Phobias – My Exceptional Life

Dentistry

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:54:52+00:00

“Today was a big day, I have always been petrified of the dentist for as long as I can remember, and today was a day of having 2 very big fillings replaced which meant lots of injections. That was today, let's give you a bit of back story....” Even as an adult I had to take my business card to a dentist appointment because I'd be shaking and crying so much I couldn't tell the receptionist my name. If I needed work done I wouldn't sleep for a week, the worry of the appointment looming over me keeping me awake [...]

Dentistry Jessica 2020-01-31T13:54:52+00:00

Fears and Phobias

Rudgey84 2018-02-01T20:00:02+00:00

Health is a relationship between you and your body Terri Guillemets Fears and Phobias This is very similar to stress and anxiety, except it is stimuli-specific. This means that your subconscious has learned that reacting with fear, an adrenaline release, panic, fight or flight, to a certain situation, environment or stimuli enables it to survive. Therefore every time you encounter the stimuli, your brain and body react in order to protect you - it worked before and you stayed alive, so your brain has very [...]

Fears and Phobias Rudgey84 2018-02-01T20:00:02+00:00

Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Yep, I got the t-shirt for all of these in my teenage years. Yet I was excellent at hiding them and putting on a mask, a front. I don’t think any of my friends would know that I was too scared to order a takeaway, I was too scared to go to a new exercise class by myself, I turned down many a social invite for fears, all those what if’s floating around my head that I couldn’t control and would run away with my confidence. Using various techniques, I work with people and their fears, anxieties, worries, negative thoughts [...]

Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00