Hypnoanalysis: A Powerful Therapy That Resolves the Root Cause
One of the treatments I specialise in—and perhaps the one I’m most passionate about—is Hypnoanalysis. It has the remarkable ability to resolve even the most stubborn and deep-rooted neuroses.
You may or may not identify your own issue as “anxiety,” but almost all emotional struggles are rooted in it. Today, we often call it “stress,” but whether we label it anxiety or stress, it almost always boils down to one thing: fear.
“I Don’t Know Why I Feel This Way…”
This is something I hear often from clients. They’ll say, “My life is great on paper—so why do I feel so anxious?” And while they may not fully understand the reason, their feelings are still very real—and must be respected.
Different experiences affect people in different ways. What might upset one person might not impact another at all. This is where many sufferers feel misunderstood by those around them. Well-meaning friends, family, or even doctors might say unhelpful things like “pull yourself together” or “just stop overthinking.” But if it were that easy, you wouldn’t be reading this now.
How Anxiety Shows Up in Everyday Life
Here are just a few examples of how fear-based anxiety can manifest:
🔹 Conflict in Decision-Making
Feeling torn in multiple directions can lead to paralysis. You may constantly second-guess yourself or avoid decisions altogether.
Fear: Making the wrong choice.
🔹 Overwhelming Workload
You rush through tasks, feel inefficient, and worry about your performance.
Fear: Being seen as incompetent.
🔹 Impostor Syndrome
Even with praise or success, you struggle to accept it. You may dismiss your achievements as luck.
Fear: Being “found out” as not good enough.
🔹 Perfectionism
Others are happy with your work, but you never are. You keep raising the bar on yourself.
Fear: Never being truly worthy.
🔹 Guilt or Shame
You feel like you’re playing a role, and that one day the truth will come out.
Fear: Being exposed.
🔹 Panic When Facing Inaction
In moments when change isn’t possible, the fight-or-flight response is triggered, and you freeze.
Fear: The physical sensations of anxiety itself.
Most people will relate to one or more of these patterns—and they all share a common root: fear.
Why We Experience These Symptoms
If you look through that list, you’ll see fear of rejection, fear of punishment, fear of looking foolish, or fear of failure. And more often than not, physical symptoms will accompany these feelings—tight chest, racing heart, dizziness, nausea.
These physical symptoms have a purpose:
- To alert your body to a perceived threat
- To prepare your body to defend itself (fight or flight)
What’s the Threat?
All anxiety comes from a conflict between your conscious and subconscious mind.
You consciously want to do something (give a presentation, attend a social event, speak up)—but your subconscious believes it’s dangerous. When that happens, your subconscious overrules your logic and triggers anxiety.
The subconscious mind isn’t rational. It works in black and white—safe or dangerous—and runs on learned responses, often developed during childhood. And many of these responses are now completely outdated.
An Example of Learned Fear
Imagine a child raised in a very strict household, constantly told to obey authority without question. That child may grow up and develop a subconscious fear of authority figures—bosses, teachers, police—even if there’s no longer a logical reason for the fear.
They might not consciously remember where that feeling came from, but the subconscious still holds onto it, influencing their adult behaviour. This leads to internal conflict: “I want to speak up in meetings, but I freeze up when my manager is present.” That’s the subconscious stepping in to “protect” them—unnecessarily.
Formative Years and Sensitising Events
Almost all of the subconscious responses that create anxiety in adulthood were formed in early childhood, when our conscious mind was still developing, and our subconscious was highly impressionable.
During this time, the subconscious mind absorbed lessons—some helpful, others harmful—with little to no critical filter. As adults, we may no longer remember these events clearly, but they continue to govern our emotional responses. That’s why we often feel confused by our own reactions.
To truly heal, we must access and update these outdated subconscious rules.
The Role of Hypnoanalysis
This is where Hypnoanalysis comes in.
It is a therapeutic method that allows the hypnotherapist to communicate directly with the subconscious mind—in a way that traditional talking therapies often cannot. It doesn’t mean this therapy is “better” than others—but it does mean it’s uniquely suited to resolving deep-rooted, unconscious causes of emotional and behavioural problems.
How It Works
The therapy begins by gently guiding you into a state of hypnosis (a relaxed but alert state of focused attention). Once in this state, the subconscious mind becomes accessible. This is when the true work begins.
You’ll begin to uncover the emotional rules and beliefs that have governed your life—rules that may now be inappropriate or even harmful. When these beliefs are spoken out loud and heard by your adult self, they can finally be challenged, reframed, or released.
Once these outdated beliefs are dismissed as no longer necessary, the anxiety they created also disappears—because the subconscious no longer sees that situation as a threat.
Quick, Effective, and Lasting
Considering the depth of emotional change it can create, Hypnoanalysis is remarkably efficient. Most people complete the therapy within 5 to 12 sessions.
It’s not about managing symptoms—it’s about resolving the cause, so you can finally move forward and live the life you want, without fear holding you back.
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Tim Grover - Bedfordshire Therapies 