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Hey everyone and welcome to episode number 81 of the Absolute Mind Podcasts. And this week I'm going to be talking all about

fears and phobias. Now, today's topic of discussion is generally the difference between a fear and a

phobia. And I'll top it off with some relaxation hypnosis. And then through the week, I'll be

covering certain phobias and giving you the hypnosis for those. So as always, at the end of

each podcaster, there will be hypnosis for you all to listen to. And hopefully we can get you

all over your phobias. Now, before I get started, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone

who keeps listening and continue downloading. And I do apologize that today's is a little bit late

but they're all getting on track I'm getting a little bit sidetracked with being pregnant

but again no excuses got to get it all done so yes please continue to download

continue sending me all of your suggestions requests and continue heading over to

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quite a lot that you do. So please keep it up. Okay, so let me get started on the discussion

around fears and phobias. Now, almost everyone has an irrational fear or two, maybe of something that you might think is completely

ridiculous. For example, you might have a fear of your dental checkup or you might have a fear of

mice, but it's trying to decipher whether what you have is a fear or a phobia,

which is what I'm going to cover today.

So for most people, these kind of fears, the mice or the dental checkups,

they're pretty minor and you get through it.

You manage to go and you deal with it, whatever.

But when your fear becomes so

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