Wipeout Social Anxiety And Build Self-Confidence With Self-Hypnosis


by Alan B. Densky - Date: 2007-11-27 - Word Count: 848 Share This!

Many people feel uncomfortable or experience some degree of anxiousness when pushed into a new situation or a crowd of people who are unfamiliar to them. However, for about ten percent of people, anxiety about social situations can be bad enough to be disabling. Researchers now believe that a much larger number of people may suffer from milder types of social anxieties that can lead to significant problems in everyday social situations.

The term for this type of anxiety is 'social phobia'. It most often occurs when a person has fears or worries that usually are caused by being in a social situation. A person who has a social phobia may also have trouble with making themselves stop thinking too much about how others are judging or evaluating him or her.

For those who have social phobia, anxious feelings can occur in all sorts of different kinds of situations, including going shopping, going to a party, speaking in public, standing in front of a group of people, or being interviewed. These socially related anxieties can also make themselves apparent in the body; for many people with social anxiety, sweating, flushing, shaking, or stomach problems can occur when coming face to face with these kinds of stress provoking situations.

Leading experts now argue that social phobia involves problems with self confidence. Self confidence is the ability to feel that we have the capacity to make good decisions, be independent, and take power over our lives. Those who have trouble with self confidence -- a very common problem in today's stressful world -- may think too much about how they are perceived, which may eventually lead to not wanting to take part in social activities or of beginning to feel "out of control".

Fortunately, though, there are some simple actions a person with self confidence problems can undertake to regain this control. One course of action a person with self confidence problems can undertake is to make use of an anxiety and phobia workbook. You can think of the anxiety and phobia workbook as simply a way to gain insight into the problems you are having trouble with by keeping a journal of triggers and anxiety symptoms; there are also exercises to do that will aid you to acquire more insightful introspection about your self confidence problems.

When you have gotten to the point at which you have begun to have some insight about your problems with self confidence, and have made the decision that now is the time to begin developing self confidence, then it makes sense to investigate a type of therapy that has been demonstrated to be extremely successful in social phobia. Like the anxiety and phobia workbook, this specific kind of therapy is defined by being centered on helping you become pro-active and gain control over your life. In sum, you will be curing your own problems.

This type of therapy, called hypnosis, functions by using the hidden powers of your unconscious mind to aid you to become more confident, assured, relaxed, and comfortable with yourself. Believe it or not, we are all born with these capabilities, but because of difficult life events, learned disempowerment, and troubled social interactions, it is common to lose sight of our abilities to take control of these powers. Hypnotherapy has been clinically shown to be successful for people who have self confidence and anxiety problems.

Many people who have self confidence and other anxiety related problems often seek out a "quick fix" solution, such as medicines, herbal remedies, and short courses of traditional therapy. While these are things that can help some individuals, they don't really address the origin of our self confidence problems - our unconscious mind. In order to deal with self confidence problems, you must be in charge of your own cure.

If you make the decision to check out hypnotherapy to aid you to gain self confidence, you will undertake a course of sessions with a hypnotherapist who will help you to enter a deep state of calmness. When you are in this place of calmness, your unconscious mind is open and willing to be reached by suggestive techniques. Your hypnotherapist will then work with you while you are in this open state by using repeated suggestion to assist you to realize that you are a confident, strong, and independent person.

Other valuable options for those who are dealing with self confidence are to participate in hypnosis therapy through videos or audio CDs, which can be watched or listened to in the comfort of your own house. Many people also find that learning self hypnosis, a specific relaxation technique in which you can become open to your innermost wants and needs, with only a little bit of guidance, is very helpful. Whatever form of anxiety hypnotherapy you choose, you will be certain that you are taking a crucial step in enacting your own treatment and recovery.

Alan B. Densky, CH has invented a multitude of hypnosis techniques for the treatment of social phobias. His website offers a complete hypnotherapy article library devoted to every aspect of hypnosis and NLP. Visit for Free self-hypnosis videos, downloads, and newsletters.

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