The 5 Minute Phobia Cure

In the years I have studied and worked with NLP, I have been privy to wonderful transformations in the quality of many people's lives. For example, I have cured people of phobias from everything from snakes to heights - phobias that have plagued them for years and through many sessions with traditional therapists and institutions.

Traditional Remedies Are Ineffective Because They Aren't Looking In The Right Place

Why is the traditional therapy ineffective or so slow in producing a result which is at best usually some form of learning how to reduce or manage it? Because it continues to work within the existing structure of how they ran the phobic response inside themselves, rather than change it.

Knowing how they knew what they knew made all the difference. For example- the way someone knows how to have a snake phobia is: see a snake, hear a hissing internally, see a really large mental picture of the snake, feel panic.

Altering that pattern - In this example having the person imagine they are watching themselves having the response from behind a thick pane of glass, then running the sequence backwards several times so it makes it impossible to generate the original response addresses the issue at the level of how did they know to have the response to begin with with.

The longest I have ever had to do this with anyone and have the phobic response disappear is 35 minutes. And that person previously had been through over 20 years of treatment to try and manage it- in this case it was a phobia of heights, including a world famous Standford University desensitization program. Imagine what decisions people like this are free to make for themselves now that they do not have to orient their lives over avoiding the situations that used to trigger those responses!

More than ever, we need to explore effective ways to make the types of changes we most want to be able to live in this rapidly changing world. To find out more about personal growth and development and effective strategies, I suggest checking out resources like this one I am linking to.