powerful. It contains your feelings, emotion, habits, beliefs and long term memory.

This is the area that you need to make changes in if you want them to last and the reason why some therapies take so long is that they have to go through the conscience mind first. Have you ever known that you shouldn’t do something but you did it anyway?

Of course you have, we all have at one time or another. The reason for this is that our intellect, our rational thinking is in the conscience mind which is the 10%. Our feelings, habits and beliefs are in the sub-conscience which is 84 – 86%. Did you really feel that you wanted it, is it a habit or do you have a belief that you rational know is not serving you?

It’s easy to see problems can start especially when judge ourselves for what we have done or failed to do. Depending on the situation we know we should have done or shouldn’t have done and we knew this before the event so why did we do it? Usually when you ask questions like that we get very negative answers and we feel worse. For more see our home page Hypnosis Dun Laoghaire Dublin.

Feeling down in Dublin Dun Laoghaire

Always Feeling down in Dublin Dun Laoghaire

It’s true you can feel down anywhere in the world but since I work in Dun Laoghaire Dublin I generally only see people from the area. First of all its ok to feel down sometimes, it’s a completely natural process.

We are bombarded with information about being positive and upbeat and don’t forget to set your goals! Yes they are all positive things! Yes you should do them but if something has gone wrong and you feel down, well that’s ok.

If someone you know or love has either passed away or is very sick this can make you feel down. Maybe your job is not the job you want to be doing for the next 20 years this can make you feel down. If you have reached an age where you look at your achievements and prospects and think how did I get here you may feel down. Especially if its not what you want.

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What does this tell you? Feeling down is ok, felling down is a natural state at times. Now if you examine it further you can see that feeling down is a sign or alarm to make you aware that something needs to change.

It’s not possible to change everything especially around death but even here there are things we can do to improve how we feel about it. If you’re not happy with your job then you need to look for another one. Yes you may need to train to get a further qualification but maybe this can be done at night or online.

If it’s your relationship then you need to look to improve it. What did you both do when you felt the love? What did you do at the beginning of the relationship? If you can improve it, well then you need to ask the tough questions.

Even when it comes to death you can make changes. I see a lot of people for this and many times it comes down to perceived guilt. Whether the guilt is real or imagined as long as you perceive it to be true you will feel it. This can be difficult for people to overcome by themselves and can haunt people for years.  For more information see our home page Hypnosis Dun Laoghaire Dublin.

Stop Anxiety Dun Laoghaire Dublin

How to Stop Anxiety in Dun Laoghaire Dublin Area

If anxiety is on the increase why do so many people struggle when there looking for help? If you want to stop anxiety in the Dublin Dun Laoghaire area we can help and much faster than you may think. Call now for more information.

Anxiety is affecting more and more people out there! While awareness is higher than before it can be the symptoms that can stop someone looking for help. If you think about the symptoms of anxiety and look at them from a general overview what do they do to you?

In one form or another they wear you down, undermining your confidence. Day after day after day, until you feel tired, irritable and what you once could do without much effort becomes difficult to do. Depending on the level of anxiety it can lead into panic attacks and you may feel your world spiraling out of control.

Anxiety ads new fears

You may feel at times as if your thoughts are somehow not right! You may begin to question your own sanity. This can make it hard to explain to others what is happening as you worry what others will think. For some, this is a reason why they wait to get help. Just in case something is really wrong with them and they fear what will happen to them.

For others when anxiety leads to panic or panic attacks they fear going certain places or to events and as time goes by they see their world become smaller almost as if there life exists in every shrinking bubble. Month by month where they feel comfortable going can shrink until for some they end up feeling house bound.

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The affects differ from person to person as does the severity and length of time each episode will last. The important thing to remember if you or someone who you know suffers from anxiety is, there is help available! Plus this is very common and if you want to read more information see our home page Dun Laoghaire Hypnosis.

Can’t Cope Anymore

More and more I am hearing statements like this and I’m not talking about general comments, I mean I’m losing my mind, I can’t cope anymore statements.

There are believers out there who say we need to feel secure in somethings but not secure in others so we keep learning and moving forward. While there are merits for this it’s hard to say how much you need of each as we perceive the same events differently.

For the next few minutes try to detach your emotions and think on this. What exactly can you not cope with? If it’s more than one thing make a list, using facts not emotions. It sounds easy, well then do it. Your losing control but making a list is not worth trying?

Ok, statistically I could tell you what percentage has made a list but it wouldn’t help. When you have made your list using facts not emotion you may be surprised on at least some of them. Humans have a habit of looking at the worst possible outcome then just for the hell of it we add our problems together and make new horrible images in our minds and we say this is my life.

Unfortunately this can lead into other problems or trigger them, like panic attack, depression and anxiety. Our brains can’t distinguish between a vivid fantasy and reality. So male or female, if you work yourself into a state and see and feel this hell scenario your mind can believe that it’s true.

See all or nothing thinking.

Think back over the years of the horrors we thought were coming and for the fast majority of us they didn’t come to pass. For some we have lost children, been given terminal diagnosis so we know how bad it can get.

For most of us we can see what we fantasised about didn’t come true. Now imagine an individual, male or female, always smiling, knowing the world will provide. They see a great future, great job, great relationship and a great life full of adventure and fun. What name would you call them in your own head?

Most of what they dream about probably won’t come true but there happy. Most of what the negative thinker thinks about probably won’t come true and there out of control and miserable.

Both are unrealistic views of life but with different side effects. Look at your list and take each point separately and see can you do something to improve it. Move to make the change and keep notes of it. This helps when you have bad days. Next make a list of things in your life you do control and then things that put a smile on your face.

When you start taking action on some items you will find they move to the other list. You may not like them but you do control them.

Take small steps, one item at a time and you will see what a few weeks can do to changing your life. Have a look at the other posts on this website and if you have a question feel free to ask.

Feeling Down all the Time

As humans we have emotions and if we look at periods of our lives we can see we have good and bad patches. Now if you examine any patch good or bad and to use the expression “put it under a microscope” you will find you had good and bad things happen to you.

In other words our emotions are going to rise and fall and sometimes it’s like a rollercoaster, climbing – climbing – climbing to be followed by a white knuckle plummet and this is normal. If we are wise we learn from our mistakes and bad luck as well as from our successes and good luck.

Unfortunately we can get stuck in a pattern where we perceive that it’s all negative or bad. This can just be a negative pattern of thinking, not only is my glass half empty but it also has a crack.

Just for a moment think back to your childhood, was one or both of your parents or guardians a negative thinker? Did they put you down “for your on good” to motivate you? Maybe, maybe not!

Did you have or still have an over powering friend or relationship? For more see, Can’t let go of a relationship. You get the idea of where to look in your past or maybe did you do something you’re not proud off? You would be amazed how many people’s lives can be affected and destroyed over some of these things.

In hypnotherapy we help people forgive themselves all the time and this just unloads so much pressure and weight from their shoulders. We also help people change by desensitising past events and help you change the meaning of them which changes the emotion which comes from the memory.

You have the right to be happy and have a great live, yes there will be falls and knocks but that’s life. I’m going to quote a film, Batman begins – Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!

I love that way of thinking and I think a great lesson for children.

Look around at children, they fall and get back up. They might cry and act as if there dying and then they are of running again. So maybe it’s time to follow suit, leave the past where it is, if you need help then we can help you. Call to book an appointment!

If you could start afresh tomorrow morning and just see the world differently, what would it be like? Feeling good inside, looking forward to something. If you felt that way would your future look brighter, of course it would. So you need to figure out how to get from where you are to where you want to be.

If you think my life is bad but if I try to change it might get worse, flip it around and think if I don’t change what it will cost me. Think about prolonged unhappiness, worry, feeling down, could this lead to anxiety and depression. You are too special too important for that type of life. There is only one of you among billions, that’s unique! There are ways to change, find one that works for you and live the life you want.

Panic Attacks in the Heat

As I write this Ireland is in the middle of a heat wave and while some people love it others struggle. So while some people are going around with their shirts off and lapping in every ray they can others feel as if the heat is confining and oppressive. Almost as if the air had a thickness making them feel closed in.

To make it worse the air itself is hot so when you want freshness all you get is cloying heat. I know it’s easy to say some people are never happy, it’s too hot, it’s too cold etc. but we are all different and we like and feel comfortable in different environments.

Problems can arise if you suffer from panic attacks or anxiety as these conditions can make you feel closed in and trapped. The same would apply if you are claustrophobic but if you examine any of them it comes down to a feeling of being out of control.

Before I give you some tips what you need to do is to see someone to remove the problem once and for all. I’m speaking from experience and I went down the medication route and finally got help through hypnotherapy. It’s one of the reasons why I trained as a hypnotherapist, so I could help others.

I know some people try to help but when they tell you they know how you feel and you know they haven’t got a clue it can be maddening (I’m being polite).

To get rid of most of these problems it will involve an intake, a meeting where we get all the details and then 4 to 6 therapeutic sessions. With Irish Hypnosis Dun Laoghaire each session is paid on the day so no lump payment is required. Call us and see what we can do for you!

OK, until you get help you will still need to get from A to B so how can you do that. For me air conditioning made a big difference but if you don’t have it or even if you do having a cold drink with you can help.

Put it in the fridge the night before and take it with you when you leave. If need be you can put it to your forehead or the back of your neck. This can help as it can trigger a drowning reflex (sounds promising I know) this can slow your heart rate so helps with one of the common symptoms.

Plan your route so if you feel unwell you know where you can go or even sit on a bench or wall and drink your drink, do something on your phone and most people won’t even look twice at you.

Ill post a mindfulness video of a technique that can help but the these are just ways to deal with a problem. The best way is to get rid of the problem in the first place. Then all you have to deal with is family, friends, relationships, work, I think I’ll stop there! In other words we have enough going on without panic attacks.

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When you come in we will have a quick chat where I will answer any and all questions to remove any worries you may have on hypnosis. I will then gently bring you into a lovely state of hypnosis where you will feel so relaxed and at peace.

While you’re feeling relaxed and at peace we start the therapy and help you to reduce your stress and increase your relaxation. We help you to see the challenges in the world somewhat differently so they don’t affect you as much or if all depending on what they are.

Have you ever wondered why something affects you while others aren’t even aware of any difficultly? Maybe the reverse is true for you as well?

Stress is normal and natural but when we allow it to take over it can have catastrophic effects on our mental and physical health. Isn’t it time to let go of some of it and move on with your life without that weight on your shoulders?

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Even if your problems are more series this would be a great way to find out what hypnosis is and if it is right for you.

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Have you ever gone for a massage to be told you hold your holding stress in certain muscles? It has been proven many times that when we have a thought it has a corresponding physical affect. So if you’re feeling stressed it will have a physical affect so with that in mind wouldn’t it be better to learn to deal with stress so it has a minimum affect.

If you have regular massages or practice yoga or any other similar program just think of the level you could reach if you went without the level of stress you have now? Life is to be lived and enjoyed but for far too many of us, it’s just endured.

End Stress and feel Happy

Its not hard to think that we have to strive for something to make us happy. Wheather its a new relaxation technique or enlightenment course but the truth is very simple. Maybe that’s the problem, in this life we seem to like the hidden, the mysterious.

If I was to tell you about this 2 thousand year old technique that helped bring enlightenment to an ancient and wise people but the information was only for the elite and that’s how it was lost over time but now it has been rediscovered. The good news its only bla bla bla and you too can find happiness.

Id know id make sales because I’m marketing in a way that would give you hope but only if you buy the product. You want something, I can supply it for a price.

I want you to think about a time that you were really happy. Maybe with your parents or your own children. Maybe out with your friends when you were distracted by them or the fun you were having. Did you need anything to be happy?

No, when all the baggage we carry was forgotten we were happy. So maybe we shouldn’t spend our lives looking outwards but inwards. What is making you unhappy? Well if you get rid of what makes you unhappy what would that leave you feeling?

If your one of those people that will say but what makes me unhappy is something I have to do then maybe you need to take a closer look at that or choose to look at it from a different angle. Our emotions are perceived reactions to stimulus.

If your late and the car in front of you is going to slow then their an idiot, to them your the mad person up their bumper. There are many examples of how people see the same situation differently from their own perspectives. In other words, when you see it differently you feel different.

Sometimes this can be difficult to workout by yourself if the pain is from a long time ago but with hypnosis its not hard and if you want the change and will work with the therapist then is relatively quick.

Even for something like depression its only around six sessions so if its only something small but has you going in circles it may only be one or two sessions. For more see our home page Dun Laoghaire Hypnosis.

All or nothing thinking

As you can see in the other post the way we think or perceive things affects what we do, how we do it and when we interact with other people the outcome from that. So if you know someone who is an all or nothing person or black and white thinker or maybe it’s you, what does this cost you?

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Well let’s take a simple relationship, if you think this way, well when you put forward an idea your idea is right. You wouldn’t waste your time putting forward an idea that’s wrong so the simple intelligent thing for others to do is to do it your way. Anyone one with have a brain could see that, it’s not complicated.

Now how would you feel if you or someone who thought that way was told no, I know I much better way of doing it. Can you imagine the challenge that person feels now? What if it’s a loved one? When you see life in black and white or absolutes a simple discussion about directions can lead into a major augment. They may get angry or hurt and the other person is just taken aback at something they place no importance on looking at what can look like a hissy fit.

You just embarrassed me in front of our friends, how dare you try to make me look foolish in front of them. The common reply is, you don’t need me to make you look like that. It can be very difficult to live with someone who is like this but it can also be hard to live with others when you feel this way. But the question always comes back to why do I feel this way. Why does it have to be black or white, this way or the highway.

There can be a few answers but if you examine it, why is it so bad to be wrong? If you’re wrong why are you always wrong? Why get angry or hurt when someone wants to do it a different way?

What happened in your life, early childhood that would cause these feelings? Where you made to feel wrong or stupid? Was this the way it was between your parents so what you became used to. If not keep asking until you find some answers.

In hypnosis we can help with many of these feelings and it not only helps you but those around you and your relationships can improve which make you feel better from a different angle. If you’re interested in learning more see Irish Hypnosis Dun Laoghaire.