Did anyone see a TV programme last week on Channel 4 called 'Fear of Flying'? It was excellent. In it, the presenter, Lawrence Leyton, treated 40 extreme phobics and afterwards 38 of them were able to fly and actually enjoy it.
He used Thought Field therapy (or tapping technique) as one treatment, visualisations, a technique to skew irrational thoughts whereby you either speed them up or slow them down in your head and the brain is then unable to take them seriously.... there was one other technique, but I can't remember it.
After watching the programme I went outside and I had a real bounce in my step. It was amazing to see people before the treatment (who would panic at being raised 15 ft on a crane) and afterwards, where they would happily go to 240 ft!!
I do sincerely believe in the power of self-hypnosis, TFT, NLP and the like. I know that I'm not totally alien to the rest of the human population, that if other people are capable of enjoying roller coasters and flying then I'm able to do so too. All it takes is a shift in our mentality to focus on the positive rather than the negative.
I suppose the problem is committing yourself and allowing yourself to go and do it. I've just started Yoga and people raise their eyebrows about that, but all it really is is stretching (as far as I can tell so far).
I would feel like I was joining a cult if I went to an NLP meeting or something though and it's hard to really get into it just doing it from books and stuff. I'd be concerned about seeing a hypnotist too.
Maybe we should all work through a book or a programme together and keep each other updated.
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