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It has come round again. Expect your day to be filled with the pessimistic types out there bemoaning their bad luck and blaming the difficulties on Friday the 13th.

This type thought process can become even more pronounced in some people and can develop into Triskaidekaphobia – a fear of Friday 13th. For some people this leads to them not doing anything ‘risky’ on that day.

Risky things can include walking under ladders, seeing one magpie or not saying “touch wood” when appropriate. For some Triskaidekaphobia sufferers they just say indoors all day and don’t leave the house for fear of what might happen.

The vast majority of these Triskaidekaphobia sufferers don’t know all the facts though. They have this Halloween-type association with Friday 13th. The Friday 13th horror films that began in the 1980′s have further amplified this mistaken belief.

13 Being An Unlucky Number Has A Long History

People can have a phobia of anything in theory. This is a list of just some of those possibilities. This post looks at letters I to Z.   Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish. Ideophobia- Fear of ideas. Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking [...]

Humans have the capacity to have a phobia about absolutely anything. Generally speaking the vast majority of phobias have the potential to be removed or reduced through hypnotherapy. If you have a phobia Call now on 0114 383 0123 to have a free 20 minute about yours and what hypnosis could do to help.   [...]

Review: “I saw Richard at Sheffield Hypnosis for a phobia of mice. I had previously seen one in the house, and had got to the point where i would not stay in the house and was petrified when i was at home. I was a bit unsure about hypnosis but it felt like my only [...]

Review: “Bit strange for me to try something like this, but I was kind of struggling for a way forward ( fear of public speaking becoming an issue for me ). This was good, and definitely has helped. He is really approachable, easy to talk to, offers a great service – doesn’t extend the sessions if not [...]

Bristol zoo is running an arachnophobia course to help people to enjoy all of their animals, not just the cute and fluffy ones. Through a combination of discussion, hypnotherapy and education they hope to help people to understand spiders better. The education section from Bristol Zoo Gardens blame the media for often portraying spiders as [...]

Review: “Over a number of years my wariness of dogs gradually increased until it began to impact on my life in a way I hated. I began to cross the road or even go back the way I’d come from if I could see a dog in the distance, even a small one on a [...]

Review: “I went to see Richard to help me overcome my fear of flying. This had gradually been building for some years and had got to the point where I was really losing control. A series of upcoming business trips prompted me to make the first move. From the outset I was impressed with Richard’s [...]

Coronation Street favourite Anthony Cotton (AKA Sean Tully) is going to be one of the celebrities going into the jungle in the most recent series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and he has increased his chances of survival through hypnotherapy. Antony has revealed that he had all sorts of issues that [...]

It is estimated that around a fifth of the population suffers from a fear of flying, and 10 percent of us won’t fly at all. These people may KNOW that flying is the safest form of transport but this knowledge doesn’t make the slightest bit of difference. For most people they have never had anything [...]

If you talk the talk don’t you have to walk the walk? You go to the doctors because your chest regularly hurts and you are having difficulty breathing. After a check up where you are weighed, measured, stethoscoped and blood pressure is checked the doctor announces that you are overweight and that for the sake [...]

It’s getting to that time of the year again! And if you are of a certain age it might seem like every single person you know is getting married. The whole process of getting married is, so we are told, an amazing thing, a once (or twice) in a lifetime event, so SO special. These [...]

Fears And Phobias Are VERY Common: Hypnotherapy Can Help Over the last few weeks there has been a definite increase in the number of people coming to my Sheffield hypnotherapy practice looking for help in resolving fears and phobias, one of them had a fear of clowns which I helped to reduce. It is amazing [...]

I see lots of people at my hypnotherapy Sheffield practice for phobias. Over the years I have had some unusual ones but a fear of roller coasters is one that very few hypnotherapy practitioners have ever treated but there are hundreds or maybe thousands of people in Sheffield who have this phobia. This suggests that [...]