I work with so many depressed or anxious people who tell me how ‘trapped’ they feel, either by their circumstances (such as jobs, marriages or finances) or even their own minds. One woman recently told me she felt trapped by her past. But what does feeling trapped actually mean?
Feeling trapped: No way out
We feel trapped when we feel helpless (and can’t be helped by anyone else). In nature, if an animal is trapped in the jaws of a larger creature its energy will shut down to conserve resources for a possible later escape attempt if an opportunity arises. When people feel trapped in life, they can experience a similar shut down in energy, making them feel hopeless and depressed. But sometimes the situation may not be so hopeless as it appears. Psychologist Martin Seligman coined the term ‘learned helplessness’ to describe feeling trapped when you are not, in reality, as helpless as you feel.
Stop feeling trapped – the new session
This new hypnosisdownloads.com session ‘Stop feeling trapped’ focuses on two things: changing external circumstances so that freedom from a situation becomes possible, and/or changing inner attitude so one feels and thinks about the situation differently until such time as ‘escape’ becomes possible through changed circumstances.
Sometimes we can only change our attitude. Concentration camp survivor Victor Frankl could only control and determine his own inner life until such time as his outer life changed when he was released from years of captivity. Hopefully, Stop feeling trapped will be of huge benefit for all those people out there who feel trapped by circumstances.
All the best
Mark
