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Fear of Heights Hypnotherapy
Fear of Heights Hypnotherapy
Do you struggle with a fear of heights? Whether it is looking out from an upper level shopping centre or car park, enjoying the view from several floors up in a building or dreading a cliff top walk, your fear of heights can be limiting and stop you doing things you want to do.
You know, logically, that you are in a safe place and your feet may be firmly grounded on the floor, yet the fear and anxiety take over. You may feel like you are going to fall, imagine worst case scenarios or just feel anxious and so get out of there (or stay away from there) as quickly as you can. Either you experience dread and try to avoid getting up high, or you struggle and seek to escape from that situation as quickly as you possibly can. There is the anxiety and dread that you may need to be up high, the worry about feeling anxious and the panic and fear that strikes if you find yourself in a high up place.
Most of the time avoidance may work quite nicely as a strategy for avoiding the anxiety and fear. You decline invitations to go places or you find a way to get out of things. Those around you may be used to it and so plan things that won’t involve heights, and you may feel bad about stopping them doing things. Or perhaps you can push through some situations by moving quickly and looking down (while pretending you are somewhere else). At some point, however, avoidance becomes problematic. You know you are limiting others from doing things. You can worry about freaking out and embarrassing yourself in front of people who don’t know about your fear, and you may be frustrated that you can’t just enjoy things and do things you would kind of like to get on and do. Your fear controls your life.
With your fear of heights, your brain has, for whatever reason, labelled high up situations as dangers and threats. Despite what you know logically about being safe, your feelings and emotions take over. Whenever you encounter something high up, the same pattern repeats and repeats. You may imagine falling down or worry about having a panic attack. You steer away from anything that could lead to feeling so uncomfortable. And you start to anticipate your fear of heights and think of yourself as someone who can’t cope with these situations. It becomes a self perpetuating cycle of dread, anxiety, worry and fear.