EASTER GREETINGS TO YOU ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FEARS AND PHOBIAS (EXTREME FEARS) TODAY. THIS TOPIC IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CULTURE SUFFER FROM THEM AND OFTEN FOR MANY YEARS. AS A HYPNOTHERAPIST, I HAVE WORKED WITH EVERYTHING FROM BOOGIE MEN UNDER THE BED TO FEARS OF FLYING , BUGS, MICE, THE DARK, SMALL SPACES, LARGE SPACES, FAILURE, SUCCESS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. MY CLIENTS WHO HAVE HAD THESE FEARS RANGED FROM PRE-SCHOOL AGE TO SENIORS. ALL OF THEM HAVING NORMAL HEALTHY MINDS EXCEPT FOR THE FEAR THAT TRULY INTERFERED WITH EVERYDAY LIFE. FOR THE PERSON WHO SUFFERS WITH A FEAR OR PHOBIA, IT RARELY MAKES SENSE TO THEM AND THEY ARE OFTEN ANGRY AT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS WHO TEASE OR RIDICULE THEIR BEHAVIOR. I OFTEN HEAR “WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF A LITTLE BUG, I AM A GROWN UP ADULT” OR “I KNOW THERE IS NOTHING TO HURT ME IN THE DARK, WHY DO I FEEL TERRIFIED”. WELL, FEAR IS A SUBCONSCIOS PROGRAM THAT IS MEANT TO PROTECT. IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO APPRECIATE THE PART OF US IN CHARGE OF FIGHT OR FLIGHT. HUMANS HAVE SURVIVED BECAUSE OF IT! HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE FEAR IS OVER PROTECTIVE IT IS CLEARLY OUT OF DATE AND TRYING TO PROTECT A YOUNGER PART THAT WAS ONCE TRAUMATIZED. HYPNOSIS CLEARS THE PAST TRAUMA, UPDATES THE PROTECTOR AND ALLOWS THE MORE SENSIBLE AND GROWN UP MIND TO HAVE THE POWER IT DESERVES. IT IS TRULY A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO WATCH THE TRANSFORMATION AND FEEL THE RELIEF WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO TEST THEIR TRUE BRAVERY AND FEARLESS-NESS. HAS THE TIME ARRIVED FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS CHANGE? HAPPY SPRING, WANDA