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Hypnosis to Break Through 7 Levels of Anxiety · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  hypnotherapist, demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even
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  royalty. Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. This podcast features powerful
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  hypnosis, so do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
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  This recording is not suitable for those with epilepsy or
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  severe mental health issues, so get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi. It's Adam here and in this
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  episode of The Hypnotist, you're going to be listening to a
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  hypnosis session created for a younger client.
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  I don't work a lot with children, but occasionally I do.
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  And I find that working with children is easier in some in in
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  some instances because the imagination tends to be almost
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  more powerful, more creative. And I was working with this
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  particular client who had anxiety at the thought of doing
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  certain things. And, and what can happen there
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  is the anxiety linked to the thought of doing it can actually
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  lead to self fulfilling prophecies.
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  Because if avoidance is used to stop the anxiety, then it
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  creates a belief that somehow it's dangerous or that they're
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  incapable of doing that. And then you actually get this
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  kind of anxiety loop. So generally avoidance isn't the
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  best strategy in the long term. It can feel like it's helping
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  the short term, but in the long term, it's not really helping.
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  So what I wanted to do, and this was a child that was old enough
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  that they regularly played video games.
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  So they had this kind of intuitive idea of games are fun
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  games are there. To be played.
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  You get better the more you play the game and the most games have
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  levels. So this was.
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  Used as a metaphor to have 7 levels of difficulty.
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  So I worked with this. You know, hypnotherapist
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  listening will get the idea of desensitization.
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  Desensitization without accessing a resource state first
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  generally isn't the best way of doing it.
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  Much better to get someone in a very, very resourceful state and
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  when they're in a resourceful state, then get them doing the
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  thing that they thought they couldn't do.
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  So there's an element of desensitization here.
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  There's an element of future pacing.
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  It's definitely one level of disassociation because it uses a
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  gaming metaphor, but also it's associating the resource states
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  because although it's disassociated by one level, it's
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  then taking a first person perspective within the game.
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  So they get to access the resource states in a safe
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  environment because it's just this idea of playing a game, but
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  they activate the very resource states contextually to where
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  they would actually need them. And lots of suggestions that by
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  doing this, they become more courageous, they become brave,
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  they become more confident, and the more confident they are, the
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  less anxiety appears. So there's lots of.
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  Very clear suggestions and this is aligned with homework for
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  this particular client. To then go off and do.
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  These things. So I would encourage you if you
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  have anxiety at the thought of doing something, make it your
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  mission to do that thing. Because actually, if you avoid
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  it because you feel anxious, then actually the anxiety
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  becomes more real because your action indicates the genuineness
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  of the anxiety. You can treat a lot.
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  Of. Anxious.
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  Thoughts as Bluffs? And actually, if you call the
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  bluff, 9 times out of 10 the anxiety isn't there.
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  And even if it is there, it's temporary and manageable.
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  And by thinking of it in that way, then actually it encourages
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  you to do the. Thing that you.
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  Fear. And in doing so, anxiety becomes
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  less and less controlling in your life.
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  You don't have to be a child to benefit from this session.
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  It uses a gaming metaphor, but you could just treat it as a
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  guided meditation as 2 levels. There are references to using
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  the toilet in this because part of their anxiety was this idea
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  of how they would go to the toilet in different places,
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  particularly unfamiliar environments.
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  That's quite a unique anxiety. Disregard any suggestions that
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  aren't relevant for you and maybe change them to ones that
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  would be more suitable. But equally, if you do want
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  something a bit more bespoke that enables you to access
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  resource states for things that you have been worrying about,
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  click the link in the show notes and schedule that free
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  consultation call and we'll have a chat to see if on the right
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  therapist to work with you. For now though, find a quiet,
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  comfortable place where you won't be disturbed.
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  Relax and. Enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep. Breath in, and as you breathe
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  out, just close your eyes. That's it.
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  When you breathe in, breathe in deeper than you normally would,
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  and when you breathe out, just make that outward breath longer
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  and slower. That's it.
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  And then breathe in this wonderful feeling of relaxation.
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  Breathing in relaxation and exhaling.
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  Any worries, any stress, any tension.
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  And when you breathe in, just imagine breathing in a glowing
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  colour, perhaps bright yellow or orange, and imagine breathing in
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  a colour of confidence and courage.
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  As you breathe in that bright colour, feel all of that
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  confidence and courage going in. And as you exhale, notice a
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  shadowy colour leaving your body.
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  And those shadows represent any worries or anxiety.
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  Just feel them leaving your body as you breathe out, breathing in
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  that courage and confidence and breathing out warriors or
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  anxiety. And the deeper you breathe, the
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  more relaxed you become. And the more relaxed you become,
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  the deeper you breathe. Eyelids feeling heavier and
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  heavier, breathing slower and slower, arms and legs just
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  feeling very relaxed and loose and heavy.
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  And I want you to use the power of your imagination to imagine
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  you are in a futuristic room, and somewhere in this room is a
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  virtual reality headset. And you get to play a game, a
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  game of seven levels, each level slightly more challenging than
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  the last. But this game is simple.
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  When you complete one level, you level up and start to play the
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  next level. And when you complete all of the
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  levels, you've completed the game.
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  And when you complete the game, things that may stir, make you
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  feel worried or stressed will no longer make you feel worried or
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  stressed. Things that used to make you
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  feel anxious will no longer make you feel anxious because when
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  you do the thing you used to not be able to do, all of the
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  anxiety goes away. Fear and courage do not coexist.
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  That if you feel the fear and act courageously anyway, the
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  fear disappears. So imagine with that virtual
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  reality headset on, you are now accessing level 1.
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  I want you to imagine you're in your home and on a sunny day
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  just imagine going for a walk to the nearby lake.
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  A slow, enjoyable, relaxing walk.
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  And maybe you see other people walking their dogs and maybe you
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  see ducks or Swans. They're in the lake and maybe
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  there is things to see or do when you get to the lake, but I
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  want you to notice that as you imagine walking towards the
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  lake, you feel relaxed, you feel calm, you feel confident, you
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  feel that you can handle this very easy challenge.
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  And if you could imagine walking around the lake and then
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  returning home, just let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it, and you've completed level 1 and see on the screen
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  the words level 2. So imagine perhaps being a
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  passenger in a car being driven to a new shopping mall.
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  The challenge here is to walk around the shopping mall, see
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  the different shops, maybe get something to eat, and then
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  before you leave, just use the public toilets perhaps and #1
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  and #2 or even. Both.
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  And then leave. But imagine that this little
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  walk around the shopping mall, it doesn't make you feel anxious
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  and makes you feel curious, makes you feel intrigued.
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  You've never been to this shopping mall before and you
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  want to see if it's different here compared to other malls
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  you've been to. And if you could imagine
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  spending a couple of hours at a new shopping mall and enjoying
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  that walk around the shopping mall, let me know about nodding
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  your head. Now it's in and you've
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  completed. Level 2.
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  So now let's imagine it's the beginning of Level 3.
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  You're no longer in the shopping mall.
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  You are approaching a forest and maybe it's sunny, and maybe it's
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  cloudy and maybe it's cold and maybe it's warm.
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  But I want you to imagine this isn't just visiting a forest,
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  it's hiking in the forest, not just following the pathways, but
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  following a different route, maybe a route that nobody's ever
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  walked before. I want you to imagine as you
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  breathe in and you breathe out, breathing in that forest air,
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  seeing all of those leaves, having a sense of relaxation,
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  being away from normal life, being away from the house makes
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  you feel relaxed and calm and comfortable.
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  And then you realise you've been walking around the forest for a
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  while and you need to go to the toilet.
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  So imagine you have some toilet tissue nearby, or maybe some wet
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  wipes. You find a private place where
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  no one else is around and you just go to the toilet there in
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  nature and notice how easy it was.
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  It's as natural as can be. If you think of the forest
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  animals or even your ancestors from thousands and thousands of
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  years ago, you're not doing anything that they didn't do.
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  And when you can imagine hiking around the forest, going to the
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  toilet if you need to, and then returning home.
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  Let me know about nodding your head.
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  That's in and you've completed Level 3, and now level 4 is
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  about to start. Imagine packing your bags.
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  About to go on a skiing trip, packing whatever you need for
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  this few days away. Imagine arriving at the ski
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  resort and notice this challenge is all about lots of little
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  challenges, trying things you've never tried before.
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  Different routes, different styles of skiing, a new trick, a
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  new technique. Just imagine this holiday is all
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  about you leaving your comfort zone, deliberately choosing to
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  do challenging things, not because you need to do them
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  perfectly, just attempting the challenging things is more than
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  enough to pass this level. So if you can imagine a few days
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  at a ski resort and feel that you're choosing to do difficult
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  and challenging things and that makes you feel like you're
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  growing, becoming brave and more.
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  Courageous. You feel that your life is
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  expanding. Let me know by nodding your
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  head. That's in and you've now
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  completed Level 4. Level 5 is about to begin.
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  And just imagine an amusement park, a theme park with fast
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  rides and tall roller coasters. The challenge here is to find
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  the fastest rides or the highest roller coasters and do as many
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  as you can, knowing that the more you do, the less anxiety
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  you will have in the future. You don't mind queuing a bit,
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  but you notice each time you do a ride that you were feeling
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  scared about. The tiny anxiety on the 1st go
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  disappears if you do the same ride a second time.
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  And that is just like life, that if you do something challenging,
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  it becomes so difficult to feel the same emotion if you do it a
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  second time. And when you can imagine getting
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  in a roller coaster and going all the way to the very top and
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  feeling excited as you go down and perhaps loop around, feel
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  exhilaration. If you could imagine riding a
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  roller coaster like that, and as you leave feeling a sense of
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  bravery and courage and confidence, let me know by
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  nodding your head. That's in you've completed Level
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  5, and now Level 6 is a school trip.
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  You're not sure where exactly, but allow your mind to fill in
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  the blanks as you imagine taking a coach ride and feeling that
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  you can enjoy the coach ride. No matter.
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  Who you're sitting next to? Well, who else is on the coach?
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  You feel that you can really enjoy that coach ride.
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  Or maybe you feel so relaxed you can sleep through part of it.
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  Imagine arriving at the accommodation, finding where
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  you're going to sleep, feeling relaxed, calm and confident.
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  You feel like this is relaxing for you.
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  It's about fun and relaxation. And maybe you can think of
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  different activities, perhaps being on zip wires or high walks
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  and imagine doing these challenging things and not only
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  not feeling anxious, but feeling like you can really enjoy it.
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  And when you can imagine a school trip like that, what you
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  feel like you're learning and growing and expanding, let me
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  know by nodding your head. That's it.
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  You've completed Level 6 as you feel a huge sense of
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  satisfaction, of confidence, knowing that you are evolving,
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  becoming more and more confident with each level accomplished.
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  But it's now the final level. And just imagine you have an
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  appointment, maybe with a doctor, a nurse, or maybe with a
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  dentist. I don't want you to get a sense
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  that there is a procedure that requires some form of injection.
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  But here's the thing. People that feel anxious about
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  injections think about the injection.
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  And those people that don't choose to think of all of the
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  other things there are to think about.
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  Maybe they listen to music, maybe they read something, maybe
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  they're playing a game or just lost in their own imagination.
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  They just don't look or think at the place where the injection
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  will be. So I want you to imagine it's
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  time for the injection and it's just meaningless to you, of no
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  consequence whatsoever. You're looking at a different
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  direction and maybe you're even imagining being somewhere else,
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  not even in that room, not even in your own body, only returning
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  when the procedure is done. I want you to get a sense then,
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  by thinking about it in this way.
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  Not thinking simply means that all you're now dealing with is a
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  tiny sensation that lasts just a second or two.
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  So imagine you're looking the other way, and before you know
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  it, they say it's finished. And that's all it took to
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  accomplish the most difficult level, level 7.
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  And when you can imagine that happening, that you have
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  whatever injection you need for dental or medical reasons, let
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  me know by nodding your head. Now it's in and you've completed
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  level 7, but I want you to imagine there's one final level
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  in this game and that is that you imagine seeing your future
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  self one or two years in the future.
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  Notice what age you are and just observe as you see yourself
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  doing all of the things that in the past would have caused
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  worries or stress. I want you to visit that future
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  where none of these things bother you anymore because you
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  know that by passing these levels and accomplishing these
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  challenges, the anxiety went away and never came back in the
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  same intensity. And when you can see the future
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  the way that you want it to be, let me know by nodding your
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  head. And now it's time to leave.
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  So you find yourself back in that futuristic room, taking off
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  the VR headset, placing it down, but noticing an absence of any
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  worries or anxiety in your body. You feel free, you feel relaxed,
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  you feel calm and you feel confident.
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  You feel that this is easy for you now, and you're looking
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  forward to doing what you did in this imaginary game in reality
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  to turn fears and anxiety into courage and confidence.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and breathe out
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  through your nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Connect fully into the here and
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  now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting the count 123 Waking up 456 more alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes. 910.
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  Wide awake, Wide awake, wide awake.
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