Hypnotherapy Information Exchange

Let’s face it. Quitting any habit can be hard work. There are times when you may feel anxious, hopeless, sad and pessimist about your chances of suc­ceeding, espe­cially when you have had a relapse. It’s important to be aware of when these feelings are more than a per­sistent feeling of sadness and have become depression.

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Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​01 17:55:59.

Why can’t I cure my own bad habit?

If you have a bad habit — such as comfort eating, smoking or an addiction to gambling or alcohol, for example, then you can probably answer the question for yourself. A lot of us simply can’t kick a bad habit on our own — we tend to say that it’s because we don’t have the willpower to actually carry it through.

The fact is that any kind of bad habit takes hold of you both psy­cho­lo­gically and phys­ically. So, when you try to kick the habit yourself you have to deal with a lot of mental stress and physical side effects that can really throw you. So, for many people, it’s simply easier to pick up the bad habit again to make the nasty symptoms go away. This doesn’t make us weak or mean that we lack willpower — it simply means that our bad habit has taken such a hold we need external help to deal with it once and for all.
How can hypnosis help?

There are all kinds of methods you can try to help you kick a bad habit. Most of these will try and appeal to your brain on a con­scious level. So, for example, you might go along to a ‘Quit Smoking’ group where you socialize with other smokers and counsel each other on the effects of smoking and so on. On a purely rational level you will walk out of a meeting knowing that smoking is bad for you and knowing that you want to quit. Read the rest of this entry →

Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​24 21:09:33.

Every person can experience stress in the dif­ferent aspects of his or her life. If you are a teenage student, you may experience stress in schoolwork, extra-​​curricular activities, family, and friends. If you are a working parent, you will experience stress in achieving balance between work and family. If you are a stay-​​at-​​home parent, you will still experience stress in juggling your time to accomplish your daily tasks. Stress is everywhere which is why managing it is very important.

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Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​01 12:27:11.