| Just about anyone can be affected by needle phobia | | | | clinical experience. |
| Its correct clinical name is trypanophobia - an irrational | | | | The fact that such a large percentage of people |
| and often intense fear of hypodermic needles or | | | | suffering from needle phobia have family members |
| injections - though it is regularly labelled belonephobia, | | | | who also suffer from the same condition seems to be |
| this term is incorrect since it denotes a fear of pins | | | | an indication of the ability of the child to empathetically |
| and needles, without reference to the medical aspects. | | | | mimic the fears of the adult or of other children. |
| Regardless of the label, for those suffering from | | | | There can also be links to other phobias and fears, |
| needle phobia the very thought or sight of a syringe or | | | | such as to the fear of bleeding or other elements that |
| hypodermic needle can provoke overwhelming feelings | | | | may serve to strengthen and complicate the phobia. |
| of anxiety and even panic. | | | | The affects and consequences of living life as a |
| At least 10% of all adults are believed to suffer from | | | | needle phobic can indeed be great. Some people |
| this truly inconvenient and potentially dangerous | | | | simply avoid going to the doctor or dentist at all costs, |
| condition. | | | | even when they are experiencing terrible pain or are in |
| In fact, the real figure may well exceed this because | | | | urgent need of medical treatment. |
| the most severe cases are simply not recorded. | | | | However, real help is available. |
| Those suffering from intense needle phobia tend to do | | | | With correctly applied advanced transformational |
| everything possible to avoid all medical treatment. | | | | hypnotherapy, even long standing, chronic cases of |
| The cause of needle phobia usually lies in the | | | | needle phobia can be cured. |
| individual's past and most often springs from two | | | | Once the cause, the origin of the fear is uncovered, |
| causes: | | | | then the subconscious mind can be taught to get |
| At some time, often in childhood, the person has | | | | things back into perspective and release its fearful grip. |
| experienced a painful or traumatic procedure involving | | | | Often the needle phobic's conscious mind is only too |
| a hypodermic syringe or an injection, perhaps at the | | | | well aware that this is a fear that is irrational, but it is |
| dentist or doctor's office. Because of this he or she | | | | simply unable to remove it. |
| has then subconsciously paired this experience with a | | | | With advanced transformational hypnotherapy |
| fear of all such needles in what is called a 'conditioned | | | | techniques, we can quite easily re-align the |
| response'. | | | | subconscious mind's faulty perceptions and beliefs with |
| The other main way in which this phobia can be | | | | those of the conscious, rational mind and free the |
| acquired is simply because someone else has had a | | | | individual from this truly restrictive and potentially |
| bad experience with hypodermic needles and this has | | | | damaging fear. |
| been passed on to the individual, again, often in | | | | If you or someone you care about is a needle phobic, |
| childhood. | | | | suffering from needle phobia - trypanophobia - then |
| Some have suggested that there may be a genetic | | | | the valuable help that you need is available. |
| element to trypanophobia because about 80% report | | | | With advanced transformational hypnotherapy you |
| having a relative who also has the same phobia. I have | | | | can indeed set yourself free. |
| not found this to be the case, however, in my own | | | | |