Conquer Blood Phobias with Hypnosis for Hemophobia

The fear of blood is a phobia that we treat quite often here in our UK hypnotherapy clinics.

Like all other phobias, blood phobia is essentially an anxiety disorder.

The person suffering from a phobia of blood may very well sense that it is illogical, but this does nothing to help him or her to deal with it.

The thought or the sight of blood automatically triggers an irrational fear that seems to overpower the individual, psychologically and even physically.

It can produce a host of worrying symptoms such as dizziness, feelings of faintness, a sudden and rapid decrease in blood pressure, palpitations, dry mouth and nausea.

Medically speaking, blood phobia has several different names and is spelled in a variety of different ways: hemophobia, haemophobia, hemaphobia and hematophobia being the most common.

The actual causes of this phobia usually lie in the individual's past.

At some time in the past, the subconscious mind has linked the thought or the sight of blood with feelings of anxiety.

Very often this has happened in childhood or in the teenage years, though in some instances it may have happened later in life.

This may have happened directly - as a result of a past experience in which blood was involved - a medical procedure, injection, blood transfusion, accident or the like.

It may also have happened indirectly - through someone else's negative experience that was witnessed by the individual him or herself. Or it may have been modelled on someone else's fear and anxiety and so learned vicariously.

There is also the possibility that in some individuals there is a genetic component or predisposition to this phobia, since it can be prevalent in other members of the family.

In my own clinical practice and professional opinion, however, this can also be ascribed to the child's ability to model this fear on the anxiety of parents and relevant others.

Whatever the cause, the fact is that this phobia can greatly affect and even jeopardise the person's health.

Often the blood phobic individual will go to great lengths to avoid any situation or procedure that may cause blood to flow.

Doctors, nurses, hospitals, injections and other essential medical procedures may all be avoided, even when there is a real need for them.

In some people, hematophobia is also accompanied by an underlying fear of needles (trypanophobia) and by the fear of death (thanatophobia).

Any treatment for the fear of blood also needs to take this into account. This is why when treating this fear, you need to work with a practitioner who has experience with this particular phobia.

The good news is that help is available.

Working with a well experienced and expert advanced transformational hypnotherapist, it is possible to reach back and uncover the origin of this phobia.

Once this is accomplished, the false belief that has been 'programmed' into the subconscious mind that blood equals anxiety can be neutralized.

In its place we can help the individual to experience feelings of calm and relaxation when thinking about or experiencing any circumstance that involves blood.

If you or someone you care about suffers from the fear of blood, blood phobia, also know as hemaphobia, hematophobia, hemophobia and haemophobia, then there really is something you can do about it.

Consult with a fully trained professional advanced transformational hypnotherapist who has experience in dealing with this phobia and begin the process of freeing yourself now.

Through the modern techniques of advanced hypnosis and hypnotherapy you can live your life as you were born to live it - free from anxiety and upset when it comes to blood.

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