We all experience varying degrees of stress in our lives and stress can be good for us. In this assignment I will be looking more closely at stress and other conditions called anxiety, habits and phobias and look at how they relate to each other. I will also look at how these conditions can be helped or treated through hypnosis. Stress As mentioned previously, life is challenging, it is fast passed, circumstances can change rapidly, and easy access to information can increase expectations on our performance or leave us with so much information it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and confused and even leave us feeling unsure that we are making the right choices. The above and other similar circumstances may sound familiar to all of us and being exposed to these and other kinds of pressures can result in an individual feeling stressed.
Essay title: “Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy” This essay considers the common debilitating and inter-related neurotic conditions of stress, anxiety, phobias and habits and provides a generalized account as to how each may be treated through the ethical use of hypnotherapy. Stress is the name given to how we feel under pressure, is a natural reaction, a normal part of everyday life and in small quantities helpful in motivating us to react in certain situations. Faced with stressful or dangerous situations, the body produces hormones to induce the “fight or flight” instinct. Feelings of stress can be experienced as anger, frustration and anxiety. Anxiety can be apprehension or fear, which causes stress.
Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and Describe How You Would Treat these Issues with Hypnotherapy First of all let’s look at what stress, anxiety, habits and phobias are. Stress and anxiety are often thrown together to mean the same thing, almost into one phrase. However there is a distinction between the two but it is quite important to be able to let the difference. Stress is a response to an external stimulant, resulting in feelings of frustration, anger and apprehensiveness. Stress is however a reaction to outside pressures.
The stress response can be a good thing sometimes as it can help one rise to meet challenges and sharpen their concentration, for myself I find that it drives me to study for an exam when I would rather be watching television or out with my friends. The majority of causes of stress that an individual faces on a day-to-day basis are not as extreme as life events. Daily hassles are minor irritations such as misplacing car keys, petty arguments and work deadlines. Major life events do not occur everyday but daily hassles do and if they occur regularly it can become a problem. Beyond a certain point stress can stop being helpful and can cause major damage to ones health; mentally, physically and socially.
Stress is a part of everyday life; in fact without experiencing some sort of stress in life, for instance knowing that there are deadlines, often helps individuals to become focused on the job at hand and accomplish what is needed. Stress can mean something separate to each individual; take the idea of deadlines, some individuals will flourish in work with a deadline, whilst others only become more stressed and it becomes a negative influence and as such creates a physical response within them. “Stress that begins to debilitate or produce depression is completely undesirable. Such a condition calls for change. And while you may not be able to change the world, you can change your reaction to it.” Pg83, Hadley & Staudacher (1996).
Fear of the dentist, fear of dogs, fear of flying, all these things and many more can bring around feelings of stress. It is these common situations that we as hypnotherapist's will often encounter and can safely deal with as it is obviously likely that the person will be aware of the cause, or trigger, of the stress and we can tailor our course of treatment accordingly. This however is not always the case, where we are unable to pinpoint the cause of stress it can leave us feeling out of control because we are unsure what we are trying to control. There are different categories or levels of stress and as therapists it is important that we learn to notice these different types as some of the more severe stress problems require referral to GP’s or specialists in the particular field. These more severe problems tend to fall into one of the following
Stress and Methods for Coping or Reducing As an adult, you are required to be in control of several areas of your life. When you are performing well on your job, being a good parent and spouse, maintaining good finances, being a good student and being a value to your community, you are consider to be a successful adult. Sadly, there are consequences when trying to attain those successes in life. Many people find that they are harmfully affected with an emotion that can cause a lot of physical and mental anguish. The emotion that I’m referring to is called stress.
DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS, ANXIETY, HABITS AND PHOBIAS AND DESCRIBE HOW YOU WOULD TREAT THESE ISSUES WITH HYPNOTHERAPY. Word Count 2154 Introduction Stress, anxiety, phobias and habits can all be related in some way or other. For instance, stress causes anxiety and vice versa. They are caused by fear and change. A habit can cause stress, such as when you try to stop a habit like smoking your anxiety increases leading to stress.
In the Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar, he sheds some light into the possibility of obtaining a happy life even with the struggles and challenges that may come our way. It is how we tackle these obstacles and avoid being a perfectionist and adopting an Optimalistic approach. Tal Ben-Shahar provides a step-by-step process to conquer the fear of failure and by taking these tools we learn and apply them to our love life and our lives in general. Failure is a word that most of us don’t want to hear or even experience. We do everything we can to steer away from failing by putting a ton of pressure on ourselves, creating intense anxiety and ultimately being unhappy.
The person may suffer with responses that are un appropriate in certain situations as well as the usual signs (rapid heartbeat, sweating and nervousness. Anxiety disorders include post-traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorder and phobias. Psychotic disorders - involve distorted awareness and thinking. People experience images and sounds that are not real. The ill people believe they are true despite being shown evidence.