{"id":512,"date":"2013-10-08T18:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/?p=512"},"modified":"2024-06-28T18:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:51:47","slug":"fear-of-flying-boy-joe-thompson-flies-home-after-hypnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativemedicine.org\/go\/fear-of-flying-boy-joe-thompson-flies-home-after-hypnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear of flying boy Joe Thompson flies home after hypnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC
\n8-10-2013
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Fear of flying boy Joe Thompson flies home after hypnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n

A schoolboy who was trapped in the United Arab Emirates for 15 months due to a fear of flying has arrived home after being hypnotised.<\/p>\n

Joe Thompson, 12, and his parents were supposed to move from Abu Dhabi to Weston-super-Mare in July 2012.<\/p>\n

But when the time came to come home, Joe suffered such a severe panic attack he was unable to get on the plane.<\/p>\n

His family spent \u00a340,000 on cancelled flights, accommodation and phobia therapy during the unexpected stay.<\/p>\n

The family had been living in the United Arab Emirates since 2009.<\/p>\n

‘Absolutely amazed’
\nJoe said: “The most difficult bits have probably been the guilt of putting my family through all of this.<\/p>\n

“My parents say it’s no worry, but I know that there’s a big worry in them. It’s very upsetting to see them like that.”<\/p>\n

Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist Russell Hemmings said Joe’s was the “most severe” case of a nervous flyer he had seen in 20 years.<\/p>\n

“He was right off the radar,” Mr Hemmings said. “He went into full foetal position.<\/p>\n

“He was shaking, his heart was racing, he was sweating, shivering – very frightened.<\/p>\n

“The flight, once we got him settled down, went very smoothly.”<\/p>\n

Joe’s father, Tony Thompson, said: “I was absolutely amazed [by the hypnotist’s methods].<\/p>\n

“When Joe woke up on the plane about 20 minutes into the flight, opened his eyes and smiled and I realised it was all over.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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