It’s Hard To Quit Smoking, Hypnosis Can Help.
The Science of Addiction and the Natural Way To Stop An Addiction.
Here are the startling facts we have heard over and over.
(these very rarely are enough to have someone quit smoking. )
There are 50 million nicotine addicts in the US, and one in five deaths results from smoking. Not only is smoking—and related activities, like chewing tobacco—addictive because tobacco contains nicotine, but tobacco also contains more than 19 carcinogens as well as more than 4,000 other chemicals.
According the CDC, smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. In fact, smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body.
Many smokers know all this, yet continue to smoke.
The statistics appeal only to one’s conscious mind, however the addiction to nicotine is happening in the other more dominating parts of the brain as well as in the body.
As a hypnotist, working with the subconscious can be a very effective method for stopping the addiction. However, the person has to want to stop.
The Science of Nicotine Addiction. (read more)
Hypnosis, a Natural Way to Stop Smoking.
In hypnosis, a person is put into a relaxed, hyper-responsive state, where his subconscious mind is highly open to suggestion. The person is not asleep or unconscious but instead focused intently on what the hypnotist is asking.
The two kinds of hypnosis, Analysis and Suggestion:
Analysis finds the root cause of an addiction or disorder that is hidden in unconscious memory. Once found, this can be addressed with therapy.
“Hypnosis avoids the critical censor of the conscious mind, which often defeats what we know to be in our best interests. The effectiveness of hypnosis appears to lie in the way in which it bypasses the critical observation and interference of the conscious mind, allowing the client’s intentions for change to take effect,” says the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
In suggestion therapy, the patient is more open to suggestions meaning their behaviors (smoking, drinking, etc.) can be changed.
Stages of Hypnosis
During hypnosis, your blood pressure and heart rate lower and though you are physically relaxed, your mind is fully awake. The University of Maryland Medical Center lists these stages of hypnosis:
- Reframing the problem
- Becoming relaxed, then absorbed
(deeply engaged in the words or images presented by a hypnotherapist) - Dissociating (letting go of critical thoughts)
- Responding (complying with a hypnotherapist’s suggestions)
- Returning to usual awareness
- Reflecting on the experience
Does Hypnosis Work for Addiction?
Like many forms of addiction treatment the success of hypnosis ultimately lies with the patient. In other words, if they believe it will work and are open to it, they are more likely to have success.
The Science of Addiction and the Natural Way To Stop An Addiction.
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