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Hypnosis is as old as mankind but it’s not at all like what you see in the movies. Hypnosis is actually a natural state of mind that we all experience every day. Whenever you zone-​​out, daydream, or con­centrate on something so strongly that you become unre­sponsive to things around you, that is the state of mind we call Hypnosis.

Hypnosis is a state of mind that can allow changes in feelings, cravings, desires, and the way we experience specific events. This special state of mind can be used to reduce or com­pletely eliminate many problems that plague us in everyday life. It can be an excellent choice for ces­sation of addictions such as smoking, and caffeine. It has proven to work remarkable well for removing unreas­onable fears and phobias as well as providing per­manent weight loss. Other uses include pain control, childbirth, elim­inating nausea, relieving insomnia, enhancement of physical abilities, and enhancement of study skills and memory. The use of hypnosis in this way is called Hypnotherapy.

Hyp­no­therapy is like debugging your personal computer. Everything that we do is con­trolled, or affected in some way by the uncon­scious programs in our deeper mind. We could not walk, talk, ride a bicycle, or even sign our name without using these hidden programs. Everything we experience in life creates uncon­scious programs that will affect us for the rest of our lives if not changed or removed. Some of these programs help us, like the one that allows us to walk. But there are others that create problems for us, like the ones that tell us that we must smoke cigarettes or over eat.

The good news is that you have the ability to change your uncon­scious programs or to create new ones whenever you want to. The problem is, most people don’t realize that everything they experience in life is affected by these uncon­scious programs. Things like cravings, habitual tend­encies, emo­tional reactions, and unreas­onable fears or phobias are all results of these uncon­scious programs.

Sometimes we can’t get ourselves to do something that we know is in our own best interest. We feel an internal pressure forcing us to do something that we know con­sciously is bad for us. The problem is that we have con­flicting programs in our uncon­scious mind and like our personal com­puters we need to update the programs and remove the offending virus or ad ware.

Hypnosis is a natural state where the uncon­scious mind becomes open to updates and changes in pro­gramming. It is a state where you can move through your own deeper mind and affect changes to your habits, emo­tional reactions, cravings, fears, and your sensory abilities. Unfor­tu­nately, stage shows and movies have pop­ularized a myth that hypnosis is a form of mind control. In reality, it is the opposite. The person that is in a hypnotic state is always in total and complete control.

A hyp­no­therapist is only a guide to help this person through the maze of imagery that is the language of the uncon­scious mind. Hypnosis is used every day in fields such as sports, medicine, dentistry, edu­cation, and law enforcement.

People experience being hyp­notized as simply being phys­ically relaxed as if asleep and yet com­pletely con­scious and aware of everything that is going on. It is like focusing all your attention on something that you are only ima­gining in your mind, like when you daydream.

Hyp­no­therapy simply means therapy using hypnosis. Like other forms of therapy, it involves a properly trained pro­fes­sional (the hyp­no­therapist) using specific skills and methods to help the client affect a change.

Hyp­no­therapy is an excellent way to deal with the issue of weight loss. A person becomes over­weight because of a set of unhealthy habits and cravings that are actually rooted in the uncon­scious mind. Many of these uncon­scious programs are created inten­tionally by com­mercial advertising of foods and beverages. Simple willpower cannot overcome these habits and cravings. Forcing yourself to diet just creates inner conflict that usually ends with further weight gain when you finally give up the diet. Because the web of uncon­scious programs that create weight gain are so inter­con­nected with self image and per­ception of everyday events, it usually takes longer to resolve than other problems such as smoking or phobias. It is an ongoing process that needs to be mon­itored and main­tained until we are sure that the client has reached a point of stability.

There are a couple of things you should lookout for. Because some states lack statutory reg­u­lation of the pro­fession, there can be a risk of running into somebody who lacks adequate training and experience to provide good results. Hypnosis is not a replacement for psy­cho­therapy and is not recom­mended for people with serious psy­cho­logical dis­orders. Although anyone can be hyp­notized, clients that are unwilling or unco­operative do not usually benefit from attempted hypnotherapy.

Hyp­no­therapy provides many advantages when provided by a skilled, exper­ienced pro­fes­sional. It’s non-​​invasive and returns the client to a more natural state with freedom to make further changes at their own dis­cretion. Sessions are normally adapted to the indi­vidual needs of each client and hyp­no­therapy is very often suc­cessful where other treatments have failed. The client is actually in control of the changes and can adjust, add, or remove whatever habits, cravings, and beha­viours they choose.

Hyp­no­therapy is used to create changes in lifestyle that cannot be made with con­scious will power. The problem desire, will, and drives are changed at the source, so that the client can easily and com­fortably perform in a new and more pro­ductive way.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​14 13:04:00.