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Hypnosis for the Fear of Fear: Replacing The Lemon Tree 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 Adam here and you're about to listen to an anxiety themed
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  hypnosis session that was created for a client that didn't
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  used to have anxiety and panic attacks but then had a panic
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  attack while they were in hospital and then from that
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  point. On.
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  Had a series of anxiety that followed and it created this.
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  Fear of fear. Itself because the panic.
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  And the anxiety? Was unexpected.
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  So from their perspective, they were trying to mitigate risk by
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  thinking about the kind of places that it would be worse or
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  least advantageous to feel anxious.
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  And this is the kind of situations where they couldn't
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  mitigate the anxiety, like being on a plane or being on a car
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  over a. Bridge where they couldn't.
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  Pull over or being in a confined space and what was clear is that
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  it was the evaluations that that would be the worst possible
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  place to have a panic attack. That was.
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  Increasing their anxiety and therefore that's the paradox of
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  anxiety is that thinking about anxiety can create more anxiety
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  and then lead to the very thing that you're trying to mitigate
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  and avoid so in this hypnosis session it uses metaphor it uses
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  timeline techniques because the point of inception was that
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  early panic attack where they. Started to.
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  Try and mitigate the risk. And.
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  Think about these situations where they didn't want to be in,
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  but rather than thinking that they can experience anxiety and
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  manage the anxiety, they were thinking that they couldn't.
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  Manage the anxiety. And that panic was the
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  representation of them not managing.
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  So I used the metaphor here of a lemon tree because most people
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  get the idea that a tree can only produce the fruit of the
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  species of that tree. But if we go back in time and
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  plant a different tree, then that new tree can produce
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  different fruit. And obviously the fruit is a
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  metaphor for the thoughts, and the tree is a metaphor for the
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  belief that underpins the thoughts that come from that
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  this was created. For someone with.
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  Specifically panic attacks and the fear of panic itself.
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  But I think this hypnosis session will benefit anyone that
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  is anxious about certain situations or has certain
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  beliefs that they. Can't cope.
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  Because the overriding new belief here is that they can
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  experience anxiety and manage it, that they can cope.
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  And by having that belief. Then it doesn't give them.
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  The necessity to think about where anxiety might come up
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  because the overriding belief is that even if it does come up,
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  they can handle it and that creates an entirely different
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  self fulfilling prophecy. If you experience anxiety, this
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  session may help, but it was created for an individual, so if
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  you like the idea of exploring whether hypnotherapy can work
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  for you, there's a couple of things that might be helpful. 1
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  is that I have a suitability test so you can gauge very
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  quickly if hypnotherapy would be relevant for you.
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  There will be a link in the description but I also have a 7
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  day free course which has 21 different hypnosis sessions over
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  A7 day period and you can access that course completely free.
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  So if you like my hypnosis then that course is completely free.
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  Just look for the link in the description.
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  And in terms of this hypnosis session, find a quiet
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  comfortable place where you won't be disturbed.
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  Relax and enjoy the session. Take a deep.
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  Breath in. That's it.
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  As you breathe in, breathe in a resourceful feeling of calm and
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  relaxation. And as you exhale, just allow
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  any feelings of stress, tension, and worry to feel like it's
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  leaving your body in your outward breath as you imagine
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  how good it would feel to breathe in resourceful
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  relaxation. And to exhale any worries, any
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  evaluations, any anxiety, just feel it leave your body in your
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  outward breath. And as you breathe in and
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  breathe out, I want you to get a sense that you're drifting
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  deeper and deeper, relaxed. And I want you to use the power
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  of your imagination to imagine what would happen 10 years ago
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  you planted a lemon tree. I want you to think is that tree
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  had those roots get deeper and deeper, and as the years passed,
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  the tree got larger. Doesn't it stand to reason that
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  a lemon tree can only give you lemons?
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  And you might want the lemon tree to give you an orange or a
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  mango, but it's a lemon tree. It's only going to give you a
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  lemon. And I want you to stare at this
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  tree, and I want you to get a sense that the lemons on the
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  tree are thoughts and the tree itself.
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  Is a belief. And that something happened in
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  your past to plant this tree. But what if we can go back in
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  time to when that tree was planted and plant a different
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  tree? If we could go back in time and
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  plant a different tree, the tree wouldn't be giving you lemons,
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  it would give you something else.
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  And I want you to think how good it would feel if all of these
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  feelings of anxiety that seemed to come out of nowhere were
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  replaced with more empowering, optimistic, confident thoughts.
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  And as you stare into the lemon tree, I want you to think back
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  to a moment. A moment where you were in a
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  hospital, perhaps on a bed. And I want you to be the
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  observer and witness you having that panic attack.
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  But imagine that there is thick bulletproof glass between you as
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  the observer and that version of you experiencing this.
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  And I want you to see a survivor.
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  I want you to see someone so resourceful they could manage
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  something under difficult circumstances.
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  Not much sleep, experiencing pain.
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  I want you to see a version of you that coped incredibly well
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  given the circumstances. I want you to be proud of that
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  version of you. That wave of anxiety felt
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  overwhelming, and yet you found a way to manage.
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  You found a way. To cope.
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  You found a way to survive, and I want you to make the
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  evaluation. When something unwanted,
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  undesirable, overwhelming happened, you coped.
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  Maybe not in the way that you wanted, but you coped.
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  You handled it, you got through it, and I want you to get a
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  sense that you're already starting to plant a new tree.
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  But you can't plant a tree in the same space that another tree
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  exists. So I want you to imagine going
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  back in time, seeing that tiny sapling of a lemon tree and
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  pulling it out by the roots. And then in that same hole where
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  the tree used to be, I want you to plant a different tree.
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  A tree of resourcefulness. The kind of tree that would give
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  you thoughts again and again all by itself.
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  That you can handle it, you can manage, you can cope, everything
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  will be fine. And maybe you think of it as a
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  specific fruit tree, or maybe it's a magical tree in your
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  imagination. A tree of resourcefulness, a
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  tree of empowerment, or a different tree.
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  But I want you to imagine planting that tree.
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  That lemon tree of anxiety is now replaced with a different
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  tree of resourcefulness, of empowerment.
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  And when the new tree, a tiny sapling, is planted, let me know
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  by nodding your head. I want you to see that version
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  of you having that very first panic attack.
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  You're now looking at it with a new lens that even though
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  something so unpleasant, so overwhelming was happening, you
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  managed. You did the best you could with
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  the resources you had. You managed.
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  I want you to be proud of that version of you that did so well,
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  but something so unexpected. And then go forwards in time,
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  realizing that back then that would have felt like an
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  earthquake, an emotional earthquake.
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  And as is the case with earthquakes, sometimes what
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  follows are tremors, something similar to the earthquake, but
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  at a different time. And I want you to imagine seeing
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  yourself in a nail salon. I want you to see that version
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  of you experiencing one of those tremors.
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  But because a new tree has been planted, I want you to see a
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  subtle shift in that version of you.
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  I want you to see that version of you looking resourceful,
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  managing that tremor. I want you to see yourself
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  coping well, that even though there's an aftershock, you're
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  handling it. And if you can see yourself
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  handling it well, let me know by nodding your head and then jump
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  forwards in time, seeing yourself in your own home.
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  Maybe days or weeks after that emotional earthquake with yet
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  another tremor, another aftershock.
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  But the new tree is now planted. That you will cope, that you can
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  manage, that everything will be OK.
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  So as you observe yourself in your own home having that tremor
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  of anxiety, I want you to see the facial expressions of
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  someone managing that tremor, riding that wave, perceiving it
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  to be manageable, temporary, no big deal.
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  And if you can start to see yourself handling that anxiety
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  in a more empowered way, not desirable, not pleasant, but
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  manageable, let me know by nodding your head and then jump
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  forwards in time and see you perhaps in a clinic, a doctor's
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  surgery, or a hospital giving blood.
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  But this version of you isn't making evaluations about being
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  stuck or trapped. This version of you feels that
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  you can handle anything life throws your way, That even
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  though there may be a needle or a tube taking blood, you can
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  handle anything. That even if there was anxiety,
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  you'll manage it. So see that confident,
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  empowered, resourceful version of you handling that anxiety in
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  a more resourceful, empowered way.
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  And notice when you meet the anxiety with a feeling of
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  resourcefulness, the anxiety becomes weaker and shorter and
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  even more manageable. And then just imagine, because
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  the new tree was planted. I want you to imagine for the
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  years that follow, you felt resourceful in situations that
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  you had limited options. See yourself flying and see
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  yourself looking confident and calm and comfortable on those
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  flights, and see yourself driving over bridges looking
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  relaxed and comfortable in your car without even the thought of
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  anxiety because you can handle it.
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  See yourself in situations that in the past you felt anxious,
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  but see yourself now looking comfortable, calm and relaxed
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  all the way up to the present and then into your future.
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  And I want you to imagine seeing yourself doing something in the
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  next few days and weeks that is exactly what you would be doing
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  if that new tree had replaced the old lemon tree of anxiety.
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  Those old intrusive thoughts of what if I panic, what if I can't
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  get out, escape, have all been replaced with new thoughts.
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  I'll be fine. I'll cope, I'll manage.
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  Even if there's anxiety, I'll ride that wave.
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  I'll handle it. And each and every time you ride
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  that wave of anxiety, the waves get smaller and less frequent.
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  And if you can start to see a future where those old thoughts
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  have been replaced with new thoughts, that anxiety is now a
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  wave of opportunity to surf. Rather than something to avoid,
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  let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it. And then imagine being in that
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  garden, seeing the new tree is many years old now, and there
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  are no lemons on this tree because it's a different tree at
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  a different point of inception. This tree gives you fruits of
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  empowered thoughts, evaluations that you can rather than you
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  can't, that you'll manage rather than you won't.
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  And I want you to imagine picking one of the fruits of
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  this new tree and feeling that as you eat that fruit, you are
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  feeling resourceful, confident, comfortable, and full of
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  empowered resourcefulness, creating wonderful self
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  fulfilling prophecies that you can handle it because you can,
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  because you did, you will and you can.
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  It was time to leave this place, but you leave this place with a
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  new belief. But it doesn't matter where you
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  are, you can handle it. And every now and then, even if
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  an echo of the old belief system comes up, that is just an
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  opportunity to disprove it. Ideas that you can't cope can be
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  disproved by coping. Ideas that you won't be able to
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  manage can be disproved by managing.
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  And each time you reinforce the new belief system that you'll be
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  fine, which creates the self fulfilling prophecy that you
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  will. It's time to leave this place.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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  here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken
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  you. Starting to count on 2/3 waking
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  up 456 more alert 7-8 open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes. 910 Wide awake, wide awake, wide awake.
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