The ‘Bullet’ landed his first main on the PDC circuit, after 10 barren years, when he trousered the £65,000 winner’s loot on the Cazoo Masters in Milton Keynes on Sunday night time.
His 11-7 win in opposition to Michael van Gerwen within the remaining, posting a formidable 102.50 common, was solely the second time Bunting had crushed the Dutch grasp in virtually eight years.
And 2014 Lakeside world champion Bunting, 38, attributes his born-again type to working with Prescot-based hypnotherapist Chris O’Connor each week.
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He insists it’s not a query of a stopwatch dangling in entrance of your eyes till you fall underneath a spell however a scientific methodology of banishing detrimental ideas.
Bunting stated: “A one-hour session with a hypnotist is (successfully) a four-hour state so it lets you focus, it helps you take a look at all of the positives and cease trying on the negatives.
“Your thoughts is 95 per cent detrimental so everybody of us will probably be within the detrimental facet of the mind with out even understanding it.
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“I don’t think there are many players who have dipped into that (positive) side, but to have that extra one or two per cent has helped to make me a champion now. I had to do something about my form because it was getting me down.
“It was awful – I was walking into events and I felt like everyone was laughing at me. I felt like no matter what I was doing everything was going wrong.
“I was taking it out on my family and locking myself away. I was depressed, it was an awful place to be. Thankfully working with a psychologist and hypnotist has helped.
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“To be honest, I was against it (consulting a psychologist) at first but I thought I needed to do something and that was probably the last step that I could take and I went
“He taught me how to think – not just about darts, but your family, your home life. I know they say in Peter Pan you think about happy stuff and you can fly, but it is the same sort of logic in darts. If you turn up and you are feeling happy, then you can win anything.”
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Liverpool fan Bunting admitted his Masters triumph wouldn’t make up for the shock of Jurgen Klopp leaving the membership on the finish of the season.
But the German messiah’s farewell on the final day of the season guarantees to be Bunting’s largest day at Anfield since he paraded the Lakeside trophy in 2014 and the Kop serenaded him with chants of “there’s only one Phil Taylor”.
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The Bullet stated: “I actually felt like I lost a family member. I was away in Ireland when I heard the news about Jurgen Klopp and I was absolutely devastated. I don’t think there is a manager in the world that could take his place.
“I am going to go to the League Cup final and I have got a ticket for the last game of the season, so I will be able to pay my respects and see him off. It is going to be an emotional for any Liverpool fan.
“I would have to speak to people at the club but I would love to do something like that trophy parade again. I remember Steven Gerrard looking at me and thinking, ‘Who’s he?’ But it was a special day.”