Confidence

One way to look at confidence is to see it as an absence of fear.

Perhaps the absence of fear of judgement by other people, or criticism or some other negative attribution. It is possible, that if you are suffering from a lack of confidence, then your belief in yourself has been upset by an event or some events in the past where you have experienced a humiliation or a severe criticism, perhaps by someone who holds authority over you, or a group of people. This often first occurs in childhood.

In such circumstances, the analytical mind steps out of the way, much as it does when hypnosis occurs, but in this circumstance, negative attributions about the self become programmed into the subconscious mind. Simultaneously, the mind becomes fearful a re-enactment of the humiltiation it experienced in this first event.

Effectively, you will have eventually started to believe the message - that your are not as good as others, or are less capable than others, or unlikable and you will actively avoid challenges which, in other circumstances, you would be happy to meet.

Self-Confidence can be attained by de-programming the events when the negative beliefs went in, and the feelings associated with these events. Hypnotherapy is a first class tool to do this kind of work.

If you are reading this because your self-confidence is suffering, then call John on 0845 222 0280.