The fast phobia cure is one of NLP’s most widely known techniques. It’s designed to help reduce intense fear responses quickly and safely. The process gently changes how the mind stores fearful memories. This creates space for calm, clarity, and new choices.
The NLP Fast Phobia Cure Technique
Fast Phobia Cure: The fast phobia cure is an NLP technique that is designed to remove phobias quickly and effectively. The principles have many coaching and therapeutic applications. This post considers a phobia cure script, the principles that can be used in manty other applications,
A phobia is an overwhelming fear of an object, place, situation, feeling, person or animal (spiders are a good example). In the case of a severe phobia, an individual can organise their life around avoiding what triggers the phobia, curtailing their preferred lifestyle, as well as causing them extreme stress.
NLP Fast Phobia Cure Script
- Ask your client to design an imaginary movie cinema in their mind. Let them use their creativity to the full.
- Ask them to walk into the cinema and sit in the front row in the most luxurious and comfortable seats. Let them fully relax in those seats.
- When ready, let them imagine that they leave their bodies relaxed on the seat they’ve chosen, float up to the gallery, and sit in some equally comfortable seats in the corner of the gallery. Now they can see both themselves in the front row watching the screen and the screen itself.
- As they’re watching both themselves and the screen, add the first coloured slide of a movie about their phobia and then run the movie in colour. Freeze the very last slide of the movie and change it to a dull grey so they only just see the content on the slide.
Help them to replay the phobia along with happy emotions.
- Ask them to remember a song or piece of music that makes them feel good, then ask them to float into the dull grey slide and re-associate with the end of the movie when they’ve already fully recovered from their phobia.
- When they are ready, ask them to play the movie backward at twice-average speed (or faster if they like), being entirely associated and listening to the music they really enjoy. When they get to the beginning of the movie, freeze the first frame, still in grey.
- Ask them to repeat this part of the technique as often as they like, going faster each time.
Disassociate from the phobia.
- Tell them to float out of the picture and join themselves in the front row of the cinema, noticing the comfort of the seat and then whiting out the whole screen.
- Ask if they’re ready to watch the film of the phobia in colour from start to finish while being aware of the comfort of their seat. If they’re ready, let them do it. If not, or if they have any trace of discomfort, repeat the previous steps.
- Give them permission to relive their phobia with the surprise and delight of noticing their response has totally changed. Ask them what they’ve learned from the experience.
(If necessary, simply repeat the previous steps).
Fast Phobia Cure Principles
This approach can be used to change the emotional element of many memories. It’s like scratching a record, or in a more modern metaphor, bringing a magnet to an MP3 recording; it changes and/or erases the original recording. this list gives you some of the fundamental principles,
- Make sure you’re in an excellent state before you start working with your client.
- Ensure their client is engaged in the process
- Ensure they are in a positive/helpful state
- Ensure they are viewing themselves in a dissociated state
- Play the memory backwards, with an upbeat musical background, at a faster-than-useful speed.
- Re-associate with the original experience
- Ask them what they’ve learnt that will help them move forward efficiently and quickly.
- Ask them to express with total honesty what they feel and what they’re thinking at this moment in time.
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NLP Techniques – Fast Phobia Cure: FAQs
Q: What is the fast phobia cure in NLP?
A: The fast phobia cure is an NLP technique that helps reduce or remove intense fear responses by changing the way the mind processes triggering memories.
Q: How does the fast phobia cure work?
It works by guiding the individual to mentally review the feared memory in a different perceptual position, a playing a movie of it backwards, reducing emotional intensity and creating new response patterns.
Q: How long does the fast phobia cure take?
A: Many people experience significant change within one or two sessions, although the pace varies based on the individual and the context of the phobia.
Q: Is the fast phobia cure suitable for all phobias?
It is widely applicable, especially for specific phobias. However, suitability depends on the person and situation. Practitioner guidance is recommended. Elements of the technique are useful in many situations.