Have you ever considered being hypnotized to lose weight, stop smoking, gain friends and influence people or just have more confidence?
Hypnosis is touted as being capable of helping you do all those things and more.
But most of the people who make those claims are the ones who want you to pay them to hypnotize you or sell you information on how to do it yourself. So, is the idea of hypnosis as self-improvement total BS?
When I was in high school, a friend of mine had herself hypnotized to lose weight. And she lost weight, dramatically fast. Was that because the hypnotherapist did this amazing thing in which he put suggestions into her mind that she'd rather have salad than a Snickers bar? Was it because she believed that she had been hypnotized and that it would work?
Most people believe that hypnosis works because of both the hypnosis itself and the person's belief that it will work.
If that disappoints you, it shouldn't! After all, it's still mind power that creates the result, and it should show you how powerful your OWN mind is. The placebo effect--that a sugar pill can ease a person's pain because that person BELIEVES it will work--is a powerful tool.
So, my friend who lost weight? She gained it all back within a year or so, and then some.
Was it because the hynposis wore off, because she stopped believing in it, or because her particular addiction was just stronger than both the technique and her belief?
Maybe regular visits to the hypnotherapist would have acted like an immunization against her overeating.
The benefit of a self-hypnosis program you can use on your terms becomes clear in a case like hers. If she had a tape or a book or something she believed capable of helping her, then when she felt those old urges coming back she could have used it instantly and maybe managed to keep the weight off.
So if you can learn to hypnotize yourself, you can keep giving yourself that needed boost to follow through with your goals. That's definitely a concept worth considering.
Hypnosis is touted as being capable of helping you do all those things and more.
But most of the people who make those claims are the ones who want you to pay them to hypnotize you or sell you information on how to do it yourself. So, is the idea of hypnosis as self-improvement total BS?
When I was in high school, a friend of mine had herself hypnotized to lose weight. And she lost weight, dramatically fast. Was that because the hypnotherapist did this amazing thing in which he put suggestions into her mind that she'd rather have salad than a Snickers bar? Was it because she believed that she had been hypnotized and that it would work?
Most people believe that hypnosis works because of both the hypnosis itself and the person's belief that it will work.
If that disappoints you, it shouldn't! After all, it's still mind power that creates the result, and it should show you how powerful your OWN mind is. The placebo effect--that a sugar pill can ease a person's pain because that person BELIEVES it will work--is a powerful tool.
So, my friend who lost weight? She gained it all back within a year or so, and then some.
Was it because the hynposis wore off, because she stopped believing in it, or because her particular addiction was just stronger than both the technique and her belief?
Maybe regular visits to the hypnotherapist would have acted like an immunization against her overeating.
The benefit of a self-hypnosis program you can use on your terms becomes clear in a case like hers. If she had a tape or a book or something she believed capable of helping her, then when she felt those old urges coming back she could have used it instantly and maybe managed to keep the weight off.
So if you can learn to hypnotize yourself, you can keep giving yourself that needed boost to follow through with your goals. That's definitely a concept worth considering.
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