This post is about getting relief from a queasy feeling in the stomach.
A client called me today asking for some help with her fear of throwing up. I’ve seen her for a few sessions and she is doing much better in many areas of her life. But when she feels her stomach start to churn her fear of vomiting triggers a panic attack. She then feels like she has to escape, which causes her to feel out of control and more fearful.
So I could help her I needed to know what triggered her calling me for help today. I asked her to tell me what happened today causing her upset. She explained that she felt upset in her stomach and then she started worrying about throwing. It got so bad that she really thought she had to “escape” and she started to panic.
When ever I hear someone having problem with panic, I know they have negative thoughts going through the mind. The thoughts usually start with the words “What if”. The “what if” message always causes more fear and panic. When I asked her was was going through her mind she admitted that she was saying, “what if I can’t stop it” “what if I throw up” “what if I can’t get out soon enough” Those thoughts stimulated her unconscious mind to start the flight/ fight process and led to more physical symptoms and even more “what if” thoughts kept running through her mind.
In our therapy session I taught her to use hypnosis to . . .
Tomorrow post will have 6 tips I gave my client to stop the nausea and panic.
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