Anxiety or anticipatory anxiety is one of the greatest causes of stress. Anxiety is simply fear of the unknown. Our mind is conditioned to have a sense of control. When faced with the unknown, the mind loses its sense of control therefore anxiety, which is felt in the body.
Some effects of anxiety can be:
- Headaches
- Chest Pain
- Clenched Jaw
- Nervous Actions
- Migraines
- Neck Tension
- Forehead Tension
- Digestive Problems
- Fast Heartbeat
- Facial Tension
- Palpitations
- Low Immunity
When you create your own goals and mentally see them as already accomplished in a peaceful, confident way, you lessen the unknown. You can see where you are going. It’s like having a flashlight in the dark. Your hypnotherapist holds the flashlight for you along your new exciting journey.
Fight-or-flight response has something to do with the physical structure of our brain – the reptilian brain. Read here a blog post of Fight or Flight Response – An Alien Component Within Human Psyche.
