We are all beginning to take tentative steps out into the world after a long, long time of strangeness. This is inevitably leading to bouts of anxiety and panic, for some people at least.

There may be those gregarious souls who are revelling in the fact that they can party once again but equally there are those who have actually grown quite used to being tucked away and have very little desire to come out of the woodwork.

There could be a number of reasons for this anxiety about returning to ‘normal’ life again. For some there is a hesitancy about socialising with others, a fear that they have lost their old social skills and will not be able to converse or mix easily with people. For others, there may be a fear of catching covid (all too real) or indeed the other nasties that are more easily caught now we are doing without masks or social distancing. This type of health anxiety is very common.

Or maybe for some, they have found that they have simply enjoyed being at home with their own company and really have no desire to go out at all, even though they can. If this carries on it can lead to a sense of isolation or even agoraphobia, where the person has an extreme fear of going outside their own house.

All of these fears and anxieties are quite natural, bearing in mind what has happened over the last 18 months. But, with covid figures coming down daily, this does seem to indicate that we can begin to resume our lives in a normal way.

Hypnotherapy can help enormously to overcome these fears and anxieties and tends to be very quick and effective compared to standard counselling treatments. By working with the sub-conscious mind, we can allow you to feel calmer, more confident and happy about stepping into the world again.

Wendy x