What Is the Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, Habits and Phobias How You Would Treat These Issues with Hypnotherapy?

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What is the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy? Introduction Stress, anxiety and phobias are different and produce differing symptoms, but they are also closely related. If someone has high levels of stress and anxiety, they are more likely to have a panic attack. The more stressed they are, the more anxiety they are likely to experience from day to day. This increasing tension and energy can trigger a panic attack, which can lead to the development of phobias. Stress Stress is something that everyone experiences and is usually positive. A certain level of stress is necessary, and may even be enjoyable, in order to motivate us into action and to achieve our goals or cope with change. However, people cope with stress in different ways. A situation that is stimulating to one person may be intolerable to another. What someone feels is determined not just by events and changes in the outside world, but how they perceive and respond to such events. Feelings of stress come from any situation in which we feel frustrated, angry or anxious (Chrysalis, 2010). Stress can be caused by life changes, such as moving house, getting married or coping with bereavement, whilst negative social conditions, such as unemployment, poor housing, noisy neighbours, or difficulties at work, can also contribute. In the animal world, the response to danger is to run away or to turn and fight. People respond to emotional stress as if it were a physical threat, and rapid changes in the muscles and organs of the body are involved. The muscles tense, ready for action and the heart beats faster to carry blood to where it's most needed - the muscles and the brain. You breathe faster, sweat more and your mouth becomes dry. These physical reactions are due to hormones that the body produces, including
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