Hello and welcome to the Beyond Fear Website.

My name is Andy (Click here to read my profile)  I am not a dentist or related to the dental profession in any way. I am an ex-Dental Phobic, whose life was adversely affected by Dental Phobia for many years, I lost my self-confidence, my self-esteem and, of course, my smile. A turning point in my life came when I read an article about a dentist who formed a self-help group called FOD (Fear Of Dentists). I contacted the group and through them and the excellent dentist concerned managed to overcome my fear (Click here to read my story).

Realising that  not everyone has the good fortune to have access to a support group I started Beyond Fear with a view to providing the information, advice and support for people who were in a similar situation. When the site started in 1999 there were very few such sites about, now, fortunately that has changed and I now feel that I can focus on what I really want to do, which is to provide help, on an individual basis, the people who want to beat their dental phobia and are willing to take action to change things - if only they could.

Beating my phobia made an amazing difference to my life and I know that Beyond Fear can encourage, inspire and empower you to deal with your own dental fear, anxiety or phobia. You won't find much "Dental Information" within the site and that is because if you are seeking dental information there are a lot of other sites willing to provide that for you and I am happy to provide links and search facilities within Beyond Fear to help you find the information you search for.

I believe that Internet is an amazing source of information but you need to know how to sift out what is valid and what is not. I learnt a long time ago that "a fact is only a fact until someone else proves it wrong". It is said that information is power, which is true but only if it enables you take action, based on informed choices, that will move you forward.

Our fears are as individual as we are and so are the solutions, I don't pretend to have the answers but I do KNOW that you have the answer. It has been said that "There are none so blind as those who will not see" but sometimes it is not that we will not see it is more that our past experiences, beliefs, inferences and evaluations prevent us from seeing by clouding our views on life , which is why, if you are "blinded by the past" I offer you the opportunity, with my support and guidance, to go Beyond Fear.

How would it feel to be free from anxieties, fears or phobias?

I could tell you that it would improve you life tremendously and it would allow you to regain your self-confidence, self-esteem and, of course, your smile but you probably understand that already. Sooner or later you will get to the point when you realise that you need to deal with "the fear" before it takes over your life completely. Maybe you are at that point already but cannot see a way forward. Maybe you have tried to beat your fears and not succeeded, which only re-enforced the problem.

Some people are able to take the information they find within the site, apply it and deal with their fears, others are less fortunate and need help to do so. If  you are one of those people you might be interested in Dental Phobia Counselling sessions that WILL enable you to beat your fears, get to the dentist and regain control of your life.

People do not have to live their lives controlled by anxieties, fears or phobia. When you are able to get in touch with your own inner strength, then opportunities will open up for a deep transformation that will allow you to do things you never thought possible. You do not have to understand how this works, in order to use it. You do not have to live you life controlled by past experiences. People can, you know, find ways to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems.

Go Beyond Fear, discover your inner strengths, become one of those people and overcome your dental phobia.

Beyond Fear outlines simple steps that, if followed, will enable you to deal with your dental anxiety, fear or phobia. These steps, with hindsight, are so obvious but as simple as they are they are not easy steps to take unless you can change the way you think about the problem. Once you realise that, ultimately the dentist isn't the problem, the treatment isn't the problem the butcher of a dentist that started the whole thing isn't the problem. The problem is, and always has been, the way you react to those things.

So, if you had a butcher of a dentist then your thoughts and feelings about dentist and dentistry will be shaped by the experience you had at the time. You were unfortunate, you found your way to the wrong dentist, but that does mean all dentists are the same: of course not. However, this event is lodged in our subconscious mind and the next time we think dentists this memory is recalled along with the emotions we experienced at the time. This reaction is understandable, but totally inaccurate. I have already said that we are held prisoner by our thoughts, which affect our feelings, and now we find that those thoughts could well be based on inaccurate or corrupted memories based on past experiences.

Not only do we create our reality based on our own experiences, sometimes, and this can be even worse, we create our reality based on the experiences of others. We often take other people’s realities and “adopt “it as our own and of course “Everything they think and feel is shaped by their life’s experiences” too; see the danger?

"No matter what you have tried before, how desperate and alone you feel or how deeply embedded your fears are there will be a way that you will be able to overcome them. The solution lies within and if you diligently seek it you will, without a shadow of a doubt, find the solution for you."

Going Beyond Fear WILL enable you to find that solution
Freedom from fear IS not only a REALITY it is a basic right.

True courage is the ability to see Beyond Fear, find that courage and you will be able go Beyond Fear.

In order to do this you need to:

1) Stop the reactive response (change the way you think).
2) Open yourself up to new possibilities (maybe there is a way you can do this)
3) Look at the options available to you
4) Examine what is stopping you moving forward
5) Take informed choices
6) Stay focused and motivated

Make it happen

What each of those steps mean to you will vary because our fear are as individual as we are and so are the solutions. However, the basic steps remain the same and within Beyond Fear you will find, or have access to, the resources you will need in order to be able to carry out those steps.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

No doubt you have found this site because you or someone close to you suffers from some form of dental anxiety, fear or phobia and you have decided that now is the time to do something about it. Maybe you have decided that you have had enough of being controlled by old fears and now is the time for you to regain control.

You alone can do it but you don't need to do it alone

Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to find the support I had, which enabled me to beat my dental phobia. It is so easy to feel isolated and alone not knowing which way to turn. Beyond Fear offers various resources to enable people to face their fears. However, realising not everyone feels they can do it alone, I undertook training to enable me to become more effective in help people in the same position I was in several years ago. I am a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and am enhancing my skills by studying a diploma course in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Don't let your life be controlled by past experiences and limiting beliefs about what you feel you cannot do. You owe it to yourself to be your best. If you want to change your life you may be interested in Dental Phobia Counselling for people who are committed to beating the fear.

"Let me enable you to beat your dental phobia. I guarantee you a friendly, non-judgmental, confidential and life changing service. Contact me now for a free initial consultation with no commitments on either side"

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