Hypnotherapy For Anxiety
What Anxiety Feels Like
Have you ever felt as though you’re constantly on edge, heart racing for no clear reason, trouble focusing, a tight or unsettled feeling in your stomach, or lying awake at night while your mind won’t switch off?
How Anxiety Affects the Body
Anxiety often involves how the autonomic nervous system responds to pressure. This system is designed to keep you safe, but it can become overactive even when a situation doesn’t pose a real threat.
Short Term V Long Term
For some people, this response is short lived and linked to something specific, such as a driving test, a job interview, or a difficult conversation. In these cases, once the situation passes, the body’s alert response generally calms and the anxious feelings ease, though for others, anxiety can continue for longer periods.
Different Forms of Anxiety
Stress can also build gradually over time. Factors such as work demands, relationship difficulties, past experiences, genetic influences, or ongoing uncertainty can make the nervous system more sensitive. Research shows that when the system is under prolonged strain, it can react more strongly and more frequently than is necessary, producing persistent feelings of tension or worry. This heightened responsiveness can contribute to different forms of anxiety, including social anxiety, health anxiety, or generalised anxiety, each with its own patterns and physical and emotional symptoms. While anxiety is common, the way it shows up and how it feels can vary widely from person to person.
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intense feelings of worry
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headaches
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mind racing or going blank
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restlessness
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irritability
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avoidance of situations
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dry mouth
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sweating
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trembling
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rapid heartbeat
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panic attacks
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difficulty concentrating
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stomach aches and nausea
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muscular aches and pains
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OCD behaviour or phobic behaviour
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fatigue
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insomnia
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reduced libido
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hair loss
Symptoms of Anxiety
How Hypnotherapy Can Help Anxiety
In our sessions, we will focus on what’s most useful for you. Using a combination of evidence-based techniques, we look at both thought patterns and the physical reactions that keep anxiety going. This might include: calming your nervous system; identifying triggers; grounding yourself when tension builds; supporting your overall well-being.This personalised approach can make everyday situations easier to handle and help you respond to anxious feelings more effectively in the future.
Let's work together, to reduce the impact of your anxiety and help you feel more in control, whether it comes up occasionally or has been part of your life for a long time.