By
Paul Andrew Todd
Stop Smoking Hypnosis can be the key for breaking the multiple
addictions associated with smoking. People who try to quit smoking soon
realize it is not easy. This is because smoking has several layers of
addiction. First there is the mental addiction, then the behavioral
addiction and last the physical addiction. Hypnosis addresses all these
addictions unlike gum, patches or other stop smoking aids.
The
physical addiction to smoking can be very powerful. We not only crave
the nicotine in cigarettes, but also the sugar that is added to
cigarettes. If you have tried to quit smoking, have you noticed you
crave sweet foods? No wonder people gain weight when they quit smoking.
Hypnosis can address these physical cravings for sweets and nicotine and
eliminate them.
Hypnosis also deals directly with the mental
addiction. We create neural pathways in our brain every time we do
something. Do that something more and more and we create more neural
pathways. This can actually be very usefully for things like driving a
car, riding a bike and so on. For smoking it works against us. Just
think, every time you light a cigarette you reinforce the neural
pathway. With all the thousands of cigarettes you have smoked you now
have a neural super highway. Hypnosis will alter these neural super
highways and break the mental addiction.
Hypnosis also works on
the behavioral addiction. This are the habits that people get into when
smoking. For example you light a cigarette after you eat, when you get
in the car or before going to bed at night. These behavioral addictions
are called triggers and you think of smoking a cigarette when ever you
experience a trigger. Stop smoking hypnosis will help you to forget
these triggers.
When using hypnosis, you need to want to stop
smoking. If you just want to give it a try and see what happens you will
be wasting your time and money. Hypnosis is not a magic pill, the
motivation and desire to achieve your goal of being smoke free must be
there. The reason you must be motivated when using stop smoking hypnosis
is because the subconscious mind is in control of whether it wants to
except or reject a suggestion. If you do not really want to quit smoking
and a stop smoking
hypnosis suggestion is given, the subconscious mind
will reject it and it will not have an effect. When you do decide you
want to quit and start a hypnosis program you will be brought to a very
relaxed state. Once you are in this relaxed state the subconscious mind
will become open to stop smoking hypnosis suggestions. These stop
smoking hypnosis suggestions will act to reprogram the brain for you to
become a non smoker.
There are several ways you can use stop
smoking hypnosis. The first is to find a qualified hypnotist that works
with smokers. This does tend to be the most expensive route, but can be
effective if the hypnotist offers multiple sessions and gives you a
guarantee. Another way to use stop smoking hypnosis is to buy a cd or
download a recording and quit in the comfort of your home. This method
is considerably less expensive then seeing a hypnotist and is usually
guaranteed. You can also learn self hypnosis for the stop smoking
hypnosis techniques. This can be very effective, but there is some time
involved and a learning curve.