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Stop Smoking Hypnosis- When It Is All In The Mind! |
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The dangers of smoking have been studied and analyzed
for years. The detrimental effect of smoking on people’s health and
their activities is now public knowledge. Because of this awareness,
many people who have become addicted to smoking are now looking for ways
to quit.
Every medium of treatment has been tried and tested to
help people stop the smoking habit. As technology evolves, so does the
treatment. The newest addition to the “stop smoking campaign” is
hypnosis.
Hypnosis to stop smoking works at
eliminating the desire to smoke. It is believed that the need to smoke
is only present in the mind and people have the capacity to control them.
In
this hypnosis therapy, smokers are divided into two kinds of categories;
the identification and the replacement smokers.
Identification
smoking is the most common and the easiest to eliminate in the stop
smoking hypnosis therapy.
This is one of the most common factors
attributed to smoking. It is when the smoker indulges in the habit
because he admires or associates with others who smoke. It can be
parents, peers, or celebrities.
Replacement is when smoking takes
the place of a previous habit. It is used to replace something that is
missing. It fills a void created by anxiety or boredom.
Replacement
smokers often receive sensual gratification from smoking. They enjoy the
feeling of the cigarette in their mouth or the taste of the tobacco. For
cigar and pipe smokers, the act of lighting often becomes a ritual.
Most
stop-smoking programs work at increasing the individual’s strength to
resist the desire to smoke. They rely on willpower, and for most people
that is the worst method for quitting smoking. Willpower fluctuates like
moods and emotions. One day it may be strong, the next day it may be
weak.
For both types of smokers, smoking is both a physical and
mental process. So to be effective, the stop-smoking program must
address both aspects through hypnosis.
To address the
psychological aspects of smoking, the hypnotherapist may include an
evaluation of why the person started smoking.
What purpose does
it serve in their life? Why is it hard to stop?
For the
identification smoker, suggestions can be given to help strengthen a
person’s perception of the individuality; example, not needing to smoke
to be accepted.
For the replacement smoker, a more detailed
analysis of their motivation is required.
The hypnosis therapy to
stop smoking may include suggestions that change the perception of the
taste from pleasant to unpleasant. The individual can imagine cigarettes
as unappealing, bad tasting, foul smelling and revolting in every sense
of the word. This makes quitting easier.
Hypnosis takes advantage
of the mind’s natural ability to imagine and visualize. The client
pictures themselves free from the habit, filled with new health, energy
and vitality. They can see themselves as looking healthier, more
attractive, and being more active.
Once a smoker has achieved
success in a stop-smoking hypnosis program, it is necessary to reinforce
the programming that led to quitting.
Smoking is a habit that is
acquired and built over time. It can rarely be completely eliminated in
an instant. Even though they may have stopped smoking, the behavior
pattern still remains.
Hypnosis conditioning to stop smoking can
be used to reinforce the changes until they become permanent.
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