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Hypnosis to Escape the Prison of Fear and Anxiety - Thunderstorm Metaphor · 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
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enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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Hi, it's Adam here. And you're about to listen to a
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hypnosis session all about challenging a particular type of
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anxiety. And anxiety is one of those
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things that it actually becomes a barrier.
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It becomes a wall. That stops you.
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Doing certain things because if the anxiety persists.
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Most. People will avoid doing the
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thing and that might be an animal, it might be a situation.
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This particular client had a very intense fear of
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thunderstorms and that stopped them travelling to certain parts
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of the world or going out in the countryside at certain parts of
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the year. So it can become a real barrier.
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And this hypnosis session uses a metaphor of a prison because
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there were two contributing factors to this particular
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client. They had a very, very intense
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mother that made them believe and feel certain things that
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restricted choices they made in their life.
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And they had regrets about that. But also their mother used
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thunderstorms as a way to control them.
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So you're going to hear this metaphor of a prison and just
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imagine being trapped in a prison, but you have to face
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your fear in order to escape. And I want you to think of
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whatever your fear is. If you were locked inside a
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prison and you couldn't live your life the way you wanted to,
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and you had to face your fear in order to live life in the way
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that you want, could you do it? Because that's really.
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The essence of this hypnosis session.
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But for now, you might get some real value of this prison
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metaphor to face your fears. So find a quiet, comfortable
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place where you won't be distracted or disturbed.
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Relax and enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in and as you
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breathe in, breathe in that slow, long, relaxing breath.
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And as you exhale, give permission to release.
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Release any feelings of stress, worry or tension.
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Just allow it to leave your body in your exhale and breathe in a
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wonderful feeling of courage. Breathing in courage and
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exhaling any fear, any worries, any heavy emotions of the past.
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Almost like each breath takes you deeper and deeper to that
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place within where sometimes just a single decision changes
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everything. As you breathe in and breathe
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out. I want you to use the power of
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your imagination to imagine a prison and imagine that prison
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there in the landscape of Kosovo, close by to a town or a
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landmark you're familiar with. And just imagine this prison,
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His Honour, sunny day, not even a breeze.
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And I want you to imagine this prison has thick stone walls,
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the barbed wire, the big metal gates.
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This prison is impenetrable. You can't get in and you can't
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get out unless the doors are opened.
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And I want you to imagine, for some reason in this prison is
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your childhood family. And I want you to imagine being
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perhaps just eight years, nine years, 10 years old.
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And I want you to imagine that the prison is created by what
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you were told in your childhood. The prison isn't real.
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It's based on words. Who you're meant to be, what you
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should be doing, your duties, responsibilities, the beliefs,
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the prejudices all built the walls of this prison.
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And even when you moved country, the prison came with you.
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And every now and then you had a taste of life beyond the prison
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walls, relationships and friendships.
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But there was a belief that you had to return to the prison,
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that unless you did what other people wanted you to do, you
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weren't allowed to venture out by yourself.
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And I want you to imagine they're in that prison.
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There's a prison yard, a prison yard on a sunny day with blue
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skies. And just imagine relaxing,
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perhaps lying on a blanket under the sun.
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And as I countdown from 12:50, you will imagine drifting off
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into a dream within a dream, asleep within a sleep there on
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that soft blanket in the courtyard of that prison. 10
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Breathing in 9 Exhaling any tension 8 Eyelids getting
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heavier and heavier Seven Jaw getting looser 6 Just imagine
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your arms feeling limp, loose and heavy like the limbs of a
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puppet with no strings. And five your internal organs
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all relax at the same time. Your lungs relax, heart relax,
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stomachs relax, and then five goes to four.
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Your gut relaxes, all feeling a wonderful feeling of relaxation
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as four becomes three goes down into your legs and two.
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Just imagine your legs being like Jelly, no tension at all,
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and then one down to your toes, rippling up to the top of your
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head and down to your fingertips.
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Just feel pure relaxation. I want you to imagine time goes
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on in your imagination. I want you to imagine that a
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minute is almost like a year. Maybe you go from 8 years to 9
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years, nine years to 10 years. And I want you to think of all
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of those wonderful things outside of the prison walls you
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don't get to do. You don't pursue the career
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opportunities that you want beyond the prison walls.
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You don't choose the relationship, the life partner
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you want because that's on the other side of the prison walls,
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the family you want, The experience is the travel.
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It's all beyond the prison walls.
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And feel yourself getting older hearing all of these words that
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make the prison walls real. Being told you're a
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disappointment, being compared unfavourably to other people.
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You do certain things, you're criticized for it.
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You start having your own ideas. You're humiliated for it.
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That's what keeps the walls real.
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And you are told that beyond the walls is a scary storm.
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And not just a storm, the anger, the actions of a God.
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But if you disappoint the God, you could bring harm to yourself
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or to others. And this child starts to believe
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that. And this child starts to think
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maybe it's not even worth thinking about life outside the
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prison walls. They just have to get used to
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things as it is. And there are people who spend
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too long in a jail and they become institutionalized.
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They get used to that poor quality food, lights being off
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at a certain time, the violence, the abuse, and they treat it
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like normal. But that's not you.
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You know this isn't normal, and there is a longing for a real
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life beyond the prison walls where you decide which city you
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live in. You decide your friends, you
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decide your partner. Those big life decisions.
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You don't need permission. You make your own decisions,
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good and bad. Good decisions improve your life
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and bad decisions make you wiser, but they're your
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decisions and feel the time going on.
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You're getting older in that prison, and I want you to think
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of all the opportunities you've missed out on.
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The family that you could have had but didn't, that
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relationship that could have flourished, but you'll never
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know. The business you could have
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created. You never tried, not because you
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weren't capable, but because you believed the walls of the prison
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were real. You acted as if they were true.
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You were brainwashed to believe it didn't even make sense, to
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think of life beyond the walls, and when a storm would come, you
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were told this was your doing. You caused this.
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God is angry at you and you believed it until you didn't.
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And you believed it because the emotions were real, even if the
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logic behind it was false. I want you to imagine as time
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goes on, you spent your teenage years there in the prison.
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You spent your 20s there in the prison.
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You spent your 30s there in the prison.
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All those things you couldn't do beyond the prison walls.
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And what made it worse is you got a taste of what was
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possible, never really believing that it was doors of opportunity
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opened and you allowed them to close because you didn't feel
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that it was even a real possibility for Someone Like
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You. And if there's a part within, a
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part within that says enough is enough.
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If I've spent all of this time in the prison, I don't want to
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spend any more time here. Let me know about nodding your
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head. But let's just say there is only
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one way to escape the prison. You have to face a fear.
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If you face the fear, you win your freedom, and if you don't
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face the fear, you remain. But the good news is, is that
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you can have as many attempts as you want.
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You can try 2345 a hundred times if you desire, and you only have
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to face the fear once to be free.
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And I want you to imagine what makes the metal doors open or
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the big brick walls come crumbling down is to face a
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storm. And not just any storm, the
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biggest, most intense, windiest storm you've ever seen.
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But you win your freedom the moment you face it, and facing
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it means being outside, feeling the rain on your skin, the wind
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blowing against your body, and showing courage and defiance.
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That's what frees you from this prison.
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And I want you to imagine within the prison, you start looking
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for clues. Maybe you're on applications
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that show the upcoming weather forecast.
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Maybe you start looking in newspapers for what the weather
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looks like, or weather reports on the TV.
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Maybe you look for clues in the sky, dark clouds, increased
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winds and you know that change of pressure in the air when a
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storm is on its way. And in the past that would have
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caused some anxiety. But given that now you face one
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storm and you win your freedom, it has a different connotation.
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Now you are hoping that there is a storm coming.
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You want there to be a storm. You want the wind to start
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picking up to sway the trees. You want to see that dust
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accumulate there in the atmosphere.
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You want to feel that change in pressure, that humidity.
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You want to see those dark clouds and if your unconscious
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feels ready to face the nemesis, to set you free, that even if
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there's anxiety, it will not deter you.
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Some people believe that everything you ever desire is on
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the other side of fear. And I want you to think of your
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future now. The career you get to build, the
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family you get to build, the future memories you haven't had
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yet, wonderful experiences. A responsibility to yourself
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first and foremost, because everything, every major decision
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is related to the possible benefits.
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And I want you to connect the idea that when you face this
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fear, a world of opportunity opens up for you.
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Opportunities you thought you missed then become available
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again. Trains that you thought you
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missed start being scheduled again.
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Doors that were closed start to open again.
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And if you're ready to face this storm, let me know by nodding
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your head. Locate the courage within you.
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It's there. Isn't it better to face
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something once then run from it forever?
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And when you're ready to face it, let me know by nodding your
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head. That's in.
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And I want you to imagine, imagine that large courtyard in
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the prison. And I want you to imagine,
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imagine there is a large platform that elevates you
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higher, exposes you to the wind and the rain.
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And I want you to imagine maybe you're wearing a coat, but there
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is no umbrella. You're there facing it.
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And when the wind picks up, you smile.
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And when it starts to rain, you feel defiant.
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You call this a storm? This isn't a storm.
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I've experienced real storms. This is no storm.
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And feel it get windier, feel the white rain get harder, maybe
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hailstones. Or imagine seeing lightning
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there in the distance and hearing big, heavy Thunder.
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And I want you to imagine, but for every minute it feels like a
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year. Imagine this storm is a year
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long storm. And I want you to feel defiant,
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courageous, immovable. And the harder and more intense
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the storm gets, the closer you are to freedom.
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You will not be deterred. You will not back down.
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And I want you to imagine feeling tested, the storm gets
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even more intense. The rain's so intense you can't
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even see your own hand. The wind's so strong it's almost
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blowing you off that platform. And yet you remain strong.
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You refuse to back down. You face it.
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And when you can feel undeterred there in the face of the storm,
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you know how close to freedom you are.
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And when you feel that, let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it. And then you notice the wind
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starts to calm. The rain starts to get less
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intense, until eventually you see the first ray of sunshine.
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No more Thunder, no more lightning, just clouds.
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But then the clouds turn to blue skies and you might be wet and
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cold, but you feel victorious. You have faced your fear and got
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through it. And I want you to see the faces
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of all of those people that hoped, hoped you would back
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down. Maybe a parent, an uncle, a
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sibling. And you proved them wrong.
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You proved them. You can do it.
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And then imagine. Imagine seeing the walls come
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crumbling down of that prison and the big metal gate start to
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open. And now you have a choice.
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You could choose to remain in the rubble of the prison, or you
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can choose to live your life beyond it, and that life isn't
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certain. That life will have ups and
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downs, but it's your life, your decisions.
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And in that future, every time there's a storm, you'll smile
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because a storm used to keep you imprisoned.
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But from that point on, it will remind you just how free you
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are. Every storm represents freedom.
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And don't be surprised a few years from now when there's a
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big storm of Thunder and lightning, you choose to walk
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outside, to feel the rain on your skin, to hear the Thunder
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and see the lightning. You choose to do that to remind
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yourself of your freedom, to show the people around you that
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are looking up to you. There's nothing to be scared of
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here. It's just nature.
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And I want you to imagine that you could look back and feel
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regretful and resentful for all that time wasted in the prison,
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but instead, wouldn't you rather just live your life outside of
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it? There are some people that when
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they finally get released from a prison, they start living life
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as if they're still in it. Rigid routines, limited choices.
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That's not freedom. That's just replacing one prison
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for another. If the past is your prison, you
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can choose not to live there. You can choose to live in the
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present and your future. You can choose to feel that your
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past has made you more courageous, more defiant, more
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resilient. What if your past didn't break
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you, but make you? What if you are stronger because
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of your past, not weaker? What if you will take life as
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the wonderful opportunity it is now that you're totally free to
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fully live it? So imagine life beyond the
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prison walls, knowing that there are people, perhaps people that
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you love, choosing to still live in those same limitations.
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But that does not have to be you.
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And if you feel that you're willing to face the storm in
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reality to fully win your freedom of your future, let me
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know by nodding your head. That's in.
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And the next time you see a weather report of an upcoming
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storm, you will feel it's an opportunity.
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And when you face that fear, even just once, any remaining
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limitations and fears, those walls will also start crumbling
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down. And as you hold that thought,
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it's time to return. So take a deep breath in through
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your nose and out through your nose.
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Just wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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Connect and calibrate into the here and the now.
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So I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you Starting to
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count 123 waking up 456 more alert 7-8 open your eyes.
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Open your eyes 910 Wide awake, Wide awake.
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