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NLP Anchoring, or Neuro Linguistic Programming Anchoring, is similar to the classical conditioning theory taught in psychology classes.

NLP Anchoring is based on Pavlov’s Dogs where he taught them that when they heard the sound of a bell, they were fed. Eventually, just the sound of the bell caused the dogs to salivate because they associated the bell with food.

As you will see, we as humans have the same automatic responses to our environment. Which surprises people, even though it shouldn’t. After all, we share a lot of our DNA with other creatures, so we should expect to share the same kind of responses at least some of the time.

Sitting in a doctor’s office with the door closed you start to experience negative feelings. Try to think of times in your life that you were happy or calm. Things that gave you pleasure. Maintain that memory and those feelings. If you can do this, the negative feelings will start to disappear. If you repeat this exercise every time you start to feel claustrophobic eventually, the claustrophobia will disappear because you have reconditioned your reaction.

While experiencing the situation that makes you uncomfortable, remember about NLP Anchoring: focus on a memory that gives you positive feelings. Keep focusing on that memory until the undesired feelings subside. Perform this exercise repeatedly until your mind automatically associates the positive feelings with the event.

Another exercise in the NLP Anchoring process is to associate touch with a positive feeling. Maybe there is a certain gesture or even a certain spot on your body, finger, hair or hand, which you can learn to connect positive feelings to. Then, when you start feeling the negative feelings, you can touch that area to help you bring about positive feelings.

NLP Anchoring can also be associated with a person. If you have someone that you really love to spend time with, think of them when negative situations arise. We all have the situations in life that even just the thought of them makes us cringe. The above mentioned NLP Anchoring will help to make the situations more bearable if you practice.

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