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Hypnosis And Changing Your Behavior
What kinds of behaviors can be modified using hypnosis?
Any behavior that is not psychopathic can probably be altered using
hypnosis as at least an adjunctive therapy. Hypnosis is just that. It
is a tool through which we can modify our behavior. So if you have a
fear or a phobia that's inappropriate or unwanted—or a habit, for
instance, that's inappropriate or unwanted, or an emotional pattern
like low self-esteem or low self-confidence—those can be overcome and
transcended with the help of hypnosis. Is it guaranteed? No, but what
is. It's not magic. It's a process. But it happens to be a state of
consciousness in which the mind becomes very adaptable to change, and
the subconscious mind will listen to whatever you tell it without the
critical conscious mind in the way, which is basically the case when
we're in trance. That's how we do it. So I tell people that I work
with the worried well of the world—people that just have something in
their lives that's not working the way they want it to. Maybe they
have a habit—they bite their nails or they're smoking or they weigh a
little bit more, they're using food in an inappropriate way, or maybe
they just don't feel good about themselves (A lot of people learn not
to like themselves very much.)—and they don't like that. It's keeping
them from living the life they want. Through hypnotherapy—and other
tools, of course—we can help people transcend those issues
Can hypnosis help me quit smoking?
Hypnosis can help a person quit smoking. In fact, in my opinion, it is
one of the easiest and most powerful ways to quit smoking. Smoking is
a habit and yes, it's an addictive habit but it's emotionally
addictive as well as physically addictive. The physical addiction with
nicotine is one that is really easily surmounted. Nicotine is out of
the body in 72-96 hours but the emotional patterns, the habits, that
we ingrain with our smoking are a little bit more difficult to get rid
of and hypnosis can help a person transend those habits. It can be
extremely effective or not effective at all. The most important
requirement regardless of what the issue is, is that the person want
to create the change and is willing to commit to the process. It's not
magic. I can't tap you on the head and say you are no longer a smoker.
It may seem like magic but that's not what happens.
Can hypnosis help me lose weight?
Hypnosis can be a very poweful tool in helping person with weigth
control or whether or sometimes rarely gaining weight. however weight
control is very complex issue. we have two sets of behavior to
address, one is the formula that you have eat properly and move more,
their is not secret beyond that. so we have to get person motivated to
use food properly and that is to use food as fuel, that doesnt mean
its not enjoyable anymore but not to use food for what people use food
for, which is sometimes medication. they use it to destress, to reduce
anxiety, they use it for lot of different reasons other than what its
intended for and what its intend to do is fuel the body. so we have to
build motivation for behavior that will promote weight loss, eating
better and moving more. We are a sedentary society unfortunatly and
human body was born to move so we have to build that motivation and
then we have to address what that the person has to began with. what
was the emotional or behavioral issue that triggered you to get into
this uncomfortable condition. why are you being so unkind to youself.
because its complex it tends to be a prolonged therapy than other
issues. Hypnotherapy is being considered a raw and short term therapy,
weight control can take a little bit longer time.Now when i do weight
control this is i am speaking for myself because everyone has their
own way. I really dont do weight control, i teach the person to be
very very kind to themselves. how to treat themselves with the respect
and dignity that they were born to get. so you begin to treat your
body really really very wel. what does that mean, what choices do i
make when i put food in it. what am i gonna eat. if i want that cup
cake, it that realy good for me, am i being kind to myself or
indulging and here's the difference. Once i get a person to comit, to
being kind to themselves then diet exercise becomes natural and easy
choice and weight has put them off.
Can hypnosis help me stop drinking or taking drugs?
Hypnosis can be very, very helpful in helping a person overcome
addictions, and in the same breath, I will say that overcoming
addictions is a bit of a slippery slope, particularly when substance
abuse is involved. People abusing alcohol and/or drugs, are taking
mind-altering substances. Now hypnosis is a process that uses the
mind. If the mind is altered, it makes hypnosis sort of impotent, if
you will. So if I'm treating a substance abuse addiction, and I do
treat quite a few clients for that, I demand that they also
participate concurrently in some sort of sponsored program, where they
have a daily requirement to report to somebody and to monitor their
process. Addicts will lie to themselves, they will lie to their
families, and mostly to themselves. And hypnosis, in and of itself, in
clinical studies, has not proven to be particularly effective on its
own. However, when combined with an appropriate sponsored program or
an appropriate psychotherapeutic program, it can be an extremely
powerful adjunctive tool for addictions. And I've seen people get off
heroine, methamphetamine, marijuana, alcohol, as well as cigarettes,
and all the other addictions that people have. And you know, anything
that you do over and over again, whether or not it's a substance
abuse, is an addiction. And we're real good at it.
Can hypnosis help me sleep better?
Hypnosis can be a very very powerful tool to help a person sleep
better. Now it's interesting that anytime we're dealing with anything
that could be medically or psychologically related, we have to be very
very careful. If, for instance, insomnia is caused by a medical
condition, then hypnosis in and of itself would not be indicated as
the primary tool. But if a person is just dealing with a lot of stress
in their lives and they're having some sleepless nights, hypnosis can
be very powerful because it relaxes the mind and the body and we can
then give the client suggestions that will help them when they do go
to bed, to do the same exact process and then just slip into a
peaceful sleep. If there is a medical issue or if there is a more
serious psychological issue, then a hypnotherapist, a lay
hypnotherapist like myself, is required to get a written authority, or
written referral, from a physician or a psychotherapist. And so, yes,
it can be very helpful, and each case has to be taken as an individual
case. Why is the person having trouble sleeping? That's number one. If
it's a simple case of a little bit too much stress, or eating
improperly, or that sort of thing, then yes, it can be very helpful
and if it's not, it can be helpful, but it probably will have to be
combined with some other treatment.
Can hypnosis help me get better grades?
I work with an enormous number of students from grammar school through
graduate school, a lot of lawyers or law school graduates that are
getting ready to take the Bar exam. Hypnosis, because it is a process
that relaxes the body and eases stress, lends itself very nicely to
helping people focus and concentrate and relax. There's sort of a
process that we call relaxation that promotes concentration and
concentration promotes focus and focus promotes retention and
retention, of course, allows recall. So, for a student that is a
wonderful process to learn. Hypnosis can be very, very beneficial with
study habits, self-discipline, concentration, focus, and helping
people get over the nerves of testing.
Can hypnosis help me improve my athletic performance?
I work with athletes at all levels from high school through
professional levels and some pretty big names, and you'd be amazed at
how many professional athletes use hypnosis because at a certain
level, it's not the body anymore. The difference between bronze medal,
gold or no medal and being on the podium is usually a difference of
the mind. We can help the mind help the body perform to its absolute
maximum. Hypnosis is a very very powerful tool, and a lot of athletes
use it.
Can hypnosis help curb bedwetting?
Enuresis or bedwetting is a condition that is very treatable with
hypnosis. Once again, anything that's medically related, and it's
important to remember this, must be treated with a concurrent referral
from a medical doctor. In other words, why is the child wetting the
bed? If it's biological, and it could be, then hypnosis may or may not
be indicated. However, when done appropriately, we can have success
rates as high as 99%.
Can hypnosis help me improve my interpersonal skills?
For someone that's just a little shy, has a little bit of low self
confidence, don't feel they present themselves well, feels they're too
short, maybe they have some physical disability, or just something
that makes them feel unaccepted; hypnosis can help them re-learn to
accept themselves, to feel more confident, to realize that if someone
rejects you or doesn't like you it's not the end of the world,
because, guess what, you don't like everybody either. There are
six-and-a-half billion people on the planet, you'll find enough people
who will like you and you'll find some who don't. So yes, it can help
people with discomfort in social situations, interpersonal
communication. NLP--Neuro Linguistic Programming--is another excellent
tool for helping people communicate better.
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