Overcome your fear of water with hypnosis

For most people, spending a week in front of the sea, sailing and swimming are wonderful ways to have fun and relax. However, for someone with aquaphobia, their fear of water is so great that just thinking about these things can cause emotional and physical distress. If your fear of open water prevents you from doing the things you’d like to do, consider hypnosis to overcome your aquaphobia.

Most people who are afraid of swimming or the open water have had some kind of traumatic experience involving water. These experiences can be as simple as being unexpectedly pushed into a pool at a park, to something as shocking as losing a loved one in a water-related accident. For other people, the fear of what lurks in the open water, like sharks, is enough to trigger a deep-seated fear.

Hypnosis works to eliminate these phobias or fears because it works with the subconscious, where all major and minor memories are stored in your mind. These memories directly influence how you think and act today. What’s worse is that sometimes the subconscious amplifies or exaggerates the memories stored there, making how you feel today even more terrible.

When you work with a certified hypnotist, you will be able to pinpoint the exact cause of your fears and the events that trigger them. By guiding you into a state of hypnosis, your hypnotist can reprogram how your subconscious sees and uses these memories. Being in a state of hypnosis is much like how you feel when you get lost in a project or story in a book or movie, when you lose track of time and are unaware of your surroundings. In this natural state, your mind is calm and open to your hypnotist.

By retraining how your subconscious views fear-inducing past events, your hypnotist can remove your fear of the open sea and even teach your mind to see water for the beautiful and enjoyable resource that it is. In fact, they can use positive suggestions planted directly into the subconscious to help teach your mind that whatever event caused your fear has no place in your life now. Hypnosis reprograms how your subconscious views the event so that it no longer influences your physical and emotional behaviors today. Once your mind releases that, even though you remember the past event, you no longer need to be afraid of it happening again.

Through visualization techniques, your hypnotist can reprogram your mind to associate water with good things, like jumping into a cool pool on a hot day or laughing at theme park water rides. They can also boost your self-confidence so your mind knows that you are smart and strong enough to take on water-related challenges responsibly.

Once your fear of deep water is eliminated, you will be able to enjoy water-related sports and activities. Hypnosis will help you rediscover swimming and boating, enjoy the beach, or even fly over water in a plane.