Phobia Buster

Most phobias are a learned pattern of behavior, which means that somewhere in the past you were taught either directly or indirectly to fear something.

This event is often called the "seeding event" of a phobia and is the root cause of any fear. This fear can then manifest at a later time through a some sort of trigger, known as a ‘secondary event’. Sometimes the trigger can be something unusual, but it is still connected to the seeding event in some way. For example, as an adult you might see a room similar to the one you were in when the seeding event occurred and this alone can be enough to trigger a feeling of anxiety and stress.

The reason that a negative event in your past can make you panic years later is that your brain stores the memory of the event as well as the fearful emotions connected to it. When a secondary event triggers the memory – in this example the sight of a room – any associated negative emotions around that experience come to the surface, and often cause some sort of phobic reaction.

When we store memories we also store connected emotions.

Sometimes people have panic attacks and don’t understand what causes them. However, there is usually a straightforward reason for the majority of phobias. Guided hypnotherapy is good for getting to the root cause of phobias and releasing the anxiety around them.

It is likely that you have a conscious awareness of the origin of your specific fear, which can be helpful when it comes to releasing it. However, even if you don’t understand the cause of the fear, the recent "Phobia Buster" meditation at My Thought Coach.com, can help you get to the root cause and release the fearful emotions.

As you become more conscious and aware of the cause of the problem, you can then begin to break down the foundations of any sort of phobia that may be keeping you stuck in your life.