Some general questions, and hypnotherapy advice?

[jasminemarie]

Hello all,

I hope you managed to have a nice Christmas and that your phobia didn't interfere too much!

I have some general questions as I am currently feeling very anxious, and I always feel "different" so naturally my mind thinks "I don't feel normal so i must be getting s*". Does anyone else experience these thoughts and how do you overcome it? I am trying to become more in tune with what my body is trying to tell me although sometimes I think it is simply my mind, and then it all gets very confusing I am feeling "different" today and I want to try and put myself at ease. My mind is flitting between "you're going to be okay, its just anxiety" and "oh my god, this is it, its going to happen".

Also, I often nausea in my throat area which I find really uncomfortable and normally provokes panic attacks. Is this physical or is it purely anxiety related? Are there any methods I can use to calm it?

My final questions concern hypnotherapy. My mum is keen to try it but I am a little scared although have reached the point where I need something to be done about this because it is utterly ruining my life. I am avoiding going to university next year just because I know I won't be able to handle it as well as leaving the security of my home and my mum. I have had CBT for depression (mainly) as well as generalised anxiety but it took me a while to actually speak about the phobia to a professional, and my GP still doesn't know.

Would it be worth trying CBT specific to helping the phobia, and what are your personal experiences with this? Has anyone tried hypnotherapy, and how do you rate that in comparison? I'm scared hypnotherapy will make me v*.

Thanks for taking the time to read and I would really appreciate any input on these.

Jasmine

[cloughie]

Hypnotherapy is deep relaxation, that can't make you v*. It can help with anxiety though very well plus it's good to talk things through.

[kaf30]

I am in hypno at the moment, I've had 7 sessions so far and have just a few more to go. I have never felt as good as I feel now, I'm not obsessing about it like I was. I was scared when I had my first session ,but it really relaxed me and I realised it was nothing to worry about. Just make sure u do research on hypnotherepists first . U should give it a go!