I had been suffering with a phobia of all medically related places, people and procedures of any kind before I saw Daniel. I actually called Daniel after a traumatic skiing accident, I had just got back in the country and he came the same day as I was consumed with anxiety.
I was absolutely amazed at how much changed just in one afternoon (so were the people around me), he gave me the confidence to go to the gps and to even talk through my accident. The key things that were identified was that I needed to feel in control and have confidence in myself.
I saw Daniel again a few weeks later as I was worrying about the treatment from my accident, we tried lots of different things and in the end I managed to feel a sense of acceptance. By the time I met my consultant I was hoping for the best but managed to see that whatever the outcome was I could get through it.
It feels so fantastic to have the weight lifted from me and I find it very hard to explain to people how exactly Daniel managed to do that. I just feel now, as Daniel would say, that ‘I can do whatever I want to do’! That was our aim and it is being shown to be true already in obstacles that would have thrown me that I have now been able to face.
I think I also found comfort from the fact that if I discovered that part of the phobia was still lingering that I could just arrange to see him again, having great faith that he would guide me through and help disperse the problem.
Its been quite a journey as I had this phobia from childhood and now I am needing to learn what is a normal reaction and what is something more than that. It’s like starting afresh!
