AFRAID OF THE DENTIST?

In psychology, a distinction is made between fear as a state (state anxiety) and fear as a trait (trait anxiety). While state anxiety is a temporary emotion resulting from a real danger, "trait anxiety" leads to situations being assessed as dangerous even without an acute threat.

Fear manifests itself physically, among other things, through an acceleration of the pulse, dilation of the pupils and wringing of the hands; psychologically it acts as a feeling of horror and hopelessness.

Fear can weigh people down and even psychologically ruin them. However, because of its warning function, it is often life-saving. Since fear is created in the unconscious part of our minds, it overcomes people involuntarily and uncontrollably. This makes it difficult to treat anxiety disorders with usual therapy methods. But since hypnosis works with the unconscious, it is the method of choice for all kinds of anxiety disorders.