Anxiety Control Center

Today we will continue to look at hypnosis and why we use it with most of our clients who have panic, sadness, fear, worry or anxiety.

Hypnosis is a very powerful tool.  One that you can learn to use on  your own for relaxation and creating calm.  When you are guided by a hypnotherapist trained to used the Transformation System,  you can find that you can get to the root of the issues you are struggling with, in very little time.  Many people who have been in therapy for years find that make major life changes in relatively few sessions of hypnosis.

Hypnosis can help with many problems, we will continue our discussion on how to use hypnotic techniques to change reactions of fear, anxiety, sadness, worry and procrastination in our workshop at the end of November.

To get the Mp3 of the 90 minute workshop, go to actionendsprocrastination.com.  Cost is just $10 and will only be up until the new workshop starts.

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DO YOU EXPERIENCE ANY
OF THESE SYMPTOMS ?
* Irritability  *  Tension  *  Headaches  *
*  Upset Stomach  *  Rapid Heartbeat  *
*  Difficulty Breathing  *  Excessive Worry  *  Fatigue *
*   Sleep Disturbances  *

At the Anxiety Control Center, we have developed
an exciting program specialized to relieve panic, anxiety,
and health issues such as migraines and irritable bowel
syndrome. Clients have achieved lasting transformations
with this program which uses a combination of hypnosis,
NLP, cognitive and behavioral techniques.

Sign up for your first stress relief exercises
on the right side of this page.

Click here to get the 90 minute Mp3
on learning to use the part of the mind that
controls anxiety, fear and stress reactions.

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Continuing with information about hypnosis and letting go of anxiety and fear:

We were talking yesterday about hypnosis and fears of being out of control.  There are 2 types of hypnosis.
1. Ericksonian (various techniques including: regression, parts work, anchoring, phobia cure etc.)
2. Classical (most commonly used for relaxation and suggestion).

In actuality no matter what  type of hypnosis is used you can’t be forced to do anything you don’t want to do.  Because your body will not accept suggestions that are not right for you.  Even in a deep trance state you remain in  control of your actions.

Because most of our clients have some type of anxiety or panic, I have found that it is vitally important for success for my clients to feel aware and in control.

A client of mine who used our Transformation System to get rid of her migraines, sent me a cartoon that I feel demonstrates how the hypnosis we use at the Anxiety Control Center feels.

In this cartoon there is a man,  with his feet stuck to the ceiling, head hovering above the floor.  The caption reads:   “I still don’t think I am hypnotized.”  This cartoon illustrates an important point about hypnosis:  you can make immense changes in your life without feeling hypnotized.  The trance state helps you to access deep within where it is possible to make positive changes with apparent ease.

What makes hypnosis such a powerful tool is that  by going directly to the subconscious mind. . .

to be continued tomorrow.

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Today we will continue looking at the next steps in getting relief from depression.

Review:
A.Whenever you feel overwhelmed, fearful or anxious.
1. Take action by going to  the video guide .
It will guide you in the breathing for calm exercise.
2. Using the breathing exercise will help to change your “state of mind,
to one where you can pay attention and focus inward.
3. The next step to take to find out what is underneath the emotion is to be curious.
4. Say to yourself, “I’m curious about what the anxiety, stress or fear is about”.
This will help you to collect information that you might not be aware of on a conscious level.
5.  Being curious is a vital step to using your mind in a different way.

B. Changing from self blame to self acceptance.

1. In getting relief from depression and other emotions that get in the way of living a full
life, it is important to learn how to be kinder to yourself, as you are, even before the
emotions totally lift.
2. Recovering from depression is a process, keep taking one small step and it will
motivate you to the next step, until one day you will surprise yourself at what you
have accomplished.

3. I believe that it is possible to change even the most difficult emotional reactions
when you find out what is going on underneath.   The first exercise had a
number of purposes.  If you’ve been practicing using it you have already noticed
some changes in your state of mind.  If you haven’t done that exercise yet, please
go back after reading this and follow along with the video.

4. If you have you been suffering from depression and feeling hopeless
there is hope for change.  I have watched so many people use my
Transformation System to get out from under the dark spell of depression.

5. The next step (step 2) in this step-by-step plan is to be curious and begin
to observe what is going on underneath your feelings.   This is different from
judging the feelings.  Many people get angry with themselves for even having
anxiety, worry, and depression or for procrastination.

6. So instead, we will practice this next exercise.  When you get an emotion that
doesn’t feel good, stop for just a moment and ask yourself:
1. “what is going on underneath?”
2. “What is this feeling about”
3.  “what needs of mine aren’t being satisfied”
4. “what am I afraid of”.
5.  Remember instead of blaming yourself for the uncomfortable feelings of
anxiety, depression, worry or for procrastinating, you instead become
curious about the feelings.
6. As  you begin to get the answers, we then can start on the next step of
breaking the problem down into its smallest parts.

We’ll talk more about this in the next post.

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Have you been suffering from depression and feeling hopeless?  Have you tried
but don’t know how to change these feelings?

Are you wishing for something, some “guiding light,” some technique, anything
that’s will help you to get out from under the dark spell of depression?  I want you
to know that here is hope !  I have a step-by-step plan of actions for you to take.
They are it easy to follow, because I know that when you are depressed it’s difficult
to concentrate or to have energy to even read a short article.

I realize that when you are depressed and your energy is depleted it might be hard
to even get out of bed, not to mention reading an article on how to get relief.  So to
make this even easier, I give you a link to a video that will guide you through the
first action step.

So, please, read on and take action, by going to watch the video today.  Take the
first step in changing your life today.     The link is at the bottom of this article.

My name is Audrey Sussman and for over the past 25 years I have helped my
clients to find a way to move themselves from feeling depressed and hopeless,
to feeling optimism and energy.

The first step is simple. It is something so easy to do that you can even do it from
the bed or the chair you are sitting in. So I’ll keep this to just the first step.

In the days and weeks to come, I’ll give you the next steps.  If you follow the
step-by-step plan, you might even surprise yourself as you begin to look forward
to doing the next small step.  Keeping it simple, taking tiny steps moves you in
the direction of hope, until one day you notice you are thinking and feeling
differently.

So, for you who are suffering with depression, worry, or loss of hope, lets start
with the first easy step, and it’s something that only requires your doing something
you are doing anyway.  This is it: Changing your breathing pattern.   This is a
physical or behavioral technique to change your state of mind.  There are other
techniques to deal with negative thoughts and emotions, but we need to start with
the 1st step first.

Go to actionendsprocrastination.com and watch the video.  I’ll guide your through
and give you tips for making it even more successful.  Practice it every day for the
next two weeks, and stay curious.

If you would rather have the written directions, put in your name and email
in the box on the right of this post to download the directions.

That’s it for today.  Start with the first behavioral change, and you’ll be preparing
yourself for the next step, I’ll be giving you.   See you soon,

Audrey

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The following is a question I received from one of my clients.  It mirrors what so many people with anxiety feel that I decided to give a technique that I haven’t talked about in a while.  It is different type of solution and one that is worth using.  The people who have experimented with it find that after a couple of weeks they wouldn’t go without using this exercise.

The following question is what spurred my answer. Names and events are changed slightly to protect confidentiality. This client is grieving over the illness and death of his dad. He is also dealing with possible life changing issues in his relationship.

Hey Audrey. I’m having a bad morning. . . woke up thinking about my father, my heart pounding and tears in my throat. Have had a series of  dreams this week leaving me feeling uncomfortable when I wake up.

In addition to that, I spoke Amy on Fri about the baby stuff, and even though she said she has no plans of leaving  I still want us to want the same things, so I’m finding that I’m almost pressuring myself to want a child.  I guess I don’t know what to do with myself  all I want to do is talk to someone, but it’s early in the morning and everyone is asleep.  Let me know if you have any insight. Thanks.

Hello Peter:  It’s good you are writing out your thoughts in an email to me. I have an idea that you might find helpful.  When we get together for our session we’ll work on the sadness and fears, using the trance techniques I spoke about last session.

It might be of help at this time to begin to write “morning pages”.  These are pages you write in a journal every day.

In the book the Artist’s Way by Camerion, she describes this completely.  For now, just write 3 pages a day.
In these  3 pages you write what ever comes into your mind. She recommends doing it  just as you are waking up.
Three pages about anything and nothing.  You will be amazed at how helpful these pages can be.  You don’t try to make sense,or even keep things to a topic. You just write.  It’s just writing your thoughts, the insight will come on its own.

In this way you find within yourself the strength you need.  It comes with time, don’t try to write or edit, just write. These pages are just for you, not to show to another, no need to read them over, it’s the writing without any censoring that will lead you to gaining what you need.

Buy yourself a note book or journal that you will save just for the morning pages.  I know when you are upset it is difficult to see the way,
trust it is within yourself and I do believe the morning pages will be a great benefit.

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