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A fear of failure is often instilled at an early age from ‘significant adults’; that is to say, adults that we look up to, parents for example, criticising our ability or achievements; so the defence mechanism to avoid looking like a fool is not to try. Sufferers of Atychiphobia (‘atyches’ is Greek meaning ‘unfortunate’) prevents people from trying new things and leading a more fulfilling life; the feelings maybe so strong that sufferers deliberately sabotage their own success. Additionally, sufferers notice how it knocks their self-confidence and affects their motivation. In a way this phobia has a paralysing effect.
Once the sufferer is comfortably relaxed, hypnosis helps the sufferer to think of tasks or things they want to achieve as the sum total of a number of smaller steps whilst imagining a new positive attitude which is prepared to experiment and to imagine the satisfaction that can come from being creative and flexible. Furthermore, instead of experiencing disappointments as ‘showstoppers’ are simply viewed as setbacks which provide unique insights and sometimes useful opportunities to learn, adapt, grow and become more ‘rounded’ as people.