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Pteronophobia

2011-02-18T08:34:00.000-08:00

Pteronophobia:

This is for all those people who are morbidly fearful of being tickled by a feather.

This often makes me wonder, from where did the fear originate?

Strange!

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ACHLUOPHOBIA

2011-02-11T07:16:00.000-08:00

Achluophobia: It is a morbid fear associated with darkness that can create a catastrophic situation for a person especially at night; also called lygophobia, myctophobia, scotophobia.

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Euphobia

2011-02-04T08:24:00.000-08:00

Euphobia:

This is the fear of hearing good news. Now why in the world would anyone be fearful of that.

No fear of watching the news then!

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Vestiophobia

2011-01-28T08:21:00.000-08:00

Vestiophobia:

Commonly known as the fear of clothing. Well, for all those people getting ideas, the phobia does not really seem to affect young children, this is developed as we are getting older.

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Syngenesophobia

2011-01-21T08:15:00.000-08:00

Syngenesophobia:

The fear of relatives could certainly be more common then we think, especially if you have those crazy aunts and uncles.

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Aphenphosmphobia

2011-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

Aphenphosmphobia:

The fear of being touched. I am not sure that a person afflicted with this phobia would be good relationship material.

Zap it now!

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Gamophobia

2011-01-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

Gamophobia:

This refers to the fear of marriage. I think most men around the world have it. Even if they don't, be wary, you may soon be hit with this excuse, "Sorry honey, it’s not that I don’t want to marry you. I’m afraid I have an incurable case of gamophobia."

Ladies this is curable!!

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Ambulophobia

2010-12-30T08:04:00.000-08:00

Ambulophobia:

The fear of walking is often confused for a person, who is simply lazy and just does not want to walk.

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Dendrophobia

2010-12-23T07:58:00.000-08:00

Dendrophobia

Is the fear of trees or the fear of the forest. It is a real phobia and far more common than most people may think.

Look out for those Christmas trees!!

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Novercaphobia

2010-12-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

Novercaphobia:

Also known as the fear of stepmothers, Novercaphobia, is an unusual phobia that may have originated from fairy tales.

Snow White!

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Panophobia

2010-12-09T07:44:00.000-08:00

Panophobia:

I think we should all spare a thought for the people with a fear of everything.

Phanophobes seem to fear everything, from fearing the fear to the fear of managing the phobia.

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Anatidaephobia

2010-12-02T07:37:00.000-08:00

Anatidaephobia

The intense, irrational fear of ducks watching over you is called anatidaephobia. This fear of ducks is so intense that the person forgets everything around him. He/she can no longer function as a normal person and yeah, his social life at the local park with ducks in pond is completely over!

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Acerophobia

2010-11-25T07:32:00.000-08:00

Acerophobia: It is an intense fear of sourness or things that are sour in taste.

Lemons MMMMMM!!

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Acarophobia

2010-11-18T07:25:00.000-08:00

Acarophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of mites, small insects, or worms that cause itching.

Yuk!

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Linonophobia

2010-11-11T10:00:00.000-08:00

Linonophobia:

This is a strange phobia.

A morbid fear of strings! I am sure, the cats in the world do not have it.

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Perception is Projection

2010-10-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

Human life pivots around perception, both in waking states and in dream states.

Your phobia is the perception you create in other words this is your life, so what is it you want to create, a life phobia free or a life full of fear and regret.

Get in touch with The Fear Master.

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Ancraophobia

2010-10-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

Ancraophobia

Also known as Anemophobia is the fear from wind and windy air.

When the wind blows on the face of the sufferer, or they hear the wind blow, the feelings of butterflies in the stomach, getting anxious. The symptoms such as breathlessness, sweating, anxiety starts showing.

The cure is to gain the confidence of the person and reassuring him or her about the outcome of success should you choose to accept it.

Thats right its your choice.

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Kleptophobia

2010-10-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

Kleptophobia, can actually be used to describe two fears.

The first is a fear of being robbed. The second is a fear of stealing from someone else. The two fears are often related and may exist as one.

Causes of Kleptophobia

Both forms of kleptophobia are often triggered by a negative event (not always). For example, if you have been robbed at knife point, you are at higher risk of developing a fear of being robbed. The flip side of the coin, if you have ever been a thief, you may worry that you will fall back into old habits.

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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

2010-10-05T15:26:00.000-07:00

Fear of long words is also known as Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia or Sesquipedalophobia.

People with this particular fear are unwarrantedly fearfull of long words. Right now there are countless people suffering needlessly from Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia can affect your lifestyle.

It causes panic attacks and keeps you away from your friends, collogues and family members.

Lets stop it now!!

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Peladophobia- Fear of bald people

2010-09-28T15:11:00.000-07:00

Peladophobia- Fear of bald people

You are not alone.

Most sufferers are perplexed to learn that they are far from alone with this common, although often unspoken, phobia.

Peladophobia is the intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. While adults with peladophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they still find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.

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Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease

2010-09-21T14:09:00.000-07:00

Albuminurophobia
Fear of kidney disease

Where Does It Come From?

This is the one thing that many people with a phobia like this want to know. Where does Albuminurophobia come from? Is a phobia like this irrational, can it be explained?

Any phobia can actually be understood relatively simply and quickly, but if you go about it the right way, it's actually quite simple to get over it! As long as you want and allow this to happen.

Thats right.

Understanding where something like Albuminurophobia comes from, is actually really simple.

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Telephonophobia

2010-08-31T17:46:00.001-07:00

Telephonophobia is the phobia of telephones. Not the actual telephone itself, but the making and receiving phone calls.

Do You Have Telephonophobia?
You may have Telephonophobia if:

your stomach goes into a tight ball when the phone rings or you need to make a call
your hands start trembling and you feel as though you are going to have a panic attack when the phone rings or when you need to use the phone.
you avoid making any telephone calls.
If you experience some or all of the situations above, you may have Telephonophobia.

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Ablutophobia

2010-08-11T09:00:00.000-07:00

Ablutophobia is a phobia which centers around cleaning, washing, or bathing. It is more common in women and children, although anyone can develop this phobia . As you can imagine, the fear of washing or bathing can have some serious social consequences, making circumstances for someone with this phobia extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, true ablutophobia is quite rare, and there are a number of treatment approaches which can be used to address it. Ablutophobia help is rarely far away for people who are serious about combating their phobia.

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"You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."

2010-08-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

That's a bold but very true quote.

Fear is only in our mind, overcome your mind with the opposite thoughts and you will be amazed what happens.

It can come out of nowhere. You're shopping for groceries or buckling your seat belt when suddenly your muscles contract and your heart begins to pound.

Panic attacks can be both bewildering and terrifying, but they're not unusual. An estimated 2.4 million people experience one every year. It may begin as tightness in the chest, shortness of breath or a racing heartbeat. Many sufferers believe they are having a heart attack and rush to A & E.

The cause of an attack can be unclear, but they often arise in the face of major life changes. Attacks may also follow trauma.

Stop them now, call The Fear Master Tel 07834 853 622

Jet-Lag

2010-03-10T06:15:00.000-08:00

The Fear Master has moved location.

Now working in London area.

We have just recovered from jetlag after an exhausting flight from Los Angeles.
Dealt with 3 phobias, fear of Rodents, Birds and Balloons, all with success yipee!!
Los Angeles is an awesome area to work, good weather, a wide array of food types and open minded thinking which is very important and integral part of my process.

I had a very interesting discussion with someone in LA about who is in control of your state and who runs your body, they refused to except the possibility that they where in charge of their thoughts and when they went into a phobic response they were not responsible for it??? Who is i asked?? Don't know? Yeah that's right!!

You know who is don't you?

If not give me a call and i will explain.

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Using Humor to Break Fear Part 2

2009-11-14T07:46:00.000-08:00

Hello,

Please find Link on You Tube where The Fear Master breaks Fear using Humor easily and effortlessly.

Humor is the key to achieving an amazing fast result, erasing Fear very very quickly.

This is on ITV Central Tonight where The Fear Master Smashes the Fear of an ITV presenter who has a Fear of spiders since Childhood, this is extinguished in a matter of 2 hours.

Have a look.

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Using Humor to Break Fear

2009-11-07T07:38:00.000-08:00

Humor

The importance of humor in respect to overcoming a fear is not to be underestimated.

When people develop a fear or a phobia, the inclusion of humor in the treatment eases the transition from the negative unwanted state to a state of happiness to a desired state.

The humor element if done correctly, ecologically and in harmony with the clients very own type of humor and certainly not the Phobia experts sense of humor has a major impact on commanding the situation and overcoming the Fear very quickly.

Please check out this link to see a live session viewed on TV where The Fear MasterTM uses humor appropriate to the situation and the clients very own type of humor and completely destroys a phobia of spiders in 2 hours!!!

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Acrophobia

2009-10-30T07:26:00.000-07:00

Acrophobia

Fear of heights.

Recently The Fear Master has had an influx of people wanting to overcome their fear of Heights Acrophobia.

One of the huge successes was with an individual who as a young child fell down the stairs and ever since had a fear of heights.

Up steps The Fear Master, deals with the situation and 4 hours later we walk into Birmingham City Centre for a convincer at height!!!!! (sorted)

1 week later this person goes to London on the plinth in Trafalgar Square, one of the lucky 600 to be chosen, and plays Bingo on the plinth has a great time fascinated with the new way of life they have!!!! And new view on life Slightly higher now!

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Trying to Remain Conscious

2009-10-23T07:17:00.000-07:00

Following on from the last blog, try to remain conscious reading this!!

Check this out and try not to get Tranced out, this is Awesome!!
Before awareness there was nothingness until nothing became aware of nothing and awareness was created from nothing. After awareness was created from nothing it found nothing was something to learn everything from and everything was created with something from nothing, allowing anything to be. So awareness awoke unto everything in something from nothing and was able to be aware of anything. So in light of everything awareness may simply remember and in darkness of nothing awareness may simply forget... anything that is awareness of everything in something from nothing. The conscious state exists in light of everything so awareness may simply recall and remember, and the unconscious state exists in darkness of nothing so awareness may simply store and forget.
The unconscious state exists in darkness of nothing because we remember in light of everything. The conscious state exists in light of everything because we forget in darkness of nothing. YOU are the balance of everything and nothing in all its awareness, and that is something. You will, in all ways be, awareness of everything in something from nothing experiencing anything, forgetting and remembering, expanding and collapsing, in and of all that is awareness of everything in something from nothing experiencing anything.

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Conscious V’s Unconscious?

2009-10-09T03:20:00.000-07:00

Conscious V’s Unconscious?

This is a marvelous question and one that deserves an answer.

The best way to start is to describe the difference between the two, if you remember back to your driving lessons, your very first few lessons, how much information you had to take on board and how overwhelming it was for you, information overload!!!

Now how easy it is to jump into your car and drive whilst talking, adjusting your heating, turning your wipers on and tuning your radio, do you even have to think about it? or is it automatic, this is your unconscious mind, this is where your power lives.

You see your unconscious mind can pay attention to everything, as you listen to The Fear Master your conscious mind is trying to find the logic and the learnings by listening to my words, your unconscious mind is listening to how I am saying them and absorbing the positive suggestions, integrating at the deeper unconscious level.

Hope this helps.

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Working The Fear Master Magic!

2009-10-02T02:35:00.000-07:00

The Fear Master

"A do to or do with process"

This is a question The Fear Master often receives. “Can you work your magic on me.”

The Fear Masters process can and will only work with a “do with process,” helping people is only half the job you can help yourself by accepting responsibility for your problem and the willingness to accept a new possible and brighter future and of course expecting the change!!

There is only one answer for the above question, YES! The Fear Master’s magic can and will work on anyone, there is no Fear that The Fear Master cant Command with your 100% commitment and determination to overcome your Fear.

Working together with a “do with” mentality all your Fears have had their day, say goodbye to the old behavior and welcome the new you.

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Fear of hearing the Truth!!

2009-09-23T02:22:00.000-07:00

Perception and influence, fear of seeing the truth. Fear of hearing the truth.

Indeed the truth is your perception, if The Fear Master says something for you to do which will help you overcome and command your Fear. You may or may not decide to do what The Fear Master suggests, after all The Fear Master never tells anybody what to do but what could possibly happen if you decide to look at the situation with different perceptions and alternate possibilities.

A new direction may very well open up for you to travel on, the funny thing is this road has always been there, you have now begun to finally open your eyes to a new perception of the situation you have and have had.

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Ideophobia- Fear of ideas

2009-09-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.

I wasn't sure what to write about in this blog as i couldn't think!!!!!

There we have it a fear of ideas "Ideophobia"

This is a a challenging phobia because as humans we always have the inert curiosity to go and find more and more information to digest to give ourselves more ideas to find out........... yes more information to give us more ideas and possibilities.

I then started thinking from a marketing point of view, You have a client who is looking for the breakthrough into big business and you are the strategist for the campaign, do you get a fear of ideas not appearing or your ideas not being good enough for the desired job in hand.

As usual we have a multi dimensional sword with a list of possibilities within one Fear, the fear of ideas, Ideophobia.

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Atychiphobia

2009-08-29T01:00:00.000-07:00

The Fear of Failure "Atychiphobia"

We know rapport is a crucial skill for many things.

There are many ways to get rapport physically, you can also get this using verbal communication, when a client says to me I'm a failure, this is a statement my client thinks is true!!!!

This is an unhelpful mind set to be in so simply repeat back to yourself "so you are a failure!", then ask yourself "how do you know?" List the evidence down my bet is the evidence is pretty sketchy and certainly wouldn't warrant any fear.

"One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again."

Henry Ford

Now if that is good enough for Henry Ford it is certainly good enough for me!! What about you???? " How do you know?" Get that list down.

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Phronemophobia

2009-08-21T02:55:00.000-07:00

The Fear of what you or others are thinking.

One of the best people to quote is ?

Have you guessed ?

yourself, this is simply because it involves telling a real story about yourself, a little anecdote can get your peers, customers to take there armour off and listen very intently about what you are saying earning their trust and respect, this will enable the message you want them to receive go in very effectively, your listeners wont be thinking they will be under your influence, listening to every word coming out of your mouth.

Remaining true and telling a true anecdote about yourself makes you feel and sound credible to yourself, the audience can then see the true you.

You can now shed that cloak of Phronemophobia and unleash the real you to the world!

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Wondering!

2009-07-27T16:23:00.000-07:00

I was wondering and isn't it worth wondering to wonder wonderfully. Of course as you all know when i say i wonder, you have to think about the deeper meaning of what i am wondering about, i often think when you will stop wondering about your problem you had and forget all about that problem you had right now.

Taking a fresh look on this situation you had, it is of course worthwhile wondering how many times you will read this to take the lesson from it, once you have found the lesson you will have forgot all about the problem you had!!!

In case you are wondering now dont forget about the webinar on Thursday the 30th July 1pm BST where i will be interviewing the Canine Angel. www.canineangel.com to view follow the link and mouse over webinars see you there.

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Glossophobia

2009-07-12T16:49:00.000-07:00

The Fear of Public Speaking

This is the number 1 fear in the world, of course some people don't care about this but the facts are there is people reading this right now that dread the day of going on the stage to deliver a presentation or even meeting a person for a chat over coffee.

However as you know don't you? This Fear can be debilitating if you let it.

Glossophobia effects more than a few people it effects 1000's!

I keep asking myself as you do, what is the best and most efficient way to deal with this phobia, head first? A flanking Attack on the phobia, or indeed a mixture. Yeah that's right your getting to understand a few things about Glossophobia now aren't you and yourself.

As you read these words you just cant help but listening to the words your reading and more important, who's voice do you listen to without moving your lips?????

The Fear Master has a very quick technique for overcoming this fear, buy now your asking well what is it? I call it Future Positioning and it works so effectively that people are staggered at the results felt and seen.

Presenting ourselves and our business is becoming increasingly more important as there is a great gateway called the Internet which has thousands of alternative for you to choose from and enquire now.

The Fear Master is contactable via 0845 643 2450 cure your Glossophobia now!!!!

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Enquire today to see if The Fear Master can help your Glossophobia!

Belonephobia

2009-06-27T14:58:00.000-07:00

The fear of needles (Belonephobia)can be a dangerous condition, often preventing the suffering person from seeking medical attention when needed.

This condition can debilitate both children and adults.

Children are often afraid of needles but many outgrow their fear as they get older. The fear of needles can produce a variety of symptoms, whether in adults or children, from crying, to fainting, to a drop in blood pressure. Some sufferers can have convulsions and respiratory distress.

Many people have no idea why they are so afraid of needles, however in my experience curing this phobia I have found significant evidence to the fact that people develop this phobia from school years during the vaccination period and simply feed of each other, developing an unfounded fear of needles.

Some say the pain is too great for them to endure, which is 95% a mental state, and some say they had a bad experience as a child. For whatever reason you fear needles, it’s important that you seek help for this condition.

In my experience this is a process that requires a little in depth consultation to find out exactly what it is about the needle or injection that is the problem, is it the needle itself, is it the feeling on withdrawal or insertion, or could it be the thought of having blood being taken out of your body?

Contact The Fear Master today to deal with this problem.

Ornithophobia

2009-06-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

Ornithophobia, or fear of birds, can take many forms. Some people fear only pigeons, while others are afraid of even household pets like budgies. If you suffer from ornithophobia, you fear that you will be attacked by a bird or you may simply be uncomfortable around them.

Like most animal phobias, ornithophobia is usually created by a negative experience with the feared animal. Many birds can be very aggressive in hunting for food, childhood run-ins with pigeons or seagulls attempting to steal your food are common.
Many people, whether or not they have a full-blown phobia, are cautious about snacking in areas with large bird populations.

Ornithophobia, or fear of birds, is not uncommon. However, without treatment it can become life-limiting. Under the guidance of a trained therapist, you can overcome your phobia. www.thefearmaster.com

The symptoms of ornithophobia will fluctuate according to its severity.

When forced to face up to a bird, you may shudder, whimper or even stop dead in place. You may run away or hide. You might also experience anticipatory anxiety in the days before a likely confrontation , a fear of the future.
Over time, untreated ornithophobia could eventually lead you to become agoraphobic, terrified to leave your house for fear of confronting a bird.

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Catagelophobia

2009-06-10T04:31:00.000-07:00

Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.

Catagelophobia may be considered as a specific adaptation of shame-bound anxiety. We know that anxiety Is a “Fear of the Future.” It is defined as the persistent fear of being an object of ridicule. This fear can be traced back to early childhood experiences of harsh and repeated exposure to “put-down,” mockery and sarcasm in the course of socialization. catagelophobes continuously fear being scrutinized by others for verification of their percieved ridiculousness. So, they carefully evade situations in which they feel vulnerable to others. Gelotophobia at its extreme, involves a prominent paranoid tendency, a marked sensitivity to offense language, and a resulting social withdrawal, which can lead onto other phobias.

Emetophobia

2009-05-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

Here at The Fear Master we have been kept busy with the phobia of Emetophobia (the fear of sickness) due to the Swine Flu crisis that is going around at the moment.

We can say we have had huge success and cured a clients 37 year battle with Emetophobia in less than 4 hours.

The Fear Master was called into action as a last resort and delivered the goods no other person could have, i was told horror stories about previous so called therapists that made the Emetophobia worse not better!!! That's a topic i will be covering on my next newsletter.

Do you command your fear or does your fear command you?

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2009-04-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

UKita, the Institute for Innovation and Enterprise and Wolverhampton University called on The Fear Master to talk and inspire their local businesses at Wolverhampton Science Park to overcome and Beat their Fears.

An inspiring and fun night was had by all. The 50+ attendees walked away with a mindful of ideas and now have the method of overcoming their deepest fears in their business.

Are you Scared of Failure?

2009-03-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

The most common fear that has been voted on by you throughout my blog, and one that will stop you from adopting a more Compelling future, is the fear of failure. People who have a fear of failure often have difficulty in moving forward to achieve their ambitions. This usually occurs because of a negative mindset that tells them they will fail whatever they do. As a result this fear of failure stops people from achieving things, even when they know they are perfectly capable of achieving it.

Do You Suffer From A Fear Of Failure?
If you think you have a fear of failure that is holding you back, here are a few questions you can use to determine if you have a fear of failure.

Will You Work Harder To Avoid Failure, Than You Will To Succeed?

Those who suffer from the fear of failure are often motivated to work harder not to fail, rather than work harder to succeed. Failure is something that is always in the back of their mind, as a result the actions they take are done to avoid failure, rather than gain success. Characteristically this involves “playing it safe”, not taking too many risks and staying inside your comfort zone. On the flip side, people who do not suffer from the fear of failure are motivated to work hard in order to win or be the best. As a result their actions are much more audacious and they are prepared to take greater risks, and get beyond their comfort zone.

Do You Work Harder To Protect What You Presently Have? Or Work Harder To Get Something Superior?

If you work harder to keep something you have, this may be because you have an unintentional fear of failure. Since you are always apprehensive about loosing what you have, you are consequently motivated to keep what you presently have, rather than try to get something better. Again, this involves staying in your comfort zone, and not taking a lot of risk.

Are you Living Beneath Your True Potential?

As you can see from the two examples the fear of failure causes people to live in mediocrity, far below their true potential. Fear of failure stops people from ever beginning to work towards a goal, because they perceive the risk of failing is worse than the taste of success! Often these people have an attitude of “if works don’t fix it”.

Where Does The Fear Of Failure Emerge From?

Fear of failure usually results from a childhood experience, the stories you hear from family members, other people or films that you have seen which greatly embellish the real life consequences. All of this stimulus can introduce a fear into the mind, causing you to become more precautious and reserved than you normally would be. Characteristically this effect is continuing and develops over several years. However when a fear of failure does become evident, it tends to become a downward spiral, at which point the more fear you give into, the more apprehensive you become in life. The extreme of this would absorb someone who fears the outside world and does not leave their house. This is known as agoraphobia.

Overcoming The Fear Of Failure

A simple technique you can use to help overcome the fear of failure is to use something called Forward Positioning. I haven’t got time to discuss this here but I will cover it on future newsletters as this is an awesome technique for eradicating the Fear of Failure and Anxiety! Generally when people have a fear of failure it becomes habitual, consequently they give into fear without really thinking about it.

If you can identify this trait in yourself, you will be able to discover periods when you are persistently steer clear of doing something because of the fear you connect with it. Yet by persistently going ahead and doing the activity you fear, in time you will break that negative connection.

The key point here is that the more you give into fear, the more fear will be in command of and restrain your life. The easier you command fear, the less fear will command your life. The question remains do you command your fear or does your fear command you??

For further details please contact Andy Duncan at www.thefearmaster.com or tel 0845 643 2450

Fear of Knees

2009-03-23T05:25:00.001-07:00

The Daily Mirror heard about how Andy helps people overcome strange fears such as 'fear of knees'. They ran an article about one woman who was so terrified of knees it was really impacting on her life.

Check out the Mirror's article on fear of Knees

Daily Star on Sunday

2009-03-23T05:22:00.000-07:00

Andy helped Ricky Harper from Birmingham cure his food phobias recently and the Daily Star was so impressed they published an article this weekend.

GMTV call in Andy...again!

2009-03-13T01:53:00.000-07:00

On Friday 13th February 2009 GMTV called phobia expert Andy Duncan in to the studio to help cure Bernadette Smith's fear of Friday 13th. Exactly one month on Andy has completely cured Bernie's fear to the extent that she happily travelled down to the GMTV studio in London for a live broadcast.

Fear Master on Twitter

2009-03-10T06:49:00.000-07:00

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Fear Master Photostream

2009-03-06T04:09:00.000-08:00

Fear Master News

2009-02-27T08:48:00.000-08:00

The Fear Master is about to launch his new e-newsletter with top tips, great advice and special offers.

Sign up today at The Fear Master Website today!

Andy Duncan on GMTV

2009-02-13T02:08:00.000-08:00

Fear Master Valentines Podcast

2009-02-10T10:51:00.000-08:00

Check out The Fear Master Valentines Day Podcasts at The Fear Master Online Store

The Fear Master to appear on CNN

2009-02-05T08:25:00.000-08:00

Andy has been invited onto CNN tomorrow morning to talk about the fear of snow and other extreme weather.

His first interview will be aired at 6.30am on CNN Today - it will be broadcast across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

The Fear Master is coming!

Win a 1-2-1 Coaching Day worth £1200

2009-02-04T01:22:00.000-08:00

Win a 1-2-1 Business Coaching Day with The Fear Master worth £1200.

Visit the Birmingham Post website to enter today!

Fear of Snow

2009-02-02T09:00:00.000-08:00

This week's rare fear is:

Chionophobia - Fear of snow

Visit http://www.thefearmaster.com/ to overcome your fears and phobias

Fear of the Week

2009-01-25T11:33:00.000-08:00

This week's rare fear is:

Alliumphobia - Fear of garlic.

It may keep the vampires away but its not such a bad fear for your breath!

Fear of the Week

2009-01-12T04:55:00.000-08:00

This week's rare phobia is:

Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.

You can count on the Fear Master to cure this phobia!

Fear of Heights in Birmingham Mail

2009-01-02T01:30:00.000-08:00

Check out my latest news article about curing fear of heights:

Birminghammail.net

Happy Christmas from The Fear Master

2008-12-23T05:52:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Fear Master.

With 2009 just around the corner it's time to start thinking about your New Year's resolution. And what could be a better resolution than to overcome that fear or phobia which has held you back in the past. So start 2009 the right way and if you need any help along your journey get in touch and we'll help you to command your fears.

For more information and contact details visit www.thefearmaster.com

Fear of Heights on My Brum TV

2008-12-18T01:29:00.001-08:00

My Brum TV featured The Fear Master's campaign to cure everyone of their fear of heights this week.

Check out the story at http://www.mybrumtv.co.uk/articles/news/helpathandtoconquerphobia/

If you are scared of heights call The Fear Master Andy Duncan on 0845 643 2450 or visit http://www.thefearmaster.com/ for more information.

2008-12-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

This week's fear is:

Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.

I've reflected on this phobia and can clearly see its nothing a good look at yourslef can't cure!

Mike overcomes fears

2008-12-09T05:37:00.000-08:00

Mike Helft from Warwickshire is one of many people that Andy Duncan has helped to get over the fears and blocks that stop them from moving forward in their lives. Andy explains: “Naturally we have two fears that we are born with – a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling – but the rest of the fears we face in life, rational or irrational, are learnt along the way.

Mike explains: “www.Selibrate.com seemed like such an exciting enterprise, but I became very worried about investing what money I had and soon noticed that this worry had become a block that was preventing me from taking on new challenges.”

“I was a little apprehensive when Andy recommended a consultation as I had never heard of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) or the other techniques he uses, but his background as an ex-marine instructor and the fact that he has faced terrifying situations himself soon put me at ease.

“During the consultation we got right to the heart of the matter, with Andy helping me to see that I had been questioning the investment opportunity because I was afraid of losing control.”

After the consultation Mike could see how working with Andy was going to help him focus on the positive aspects of a new business venture and signed up to a course of treatment that included facing up to his worst fears and focussing on balancing the positives and negatives.

Andy is also working with Mike to overcome his fear of heights.

Fear of the Week

2008-11-21T09:02:00.000-08:00

This week's phobia is:

Nudophobia - Fear of nudity

Barely a fear at all!

Fear of the Week

2008-11-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

This week's rare fear is:

Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down.

Not a fear to be taken sitting down!

Mail on Sunday

2008-11-07T05:27:00.000-08:00

On Sunday 2nd November 2008 the Mail on Sunday featured an article entitled:

How I cured my fear of spiders but not of light bulbs ... with a little help from the Flumps!

To read the full article and find out how I helped Sharon Marshall overcome her fears click here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1082312/How-I-cured-fear-spiders-light-bulbs---little-help-Flumps.html

2008-10-29T10:18:00.001-07:00

This week's rare fear is:

Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns.

Some people just don't find clowns very funny at all!

Fear of the Week

2008-10-20T08:39:00.000-07:00

Each week I'll highlight one rare fear on the blog. This week's fear is:

Pogonophobia - Fear of beards!

Do you know anyone with Pogonophobia? Do you know anyone with a weird or wonderful fear? If so let me know?

Fear Master Facebook page launched today

2008-10-10T02:12:00.001-07:00

The Fear Master Facebook Page launched today. Just search for 'The Fear Master', become a fan I'll keep you posted with all the latest fear advice, hints, and tips.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fear-Master/38230341773

The Fear Master on ITV

2008-10-09T08:41:00.000-07:00

Do our fears get worse as we get older?

2008-10-07T14:43:00.000-07:00

I have been asked to contribute to an article for a top women's magazine looking at how fear affects different people. One of their questions was do people get less adventurous as they get older?

The majority of people do get less adventurous as they get older. We are actually born with only 2 inherent fears: fear of loud noises and fear of falling. We learn the rest throughout our infant years and all the way through to adulthood.

As we reach adulthood our views about what is possible and impossible become fixed. We create our own self-imposed limits and barriers when we listen to others, the media or just your mate down the pub drinking a beer who all of a sudden becomes an oracle of your beliefs.

I believe people need to take responsibility for themselves and do what their body tells them to do and what not to do. Go and do something outside of your comfort zone and really get that adrenalin pumping through your body, laugh at the situation and enjoy the experience, it’s the best drug you can ever have!

I'll let you know when the magazine is out.

Top 10 Fears

2008-09-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

Fear is a funny word, somepeople are happy to discuss it, others shy away from the word others ignore it and pretend you never said the word!

The Fear Master is so interested in your Fears that he wants your number 1 Fear and if he finds a Fear or Phobia he has never treated he will treat the Fear for free!!!!! Yes free!!!!

Command your Fears with The Fear Master.

www.thefearmaster.com

Confront your fears

2008-09-24T07:57:00.000-07:00

People who confront their fears and phobias will be able to move on in their lives and perhaps deal with other issues that may have been connected to their fears such as over-eating, failure in romance and smoking.

Fear is very debilitating and by looking at memories and experiences we can find the situation and behaviour that triggered the response and unlearn that behaviour. A key part of what I do, and something that been with me through my life, is to use humour and laughter to put fear in its place where it is no longer in command.