CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY FOR ANXIETY

Understanding Stress and Anxiety

Everyone experiences stress and anxiety from time to time. The difference is important:

Stress is a response to an external threat or pressure.
Anxiety is the internal reaction to that stress—often less defined, but more persistent.

Whether life is going smoothly or not, many people report that stress interferes moderately or significantly with their daily lives. Chronic stress can seriously affect your health—causing symptoms such as headaches, high blood pressure, chest pain, heart palpitations, skin rashes, and insomnia.

What Does Anxiety Feel Like?

Anxiety can feel overwhelming and confusing. You might fear you're "going crazy," feel emotionally out of control, or experience a fear of death. It's not just mental—anxiety affects your entire being:

Emotionally (feeling on edge, tearful, irritable)
Physiologically (racing heart, shortness of breath, nausea)
Mentally (racing thoughts, fear of losing control)
Behaviorally (avoidance, restlessness, compulsive actions)

It’s also important to distinguish anxiety from fear:

Fear is usually tied to a specific, external cause (e.g., fear of flying = fear of crashing).
Anxiety is often internal and vague—you may not even know what it's about, which makes it harder to manage.

The Cycle of Anxiety

Anxiety often becomes self-reinforcing. A powerful example: during the 1940 Blitz in London, many people died from anxiety-related heart attacks just from the sound of bombs—not from actual explosions. Their minds reacted to anticipated danger, not real-time threats.
Once you’ve had an anxiety or panic attack, you may begin to fear the next one—this creates a cycle of negative anticipation that builds and reinforces the problem.

How Hypnotherapy Helps

Hypnotherapy treats the mind, body, and emotions as a unified system. Unlike surface-level solutions, hypnotherapy aims to find and release the root cause of your anxiety.

Imagine anxiety like a weed in your garden. If you only cut it at the surface, it will grow back. Hypnotherapy helps uncover and remove the roots—so you can restore lasting calm and emotional balance.

Important to Know:

Anxiety and depression make up over 80% of all mental or addictive disorders
1 in 4 adults suffers from anxiety or depression
Less than 30% of people with anxiety disorders receive professional help
Only 50% of those with major depression receive help
Only 40% of people with long-term, mild depression seek support

You don’t have to navigate this alone. If anxiety is interfering with your life, there is support—and effective tools—to help you heal and regain control.