Fear Of Needles - Overcome Your Fear

By Trevor Johnson

Many individuals suffer from a fear of needles and this fear can be very small or completely paralyzing depending on the intensity of that fear. About 10% of the population suffers from some sort of fear of needles. You might simply become uncomfortable around needles or at a worst case scenario you may even faint.

Many times individuals do not have issues with needles when they are used for sewing or non medical purposes. But if they're about to be used for an injection or to draw blood, then the situation changes and the fear starts to creep in. To overcome this fear it is important to determine what is triggering your fear.

Hypnotherapy is used for many different phobias as it will allow your subconscious to open up and determine what was the actual cause for your phobia. You may have experienced a traumatic experience as a child or other reasons. Hypnotherapy has been proven to be very effective for chronic phobias and long standing issues with fear.

Another effective method of treatment is behavioral therapy. Behavioral therapy works slightly different than hypnotherapy as it programs a different response to needles then fear or the need to flee. With this treatment it is possible to change your response through your subconscious and reprogram your brain to be different from your normal response.

You may even be able to overcome your phobia of needles by attempting to be around needles, or by prolonged exposure to them. Many times this is only successful if you have help from someone else, maybe in the form of a hypnosis track that is designed to help you conquer your fear of these sharp implements.

Many people all try to be able to be around needles more. If they have needles around and they are part of the background then it is not such of a surprise as they are used to being around needles. You may need support and someone to hold your hand when you first start but with support you can overcome this fear. - 30450

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