Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Does Hypnosis Work To Stop Smoking and How Does It Work

By Michael D. Nolting


Lets look at how you may be able to stop smoking using hypnosis. You can consult a stop smoking hypnotist, it would be best, however, to choose a licensed therapist that treats a variety of conditions, rather than just a hypnotist that states they can help you quit smoking after just one session. So, how does hypnosis work with quitting smoking.Every smoker knows that it's bad for their health, but many smokers continue the habit for decades. Each year they experience a decline in their health. But why do people take up the habit and why do they find it hard to quit?

Hypnosis works by reprogramming the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is the most powerful part of our mind. It is the part that is intuitive, creative, and instinctive. It is the part of our mind that is responsible for our habits, fear responses and automatic functions such as our breathing, sweating and heart rate.Although our subconscious mind is very powerful, it has difficulty understanding language. That is why you can explain to a small child or indeed anyone that a spider is nothing to fear. On a conscious level that person will fully understand and probably agree. However on a subconscious level they will not. This is why the automatic fear response is still triggered even after long discussions about spiders being much smaller and that they actually fear us etc. The fear response is triggered by the subconscious part of the mind that did not understand. The conscious part of the mind that does understand cannot influence the automatic fear response, just like it cannot influence our drives for habits such as smoking and overeating. That means that we must communicate with the subconscious part of the mind in order to effect a permanent change.

Hypnosis consists of at least a single session which lasts between sixty to ninety minutes. It is believed that during hypnosis, the person is relaxed and focuses more, and is more open to listen to suggestions- like giving up smoking, for example. During hypnosis, the person is not totally unconscious but is still cognizant of the surroundings.In the hypnosis session for smoking cessation, a patient is requested to picture unpleasant results from smoking. For example, the hypnotherapist would advise that cigarette smoke smells like a truck exhaust or that smoking will make the person's mouth feeling extremely dry.

One of the most popular hypnosis techniques for smoking cessation is Spiegel's method which centers on three main ideas:Smoking afflicts the body.Your body is needed to live.You should treat your body with utmost respect and do all means to protect it.The therapist teaches the smoker how to perform self-hypnosis, and requests the smoker to say the affirmations over and over anytime the urge to smoke occurs. The success and intensity of hypnosis changes from every individual.Hypnotherapy is just one of the many alternate therapies acquiring wide acknowledgement at some of the country's best hospitals and medical research institutes.

If you choose hypnosis to help you quit smoking you should feel more relaxed and in control. Your intention to quit should still be clear in your mind. Your subconscious mind will kick in and help you to ignore the urge to "light up". If you choose to quit smoking using hypnosis, you will avoid becoming dependent on nicotine replacement therapy and also avoid the side effects associated with prescription drugs.

Like I said before, I have been a professional clinical hypnotherapist for several years and I have witnessed so many people change in a positive way as a result of hypnotherapy. I always feel a little saddened when I see people who I know would greatly benefit from hypnotherapy, miss out. So please, give hypnotherapy a go, I promise that you won't be disappointed.It is a state of consciousness that is artificially induced, where the hypnotist control over an individual against his or her wishes and a sleep-like condition. There is a common misconception about hypnosis that only the weak-minded can be hypnotized, but on the other hand, the best candidates to undergo this method are those who have average or above average mentality, good concentration power and those who have good imaginations and self-motivation.

Self-hypnosis is good option, the recordings provided in self-hypnosis programs do the same job that a hypnotist's voice would, they improve your ability to focus. Of course, this is done in the comfort of your own home, at a time that suits you. What could be better? It works for most people. And of course you can have as many sessions as you like and as often as you need, and at no extra cost.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy does work, but it isn't the answer for everything, and it isn't immediate. Hypnotic 'suggestions' need time to develop and work. The first step to accomplishing this goal is to become comfortable with the hypnotist. The client must feel as though they can trust their hypnotherapist, or they will not be able to relax to the level they must for hypnosis to work properly.Once trust is achieved, and the client is able to relax deeply, the work is mostly done. All that remains is allowing the mind to listen actively, and be ready to make the changes the client so desires.

The hypnotized person must be able to put his or herself to "another place" in time. This does not mean entering the future or past, though common beliefs about hypnosis assert that this is possible. The "other place" is simply a focus on the present situation where the subconscious awareness takes the individual; it is where the entire surrounding environment is exchanged for sharply directed attention in or on a particular place or thing.It works for all sorts of everyday problems and more unusual human troubles and challenges like, controlling your anger, stop blushing, insecurity and getting over a relationship, overcome jealousy, stop nail biting, building self confidence, overcome phobias etc.




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