Quit Smoking : Hypnosis And Hypnotherapy
Being hypnotized to stop smoking cigarettes is an excellent way to put an end to your smoking addiction because the success rates are twice that of nicotine patches and nicotine gum. Through reprogramming your subconscious thoughts you can alter your actual habits. Hypnotherapy can be the key to removing the barrier your conscious mind places in front of you, and reaching your subconscious.
Whilst undergoing hypnotherapy does not guarantee that you will not longer want to smoke, you have more chance of achieving that goal than with any other method available. At the very least, you should start to feel a lot less stressed, which is a common reason for many people smoking in the first place. So, do not expect miracles, but know that it has worked for lots of people in the past. If it worked for them, why not you too?
You will no doubt have come across hypnotherapy before, as it is not uncommon to see it on TV or on a stage as part of a show. Seeing hypnotherapy in those environments is somewhat misleading though, as the hypnotherapists are doing what they do for entertainment purposes alone, and may well not even be properly certified. A qualified hypnotherapist, especially one who specializes in helping people quit smoking, is really a different thing.
What hypnosis really is, is a concentrated form of relaxation, which focuses your mind on a particular problem or issue. Normally, there is so much going on in your mind, so many thoughts and ideas competing for your attention, that you lose track of them and do not see them through to their conclusion. There is immense power in the mind, especially the subconscious mind, and hypnotherapy lets you unleash it to achieve whatever you want to.
Think of the subconscious mind as a kind of sponge, as it will absorb and process whatever you ‘feed’ it. It normally takes in and processes happenings in your life without you being aware it is doing so – hence its name. However, you can train it to absorb and process whatever you want it to, regardless of whether it is something real or something that you have made-up. You can make it accept your imagination as reality.
If you want access to your subconscious mind then you need a licensed hypnotherapist to guide you by making using of specific imagery and words. It is not something that you can really do on yourself, though some people do manage to quit smoking by just using tapes and DVDs. With the right hypnotherapist, quitting smoking is not easy as such, but it is definitely achievable, and much easier than using will power alone.
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May 11, 2010
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