Treating generalized anxiety and stress with hypnosis

What are the symptoms of generalized anxiety?

Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by a diffuse sense of constant anxiety and tightness, along with physical symptoms that affect daily life. People with generalized anxiety disorder worry about their job, their health, their relationship, or their family — even when there isn’t really any reason to. They anticipate difficulties.

This anxiety generates stress, which generates anxiety. The anxious person operates in a closed circuit, like a hamster in its wheel. She feels what she thinks and thinks what she feels. It’s the infernal psycho-emotional cycle in which she’s trapped.

What’s the difference between anxiety and stress?

Stress is a physiological reaction to stressors. It’s a mechanism that enables the individual to adapt to change and the environment.

In certain stressful situations, such as public speaking or driving tests, the brain triggers the alarm and releases large quantities of cortisol, one of the main stress hormones. We can then react in emergency situations by fleeing or attacking, or by playing dead, i.e. by cutting ourselves off from our feelings. The stress we’re talking about here is beneficial.

When we experience stress on a daily basis as a result of various environmental stimuli – work, school, performance – stress becomes chronic and damaging to our health, leading to anxiety disorders.

Anxiety is not a physiological response to a threatening situation, but an anticipation of situations that could be threatening. However, the physical symptoms can be very similar.

Can hypnosis cure anxiety attacks and stress?

Hypnosis is recommended for treating panic attacks and anxiety in general. Through targeted suggestions designed to induce a deep state of relaxation, the individual can tap into their inner resources to view life more realistically. Self-hypnosis combined with autosuggestions is recommended in conjunction with mindful breathing.

Humanist hypnosis to calm anxiety

Humanistic hypnosis uses a different technique to manage emotions and calm anxiety by going directly to the source to understand the behavior that has become embedded in the unconscious mind.

We work consciously with the hidden parts. The direct association with the old emotion experienced by the “little me” is released in this space of hyper-awareness as an unconditional presence that welcomes and heals. Humanist hypnosis does not deny its spiritual dimension, which will speak to some more than to others. It is seen more as a path than a simple technique. Many new insights are emerging, leading to radical changes.