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From timber wolves, to chameleons, to domesticated cats, it seems

that most animals instinctively fear loud noises. Humans are no

different. There's an obvious evolutionary reason for this. Animals'

senses are attuned to that which is loud and bright. Indeed, that

very statement is redundant: stimuli that are " loud " and " bright " are

just those stimuli that overload our senses. In nature, a sudden

overloading of the senses typically signifies some threat to our

lives. Think of the elephant trumpeting in warning before charging to

attack; or of a heavy, thousand-year-old tree making a thunderous

sound as it falls to the ground, crushing everything beneath.

However, in some people, that instinctive reaction to loud sudden

sounds can turn into a full-scale phobia. This can become a problem.

Do you find yourself entering an almost-panic every time you see

someone about to pop a balloon? If so, you might wonder if there was

a way to just stop fear. No one enjoys having to live in terror of

ordinary things.

The Psychology Of Fear

Most people who have a phobia of loud sounds are as afraid of the

suddenness and unpredictability of the noise, as they are of its

loudness. There's something about being surprised that is

evolutionary programmed to set our hearts racing. A classical example

of this is when children (or adults) sneak up behind one another and

say, " Boo!. " No one likes being caught off-guard. Repeatedly being

startled like this inc childhood, especially by persons of malicious

intent (e.g. by bullies at school) can lead to a phobia developing.

One Fear Leads To Another

After being startled like this repeatedly, a child may develop a

tendency to permanently cringe at the slightest sound. This can lead

to a host of other social problems: extreme shyness, social anxiety,

an inability to take initiative in groups, low self-esteem, dread of

change, and dread of risk-taking. In extreme cases, a fear of sudden,

startling sounds can make people unable to sleep. Sufferers of

extreme noise phobia have been known lie awake at night, dreading and

anticipating every car driving by the window, every maddening, hourly

performance of the neighbor's cuckoo clock.

Stop Fear Of Noise With NLP

Fortunately, if you suffer from severe noise phobias, there are

techniques to re-train your mind to think differently. Using the

discipline of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), you can train your

mind to calm down and relax, and to stop anticipating sudden noise.

You probably already know, rationally, that there's nothing

inherently scary about loud sounds. With a combination of NLP and

hypnotherapy techniques, you can finally get your seemingly-

intractable, unconscious mind to internalize this knowledge.

Stop Repetitive Thinking

Most severe phobias, including this one, take the form of one

constantly-repeating thought loop (e.g. " I'm about to hear a

terrible, loud noise, it's going to be scary " ). That's why being

afraid is ultimately so boring: who likes thinking the same thought

all the time, against one's own will? That's why these phobias

respond so well to NLP. The techniques of NLP teach you to

consciously recognize these repetitive thoughts, and replace them

with better thoughts. Chances are that, after a few sessions of NLP

and hypnotherapy, you'll never fear loud noises again.

J J Seymour is a writer with Self Help Recordings. Hypnotherapy and

NLP can be very useful tool to handle Fear Loud Noises - one good

source of experienced hypnotherapists and NLP practitioners is Just

Be Well. This organization has experienced professionals throughout

the UK in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, East Anglia,

Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Surrey, Sussex and Scotland. You will

also find links to related practitioners for treatment of fear of

loud noises in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada, for Dublin, Ireland,

and for Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in Australia. If you are unable

to visit a practitioner in person you may well benefit from a good

and guaranteed self hypnosis recording such as Stop Fear, by

experienced hypnotherapist Duncan McColl.

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