Discuss the Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, Habits and Phobias

Discuss The Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, Habits And Phobias And Describe How You Would Treat These Issues With Hypnotherapy In order to understand the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias, it is necessary to first define what each one is and how it affects us. It is a well- known fact that stress and anxiety are the two main reasons for people being sick and taking time off work. It is apparent that these conditions can prevent people from reaching their full potential in life. What is Stress? Stress can show itself in many ways. It can be caused by a number of different things/situations. Over a period of time stress can manifest itself and grow into something that is not containable. A certain amount of stress can be beneficial to the system, - we all need a certain amount of stress to survive and deal with those emergencies that sometimes unexpectedly happen, and this reaction provides us with the necessary spark to kick us into action so not all stress is negative for the body. However, where it becomes out of control for some people, it can become an incapacitating condition. Stress stops being helpful and starts causing major damage to health, mood, productivity, relationships, and quality of life. Stress is often categorised into:-
1. Hypostress –a person is bored or unchallenged, lacks motivation. By doing repetitive actions/work people may find it hard to be motivated in other areas of their lives.
2. Eustress – this is short term stress, it gives people the strength to complete a task. It occurs due to increase in physical activity/creativity. This can be classed as positive stress as it increases performance and incentive.
3. Acute Stress – generally identified as stress. This can cause the physical disturbances.
4. Episodic Acute Stress – can be damaging to the physical body – can cause hypertension, stroke, heart attack and stomach disorders.
5. Chronic Stress – This is a serious and seems to have no