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Anxieties are often described as irrational fears, but the sheer panic experienced by someone who suffers from anxiety can be so intense that rational thinking becomes impossible. At a conscious level a client may well know that their reaction to certain circumstances is beyond all reason, but we have to look further for an explanation of what is happening at a subconscious level, and divorce ourselves from the application of pure logic to the situation.
The subconscious has an ability to repress memories that are unpleasant, and so spare us from the constant reliving of a particular event. A memory can be buried deep within the subconscious, where it is beyond the reach of conscious recall, but buried with it are the anxieties and emotions attached to that event, and these can simmer within, seeking some way of release.
The subconscious finds a way to help us deal with the anxiety, but first the anxiety must be turned into fear, and to fear it is necessary to have a focus. The actual memory of the event is repressed and buried beyond recall, so now the subconscious will provide a substitute, something to which the anxiety can be attributed. Through avoidance of that chosen focus the fear situation is addressed.
The solution is to use regression techniques to go right back to the causative event, the memory of which exists deep within the subconscious. The actual event is then brought to the conscious attention of the client, so that they can form a new positive perception of that event and therefore overcome their anxiety.
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