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NLP Fast Phobia

This technique aims to cure phobias and trauma by having the person visualize watching a movie of the traumatic event from a detached perspective in a movie theater. The person runs the movie forward and then rapidly rewinds it multiple times to distance themselves from the negative emotions associated with the trauma.

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NLP Fast Phobia

This technique aims to cure phobias and trauma by having the person visualize watching a movie of the traumatic event from a detached perspective in a movie theater. The person runs the movie forward and then rapidly rewinds it multiple times to distance themselves from the negative emotions associated with the trauma.

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The NLP Fast Phobia/Trauma Cure

This interesting technique was first devised by one of the developer's of NLP, Dr Richard Bandler.
Since then it has been improved upon by several NLP practitioners and today the following version,
described by Connirae & Steve Andreas in their most useful book "Heart of the Mind" is probably the
best known.

(The word trauma here has a very general meaning - could be an accident, seeing someone come to harm, losing a job, a
relationship.)

1 Imagine you're sitting in a move theatre all by yourself, looking up at a blank screen.

2 Put a black and white still shot of yourself the day before the trauma (or before the phobic
reaction, or before you ever met the person you have broken up with).
3 Float up out of your chair into the projection booth at the back of the theatre. Notice the
window glass is very thick and you are completely cut off from the theatre, although you
can see and hear everything.
4 Start to run a movie starting from the still shot and moving all the way through the
trauma, finishing well after the traumatic event is over and everything has returned to
normal. This movie will take just a few minutes (ie, it is fast). It is absolutely vital that you
feel detached as the movie is playing. To do this you keep in mind that you are merely
watching yourself down below, who is in turn watching the movie. If you feel any distress
whatsoever, distance yourself further by imagining you are going down to check on ticket
sales, or perhaps pop down to the corner to buy a hotdog while the movie comes to
completion.
5 Freeze the last frame of the movie, making sure it is a shot in which you look relaxed and
comfortable.
6 Jump into the still frame (ie, associate into the movie as if you are actually in it).

7 Turn the frame big, bright and colourful.

8 Run the movie backwards really, really fast, just seconds like a really rapid rewind. Feel
yourself being pulled backwards all the way through the movie in just seconds, all the way
back to the beginning (the still frame of you at the start).
9 Come out from the beginning the movie, go and jump in the end again, make sure it's big
and bright and colourful, and repeat 8.
10 Repeat 7, 8 and 9 several times, very rapidly.

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