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Understanding Anxiety Through the Lens of Hypnosis
Many people are surprised to learn this—but anxiety and hypnosis are closely related.
When we experience high levels of anxiety, the brain often seeks to escape the overwhelm by entering a trance-like state. This is the mind’s way of reverting to a more instinctual, primitive area to protect itself. This natural shift into trance is exactly what hypnosis uses—but in a safe and positive way.
The brain processes information through four key sources:
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The External World: Daily experiences like news, noise, relationships, screens, and our environment.
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The Body: Physical signals like tension, pain, fatigue, and digestive discomfort.
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The Conscious Mind: Logic, reasoning, planning, and critical thinking.
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The Subconscious Mind: The deepest layer that stores beliefs, programming, emotions, and patterns—without filtering or judgment.
How Anxiety Builds
When these message sources send too much input at once, the brain becomes flooded. This overload triggers the classic fight-or-flight response: your heart races, blood pressure rises, your body tenses. But when there’s nothing concrete to fight or flee from, your system becomes confused, stuck in a cycle of fear, worry, and exhaustion. Sometimes, this leads to shutdown—a kind of emotional freezing or numbness that mimics “playing dead” in nature. You might feel detached, drained, or hypersensitive. It’s not weakness—it’s your nervous system trying to cope.
The Escape Into Hypnosis
Why It Matters
Understanding this connection helps us work with your brain, not against it. Hypnosis can calm the storm, retrain your mind, and teach your body a new way to respond—one that feels grounded, confident, and safe.
In short:
Anxiety is trance in a chaotic environment.
Hypnosis is trance in a healing one.
Watch: How Hypnosis Helps Anxiety
In this video, I explain how anxiety and hypnosis both come from the same part of the mind—and how we can turn that understanding into healing.
