Hypnotherapy for a Fear of Blood Pressure Tests

Hypnotherapy may help you relax for your blood pressure tests, it won’t matter where it’s taken, or who takes it.

Do you hate having your blood pressure taken?

Has a medical professional ever told you, you suffer from ‘White Coat Syndrome’?

Have you found your blood pressure tests done at home are much lower than those taken by a medical professional?

Maybe if you have to go to a medical environment for a blood pressure test its much higher than when you do it yourself at home?

Anxiety about having a blood pressure test is more common than you’d think. Its often referred to as ‘white coat syndrome’, although doctors don’t tend to wear white coats these days.

When you think about having a blood pressure test, how do you feel?

Do you feel anxious or stressed. Perhaps you even feel sick and sweaty? Can you feel your heart racing and your breathing is fast and shallow?

What is causing you to feel this way?

These symptoms are due to adrenalin being produced by your body. This is your body’s way of keeping safe from danger. When we were hunter gatherers, we had to decide whether to run or stay and fight when facing danger. There’s no need to feel this way for a blood pressure test.

What does Adrenalin do to the body?

When adrenalin is produced, it prepares the body for fight or flight. It sends the blood to the major muscles, so they are strong and ready. It diverts this blood from areas like the digestive system. This is why you feel sick, breathe rapidly, have a dry mouth. Less blood goes to your brain, so you can feel lightheaded. You become sweaty.

What can you do to stop this?

By simply taking control of the speed of your breathing, you can stop the adrenalin being produced. Once no more adrenalin is being produced then the circulating adrenalin can be broken down. To break down all the adrenalin in your blood stream, it takes just three minutes. This means, that if you can control your breathing for three minutes, you will be feeling normal again.

What is hypnotherapy and how can it help?

Hypnotherapy itself is a really relaxing process. During a session you will learn how to relax. This will help you learn how to control your breathing and stop the adrenalin being produced. We will practice this technique, until you feel comfortable doing it yourself when necessary. 

Then when you next need a blood pressure test, you put into practice what you learned and relax yourself.

During a session, you are always in control.

What is the hypnotised state?

The hypnotised state is a state you were in as you woke up this morning and will be in as you drift off to sleep again tonight. Its the bit between being fully conscious and being asleep.

In this lovely relaxed state, we can practice making you feel anxious, panicked. Then we will practice using what you have learnt to calm down and stop the adrenalin being produced.

Practicing while hypnotised helps to implant the technique firmly in your unconscious, so it is ready to use when you need to.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you’re ready to let go of that fear of blood pressure tests and have some more accurate results. Why not explore how hypnotherapy could support you to overcome your fear. Book a free, no obligation consultation. It’s a relaxed, no-pressure way to begin.

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