Glasgow Anxiety Therapy

This affects people who have to be the centre of attention as part of their way of life such as salesmen, actors, musicians, teachers, or if you have give presentations for any reason. You might be perfectly at ease with other people at every other time,  but when you have to get up and talk or perform in front of others, you become very anxious, stammer or 'dry up' completely. It can affect even people who are experienced at speaking in public and do it regularly. At its worst, it can make it impossible to speak at all, even to ask a question.

Lots can be going on in your head!

• worrying about making a fool of yourself in front of other people
• going through, in great detail, all the embarrassing things that could happen to you
• after an event, worrying about how you handled the situation.  You may go over, again and again, how you might have behaved differently or said different things.

 As well as the mental anxiety, you can get physical symptoms.

• a very dry mouth
• sweating
• heart pounding
• palpitations (the feeling that  your heart is beating irregularly)
• wanting to rush to the loo
  
• feelings of numbness or pins and needles in the fingers and toes (this happens because you breathe too fast).

Hypnosis is very effective in helping you to behave confidently in these situations, helping you to think in a more realistic and helpful way, control those unpleasant symptoms, and use those new skills to help you in other anxiety-provoking situations.