I have recently been seeing a client who was suffering severe anxiety and panic attacks following an attack of vestibular neuronitis which affects the vestibular nerve and can also affect the eyes, causing nystagmus or involuntary eye movements. The onset had been sudden and very frightening and, although he was fairly quickly reassured once arriving in hospital that it was not life threatening and would pass, the symptoms had continued at a lower level for some time and he was in constant fear of a further severe attack.
He was uncomfortable playing golf and unable to do normal chores such as cutting the lawn without becoming tired and anxious.
I suggested to him that we use the "fast phobia cure" or "visual kinesthetic dissociation technique" to treat what was, in fact, a form of PTSD surrounding his initial attack. We did this, including some deep relaxation and metaphorical story telling, and, after just one session, the improvement in both his physical and mental well being was dramatic.
I feel it is really deplorable, when the effectiveness of this technique is now so well documented, that it is not routinely offered as the treatment of choice for victims of trauma, particularly to our own military personnel. To find out more about the technique, visit the Human Givens website or http://www.mindfields.org.uk.