We can learn safety

Feeling anxious a lot of the time?

Our fear learning can go into ‘overdrive’, almost like an oversensitive smoke alarm. If this resonates with you and you feel that you have heightened anxiety then here is good news: we can learn safety too.

Research into neuroplasticity shows the brain can keep relearning throughout life.
Through supportive experiences, calm repetition, therapy relaxation, good relationships, and small positive steps, people can begin to feel safer and more confident over time. In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy we focus on what it is we want.

So, let’s imagine you’re trying to learn lines for a play you are in. The Solution Focused approach is a little like focusing your attention on the lines, on where you’ll stands, sit and move on the stage, what you’ll be wearing etc.
In anxiety we have a problem focused approach, and in our theatre analogy that’s like you’re mentally rehearsing ‘What if I forget my lines? What if no one likes the play?’

We inadvertently find ourselves rehearsing what we don’t want.
Don’t worry, we all do this, it’s not your fault. You aren’t ‘broken’. Brains are good at rehearsing danger, that’s what makes humans such good survivors.

Learning safety can be as straightforward as learning relaxation techniques, positive thoughts, positive actions and positive interactions and mentally rehearsing our preferred future.