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To make an appointment with Ron at South West Hypnotherapy call 01275 874396 or 07834225680 between 9 AM  and 6 PM seven days a week. Weekend appointments are available. Sexual problems and inhibitions Despite how common intimate or personal issues can be, people of both genders will often be reluctant seek help for their sexual issues. I must reiterate that your case will be dealt with compassionately, with sensitively and in confidence. Premature ejaculation                 PE can lead to a host of emotional issues: low self-esteem, lack of confidence, depression, and sense of failure are but a few. Issues such as guilt, fear, and performance anxiety about sex, especially in the inexperienced partner or with partners new to each other may aggravate problems ejaculating. PE is the most common sexual dysfunction in men younger than 40, affecting up to 10% of the male population.  Premature ejaculation is the experience of ejaculating too quickly with very little sexual stimulation during all sexual encounters. Premature ejaculation occurs before it’s desired, either before or during sex,  or even before penetration. Impotence Impotence is where men find it difficult to get an erection, or cannot maintain an erection. This can lead to feeling like a failure, frustration, feelings of inadequacy, feelings of rejection and feeling 'on the spot'. Do not hesitate to contact me for help with either PE or impotence. Frigidity Frigidity is also known as Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. In adults, the loss of sex drive, or a lack of interest in sex or very low libido can cause frustration, anger, alienation and fidelity problems within a relationship. Vaginisimus Vaginisimus, is a sexual problem affecting women where sex is painful or impossible due to intense involuntary muscular contractions around the genitals. Symptoms can include genital pain, loss of libido or loss of sex drive, self-esteem problems, fear of penetration, painful sex, depression and much more. Orgasmic dysfunction in women. Even some women who enjoy sex can fail to reach orgasm. This is known as anorgasmia.  Sometimes there is a combination of anorgasmia and vaginisimus. Problems reaching orgasm are very common in women. Some have never achieved an orgasm. Hypnotherapy can help with all of these issues including low libido and lack of sex drive! Sexual problems respond very well to hypnotherapy. They are common and nothing to be ashamed of. Please do not hesitate to call or email me at ronvanderholt@msn.com for more information about these or any other treatments. Obsessions and Compulsions Other anxiety related problems include obsessions and compulsions or OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Obsessions and compulsions differ and it’s useful to point out the differences.  A person can have a number of compulsions on a day to basis and on the surface it may seem like they are an efficient person. The man who washes his car or the woman who tidies her garden achieves an immediate sense of satisfaction. Once the task is done, the thought processes that compel the person to wash the car or tidy the garden appropriately disappear for that specific task. The person simply moves on but with the sense of satisfaction. The problem can occur when one compulsion immediately leads to another, and another.............. Obsessions With an obsession, or the obsessive person, they excessively repeat the thought pattern concerning the need to complete the task, to the point they begin to oppress themselves. They become preoccupied and even depressed as a result of the preoccupation. The thoughts come more and more often. The obsessive act, or thought, frequently concerns the deferment of punishment. The difficulty is, that unlike the compulsive, the obsessive feels no reward at all for performing his task. Without any form of emotional satisfaction, the oppressive preoccupation begins again.  They become besieged by their own thoughts. Affecting both men and women, obsessions are recurrent thoughts, ideas or beliefs that completely preoccupy, and therefore dominate, a person's mind. Obsessives are often people who are already perfectionists or who are anxious to get everything just right. Who among us doesn’t know “a neat freak”? This is the person who gets out of bed at 1 in the morning to make sure the carpet is properly aligned with the sofa. The manifestations of OCD are several and sometimes bizarre: washing ones hands 30 or 40 times a day, checking appliances throughout the house just as often, counting rituals, walking patterns (never over the cracks in the sidewalk while counting out an exact number of steps), etc. Obsessive jealousy. Constant negative thoughts or worry on the same topic. Worry about dirt or contamination.  Being obsessive about health or disease or bodily symptoms.  There is often the dominating thought that if the task (e.g. counting / checking things) isn't carried out...then something 'bad' or unpleasant is going to happen. Obsessives find it difficult to let go of things or stop worrying / brooding and their worries may transfer from one thing to the next in rapid succession, giving them no emotional relief. Compulsions Despite the temporary sense of reward, compulsive behaviour often results in feelings of guilt. With greater levels of stress the person will have stronger compulsions. Compulsive behaviour can include: Impulse control problems (self-harm). Addictions (drugs and gambling) Eating disorders Smoking Nailbiting Excessive drinking Professional help for self-harm, trichotillomania and cutting: Self-harm affects teenagers, children AND adults, not just those that are mentally ill - Many seemingly “normal” people, even those with good career, a stable relationships, or a happy family can suffer from self-harm. According to the limited research carried out, between 1 and 10 per cent of people in the UK self-harm. One thing most self-harmers have in common is self-hatred. Common symptoms include: Self-hatred. Hiding cuts and scars. Always unhappy. Experimenting with drugs. Thinking about and actually doing self-harm. Struggling with intense emotions. Wanting pain or punishment frequently for any or all of the above reasons. Feeling brief exhilaration for the pain. Treating obsessions, OCD and compulsions. All of these symptoms described above respond very well to the type of hypnotherapy known as hypnoanalysis. We treat obsessions and compulsions within the context of obsessional neurosis. Please do not hesitate to call or email me at ronvanderholt@msn.com. for more information about these or any other and treatments. To make an appointment with Ron at South West Hypnotherapy call 01275 874396 or 07834225680 between 9 AM  and 6 PM seven days a week. Weekend appointments are available.

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