Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
My ballooning fears are over
28 March 2007
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For 33 years, ever since his mother popped a balloon near his face, Paul Reason has lived with his phobia
A FEAR of balloons is not your everyday phobia.
However, a man who has been tormented by the air-filled rubber objects for 33 years has been cured.
Paul Reason, 39, from Hyde Valley, WGC, won a competition on radio station Hertbeat FM to meet a phobia expert who could rid him of his irrational fear - also known as globophobia - on Friday.
Mr Reason, whose mother first popped a balloon near his face when he was six, was cured with treatment by Auspicium, which involved visualising a life without his fear.
He said: “It was nothing like I expected. I was shaking and had hot sweats.
“I even broke down before. I used to hate having balloons anywhere near my face.”
After the treatment which took place live on air, Mr Reason was “amazed” that he could now be close to balloons without shaking or even passing out.
Mr Reason, father of Sophie, seven, and Joshua, five, was also delighted that his life will no longer be “hindered” by balloons.
“I am really happy for my children. We can have balloons around at birthdays and Christmas now.
“This can only change my life for the better,” he said.
Auspicium director David Key administered the treatment on Mr Reason.
He said: “We taught him a model of someone who had already overcome this phobia.
“It was great to see Paul react the way he did as he was petrified beforehand.”
For more information on Auspicium visit http://www.auspicium.co.uk
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