I noticed this article saying that this year is a bumper year for spiders. (Warning: if you have a fear of spiders be warned there is quite a large picture of a spider at the top of that article! )
Bad news for flies and people with arachnaphobia. I used to have a phobia of spiders and thanks to cognitive hypnotherapy I can quite happily pick one up and let it out of the house. I can remember being a teenager not being able to sleep having seen a spider in my bedroom. I had to know exactly where it was, and when it disappeared from view my fear got worse! Just as well I got over it as our little boy loves them and often brings a garden spider in to the house!
I love working with people with phobias at my London hypnotherapy and Cornwall hypnotherapy clinics because they can experience such a life transforming difference in very short period of time.
I had a lady with a spider phobia, she could even look at a picture of them, which demonstrates the strength of the phobia because most people are OK with looking at them and it is the movement that gives them the fear. Within minutes she was surprising herself at how she could look at them with ease and the following day quite happily removed one from her flat.
This client had tried other things such as a spider phobia day at London zoo. Yes, she handled the tarantula at the end of the day however she admitted it was not the same as looking at a house spider and moved so much slower it didn’t make any difference to her phobia. She also felt a large amount of peer pressure from the rest of the group to hold it!
So, if you have a phobia, whether spiders or something else contact me to see how I can help you release this fear and be free to be in control and be your normal self at all times!
