EFFECT OF HYPNOTHERAPY IN REDUCING PHOBIA SYMPTOMS

Moh Sarifudin S Auna

doi:10.29082/ijnms/2020/vol4/iss1/256

Abstract

A phobia from the perspective of psychoanalysis is a traumatic experience of the past which is repressed into the unconscious. Hypnotherapy is used to help someone easily, quickly, effectively, efficiently in reaching the subconscious mind, re-educating, reducing physiological and psychological symptoms caused by phobias and giving them more control in everyday situations. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in reducing phobia symptoms. This research is aresearch pre-experimental using one-group pre-post test design. Participants numbered 20 people. The sampling technique used sampling incidental. The questionnaire in this study used the Fear Questionnaire (FQ). The results showed a characteristic age of 22 years, the majority of phobias were found in 80% women and 20% men. Based on the paired sample t-test results obtained data indicate that thevalue Asymp. Sig. 0,000 <0.05, which means that there is a significant change in the decrease in phobia symptoms by 51.87% after hypnotherapy. This study concluded that hypnotherapy was effective in reducing phobia symptoms with 2 therapy sessions in 4 meetings.

Highlights

Phobias are irrational fears of certain objects, places and or situations (Salih, 1968)
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in reducing phobia symptoms
Decreased quality of life certainly has an influence on stress and mental disorders which are considered as risk factors that correlate to the subsequent development of mental disorders and other illnesses with consequences such as anxiety disorders, panic, depression, mood affective disorders, insomnia, parkinsonism, heart disease, decreased appetite, gastric pains, migraines, infectious diseases, drug abuse, drug dependence, and worse, suicide attempts (Safren, 1996; Fahlen, 1996; Lichtenberg, 1991; Pitkanen et al, 2009; Perales et al, 2014)

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Introduction

Phobias are irrational fears of certain objects, places and or situations (Salih, 1968). Excessive fears will be a symptom of phobias that adversely affect the quality of life (Theofilou, 2013; Jarymowicz & Bar-tal, 2006). Decreased quality of life certainly has an influence on stress and mental disorders which are considered as risk factors that correlate to the subsequent development of mental disorders and other illnesses with consequences such as anxiety disorders, panic, depression, mood affective disorders, insomnia, parkinsonism, heart disease, decreased appetite, gastric pains, migraines, infectious diseases, drug abuse, drug dependence, and worse, suicide attempts (Safren, 1996; Fahlen, 1996; Lichtenberg, 1991; Pitkanen et al, 2009; Perales et al, 2014). Many as 59.2% of them reported phobia disrupting their daily lives (Wardenaar et al, 2017). In Indonesia, mental disorders such as phobias, anxiety and depression are on

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