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Hypnosis to Defy a Fear of Medical Tests · 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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  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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  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 a
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  hypnotherapy session. All about medical.
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  Tests. And I would say a fear or
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  anxiety linked to medical tests is actually quite common.
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  And it normally comes about because of an earlier experience
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  of having some kind of medical test, maybe a doctor's
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  appointment, maybe a routine checkup.
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  And then in that moment, suddenly there's a surge of
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  anxiety, and then that makes it feel like that.
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  Thing is now. Caused and linked to the
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  anxiety, and then all the thoughts and coping strategies
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  simply increase. That.
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  And in many cases it's a case of 1 + 1.
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  Equaling. Three, where actually it's a
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  false positive that the medical test might actually show
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  something not quite right, not because there's anything wrong
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  with that individual, but because of the anxiety they're
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  feeling in that moment. And then it feels like it's a
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  vicious cycle where the anxiety leads to false readings, the
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  false leadings leads to concerned medical practitioners,
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  which then requires more tests, which create more anxiety.
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  So how do you break this cycle? Well, for most people, there was
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  a time when they didn't feel that way.
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  Or there's a different area of. Their life where they feel
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  resourceful of different types of tests that might be academic
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  tests. Or.
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  Routine things that are not medically related.
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  So clearly the neural pathways exist to feel resourceful in
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  situations where there is some kind of an evaluation taking
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  place. What this hypnosis session does
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  is it does two things. One, it uses double levels of
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  stage disassociation with multiple levels, and it's
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  actually 3 levels of stage disassociation in this hypnosis
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  session. So they get to be an observer of
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  themselves, doing it in a resourceful way and then
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  stepping into that resourceful feeling, but then also treating
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  a blood pressure. Test.
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  Which was the issue of the particular client.
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  I was working with a home kit version of that as a way to
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  rather than see it as the threat, you can actually see it
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  as the measure of success. It becomes the Canary in the
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  coal mine to evaluate breakthroughs and progress.
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  And then there's future pacing when they.
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  Get to see. Themselves years from now where
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  these medical tests have just become boring and mundane.
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  So if you have these kind of medical related anxieties, I
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  think you'll get some value from this session.
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  But if you like the idea of something a bit more tailored
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  and targeted and bespoke for you, there will be a link in the
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  description where you can schedule either a free
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  consultation call to explore working with me or a suitability
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  test just to figure out if hypnotherapy is right for you
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  and if you're right for hypnotherapy.
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  So check out the description to look for those links.
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  For now, though, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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  won't be disturbed. Relax and enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  relaxing, resourceful feeling of calm, and as you exhale, feel a
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  wonderful sense of release. Releasing any tension, stress
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  and worries. Just feel how good it would feel
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  to allow it to leave your body in your outward breath.
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  And on the next inward breath, breathe in deeper than you
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  normally would. And as you exhale, allow your
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  eyelids to close and feel a ripple of relaxation from your
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  eyelids down down into your jaw, neck and shoulders.
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  And as you breathe in, allow yourself to not.
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  Just. Breathe in deeper, but every now
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  and then hold the inward breath, and as you release and exhale
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  slowly, set the intention to release tension, hesitation, and
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  any fears and worries. And every outward breath enables
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  your body to settle, to relax, to drift into comfort.
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  That's it. And the more relaxed you become,
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  the deeper you breathe. And as you notice the rhythm of
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  your breathing slowing, becoming deeper and calmer, you notice
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  this wonderful cycle. Relaxation deepens the breath,
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  and the deeper you breathe, the deeper relaxed you become.
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  And I want you to imagine with every outward breath it feels
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  like you're releasing resistance, and with each inward
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  breath you're breathing in a feeling of courage, calm, and
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  resourcefulness. And maybe that.
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  Resourcefulness's defiance or tenacity or maybe something
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  else, but just get a sense of breathing in and breathing out
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  and feeling a wonderful sense of letting go.
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  And I want you to use the power of your imagination to imagine
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  your own private cinema. And I want you to imagine that
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  as you sit there in the chair, the comfiest chair of the
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  cinema, and you look up at the screen, I want you to imagine a
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  beautiful house. And I want you to imagine the
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  top floor of that beautiful house.
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  And I want you to imagine on the screen you're seeing an ornate
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  staircase, perhaps spiral or made of marble.
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  And I want you to see yourself on that screen at the top of the
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  staircase, and then use the power of your imagination to
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  imagine floating into the screen and stepping into that version
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  of you that is looking down at the staircase.
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  And the more details you notice of the staircase, the more
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  powerful the descent into the deeper parts of your
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  subconscious mind will become. So imagine breathing in
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  relaxation and exhaling tension and then looking down at the
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  staircase. And I want you to imagine that
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  as I count down from 12:50, you will imagine walking down the
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  staircase. And each step takes you deeper
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  into relaxation, deeper into calm, deeper into the depths of
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  your subconscious mind. And somewhere in your
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  subconscious mind is a part of you that remembers, remembers
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  how to feel resourceful in certain situations.
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  And that part we will reawaken. So imagine now 10 taking the
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  first step and just noticing how easy it is to let go.
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  Each step takes you deeper relaxed 9.
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  A wave of. Warmth and relaxation rippling
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  to every cell in your body. And then 8.
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  Deeper now deeper into comfort. Deeper with every exhale.
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  And then seven, any thoughts begin to quiet in a dialogue.
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  Turn the volume down. And six, those old fears, those
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  old tensions, feel the melting away.
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  And then five, halfway down that impressive staircase, already
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  feeling more and more relaxed than perhaps you have in a long
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  time. And then 4A growing sense of
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  detachment from the past, in particular detaching from any
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  anxious or painful moments. And then three lighter, calmer,
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  more grounded while also feeling heavy and light at exactly the
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  same time. And then two drifting to the
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  bottom. And one, that's it, stepping
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  onto one floor beneath. And consider this place a place.
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  Of total peace. And empowerment, A place where
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  we can reawaken a part of you that knows how to be confident
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  and calm and resourceful. And I wonder if they're on that
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  floor is another screen, not a cinema screen, but a large TV
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  screen. And I want you to imagine seeing
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  yourself on that screen in the kind of environment that used to
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  be difficult. Maybe it's a clinic or a
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  hospital or a waiting room. Imagine perhaps that version of
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  you is having a test, maybe a blood test or a blood pressure
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  test. But I want you to see that new
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  version of you on that screen, looking calm, relaxed and
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  nonchalant, as if nothing is bothering you at all.
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  Notice how you look in that screen on this lower floor.
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  Everything is so neutral you almost have an expression of
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  boredom. That's how unthreatening and
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  mundane this thing has become, and everything in this scene
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  feels safe. No threats here, just see
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  yourself as a passive participant, completely in
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  control. And you're not in control of the
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  things outside of you, but you seem in control of your
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  emotions. Consider this a place where your
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  body is monitored so that your mind can master, where feedback
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  is data and not danger and any tests.
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  Tests are nothing more than just readings, signpost pointing
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  towards progress. And then I want you to see
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  yourself there on that screen, testing yourself.
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  But now imagine yourself in your own home.
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  See yourself putting a blood pressure monitor around your
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  arm, inflating it. But that version of you sees
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  this not as a threat, but a tool, a feedback device.
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  That version of you considers this the Canary in the coal
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  mine. And interestingly, not to
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  actually measure blood pressure, but to notice your progress with
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  the blood pressure monitor begins to show your actual blood
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  pressure and not blood pressure plus historical anxiety.
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  I want you to get a sense, then, that version of you is defiant.
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  Tenacious is willing to keep taking tests until it has no
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  emotional impact on you at all. This defiant version of you is
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  destined for desensitization. I want you to see yourself on
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  that screen, taking a calm, stable reading and doing
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  whatever it takes to make that true.
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  And whether that's the first attempt or the fifth attempt
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  makes no difference. See yourself taking as long as
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  you need until you can take a reading that shows your actual
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  blood pressure. I want you to see a victory.
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  You are calm and stoic and pragmatic in this version of
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  you. Nothing fazes you.
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  You're full of defiance. What once had you retreating now
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  brings out the most tenacious, determined, resolute version of
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  you. And I want you to see that
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  version of you sees every test, whether in your home or a clinic
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  or a hospital as an opportunity to step into a new identity, a
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  version of you where any anxiety related to medical tests that's
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  in the past now. So you're seeing a version of
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  you that has already overcome this issue, to see that version
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  of you at home looking relaxed and peaceful, and see as you
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  take your blood pressure, you're smiling and that version of you
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  smiles because you know exactly what you're doing.
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  It's more about rewiring your brain than it is about measuring
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  your blood pressure, because you are training it, reconditioning
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  it, and those old associations are being replaced.
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  That version of you has relaxing music in the background.
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  When you take that blood pressure test, you're wearing
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  comfortable clothes, you're feeling relaxed, and every test
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  you do at home is a battle, a battle of choice.
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  Do you stay the version of you that you were, or step into the
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  version of you you were always meant to be?
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  I want you to think of some things like a splinter.
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  You remember that time when you had a bit of wood beneath your
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  skin? If you left it, perhaps it would
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  get infected. It would have that pain going on
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  for days, if not weeks. But I want you to think of a
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  time when you removed the splinter that it was temporarily
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  more painful, only for the pain to disappear completely.
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  And I want you to consider any kind of medical tests or
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  appointments like that splinter, that it might be temporary
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  emotional pain to overcome it so it never needs to come back.
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  Because deep down, you already know.
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  Your unconscious mind already knows that all those times
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  before were false positives, false readings.
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  Because of the associations. And the connotations.
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  But now you see yourself doing something that is safe and easy,
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  and you keep doing the test until they become mundane and
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  boring. Until it's effortless,
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  emotionally neutral. And when you see that version of
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  you step into that screen, and now you're in your own home,
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  taking your own blood pressure, imagine doing it again and again
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  and again, until it is mundane and neutral and boring.
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  Until the only thing that the blood pressure monitor shows is
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  your blood pressure. Not anxiety, not stress, not
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  panic, Only blood pressure. And when it does well, then
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  you're ready. You're ready to do it again and
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  again until the first attempt shows the blood pressure
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  reading. When you're calm and relaxed and
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  pragmatic, knowing that if you can do it like that in your
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  home, then you can also do it like that in a clinic or a
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  hospital. Because generalizations work
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  both ways. Before the generalization was
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  working against you and now it will work for you.
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  You will believe then because you can do it fine at home, you
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  can deal with any medical related test or appointment.
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  With that cool, calm confidence, what becomes effortless in the
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  home becomes effortless anywhere else.
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  Consider this a mission not just to lower the number, but to
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  reclaim an identity. Because that nurse a long time
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  ago took your real identity, and it's time to take it back.
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  And when you claim that victory, that victory over irrational
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  fear, victory over those past associations and connotations,
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  victory over 1 + 1 equalling 3, well, then you're free.
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  Free to reclaim an identity that just doesn't think that much
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  about it. And then imagine going forwards
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  in time in your own body. Walking into a clinic feeling
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  relaxed, registering at the desk and then waiting, feeling
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  relaxed and then going in and having some kind of test or
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  appointment. Feeling relaxed.
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  Breathe the way you would breathe.
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  Feeling relaxed, feel the way you would feel feeling relaxed.
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  They will do whatever they need to do and it matters not to you.
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  In fact, you could even smile knowing that anxiety just
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  doesn't live in this new identity anymore.
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  Hospitals are just buildings. Clinics are just locations.
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  Tests are just sensors that show results.
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  And the people in white coats, well, because you are the
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  client, not the patient. They work for you.
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  You are the calm 1, the defiant 1, the pragmatic one.
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  I want you to imagine it two or three years from now.
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  A routine test. Imagine this is perhaps the 20th
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  time you've needed to go to a clinic or a hospital or
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  something mundane, and it just doesn't.
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  Faze you anymore? And you can smile to yourself,
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  knowing that there was a time that this would have freaked you
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  out, and it just doesn't anymore because you've transformed it,
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  transmuted it. And from now on, any test, blood
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  pressure, blood, dental exams, anything at all, you will be
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  reminded of how far you've come. That your mind has reprogrammed
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  itself, that your body has recalibrated and your past is no
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  longer welcome in this new version of you.
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  And you are just a few tests away from the stepping stone
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  towards this rekindled identity. And you will look forward to
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  doing whatever needs to be done to activate that calm, pragmatic
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  version of you. That defiant version of you.
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  So imagine leaving that second screen back into that floor till
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  you find a staircase. And imagine walking up that
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  staircase, getting back to the top floor and then seeing what
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  looks like a cinema behind a large window.
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  And as you go through the window, you're coming back
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  through the screen, back to the cinema, seeing at the very
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  staircase you just walked up. But even the cinema is just
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  within your imagination, a thought within a thought, an
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  idea within an idea, a dream within a dream.
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  And it's time to return all the way back to the here and now,
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  taking these wonderful changes with you.
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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 fully into
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  the here and the now. All normal sensations returning
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  to your arms and your legs returning back fully in the
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  present starting to count. 123. Waking up 456 More alert 7-8
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910 Wide awake,
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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