When I teach how to employ cognitive sports psychology and sports applications of hypnotherapy, as well as looking at a wide range of evidence based applications and models, when talking about effective applications of cognitive approaches, I also refer to my own experiences and how even though I teach these topics, and have a great awareness of how to apply self-hypnosis in this environment, I have found automatic thoughts have still snuck their way into my reality and I have needed to work on them to update them and relish such scenarios rather than actually terrifying myself and weakening my own resolve!