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Self-Hypnosis, thanks to TV shows and the movies, the very word conjures up the of a beady-eyed hypnotherapist swinging a watch on a chain and droning, "You are getting sleepy." Use any Internet search engine and you will find several million web pages devoted to the topic. Unfortunately, many websites that sell pre-recorded self-hypnosis tapes make wild and crazy, unsubstantiated claims. I've been in this industry since 1978. So I think that I'm more than equipped to set the record straight on weight loss hypnosis. First of all, self-hypnosis is a tool, just like a scalpel is a tool. Just as different surgeons have diversified levels of skill in the use of a scalpel, different hypnotists have varying levels of skill in the use of self-hypnosis. And to complicate the matter, there are different forms of self-hypnosis. Here are just a couple of the wild assertions about weight loss hypnosis that I've seen on websites, along with the facts of reality: "Hypnotherapy will speed up your metabolism." If you want a dose of reality, the fact is that self-hypnosis will never directly speed up your metabolism. But it can be very practical at helping to re-program your subconsious mind with increased motivation to exercise. And that exercise can dramatically speed up your metabolism. Similarly, self-hypnosis to speed up the metabolism for quick weight loss can be effected by programming the subconsious mind to motivate the intake of increased amounts of protein, because that intake will step up your metabolism. "Hypnotherapy will make you drop pounds." This is false. But self-hypnosis can be used to help dispose of your appetite, so that you eat less. And eating less can help you to drop pounds. Your appetite and urges for food and compulsion to eat are triggered by two subconscious programs: A. When you combine eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings for food and an overwhelming urge to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example, if you eat when you watch TV, you will experience the urge to eat each time you sit down to watch TV. B. When you feel stressed, you feel a strong compulsion to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. This is because of programming that you received as a baby. When you got out of sorts, your mother put a bottle in your mouth. You got distracted, relaxed, and probably fell asleep. Now when you get cranky (anxious or tense), you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. C. There is a third unconscious program that is present for some people. It's called emotional eating. Emotional eating takes place when a person is motivated to make him or herself fat, because by being fat they will protect themselves in some way. For example, if a person gets their heart broken in a relationship, their subconsious mind can motivate them into a behavior that would prevent them from getting their heart broken again. Example: They are motivated to gain weight to keep them out of another relationship, because that will eliminate the possibility of another broken heart. I've written several articles on this complex topic that are available on my website. These articles outline some effective methods of using hypnotherapy for compulsive eating. So just how can weight loss self-hypnosis get rid of the above problems? I will cover them one at a time. In paragraph "A" above: Conditioned responses can be "erased" without willpower using an NLP process that I call the "Flash." The Flash trains the mind to setup a new set of responses. In the above example, the subject had unconsciously associated the picture of food in the hand, with the image of a TV. Each time he / she sat down to watch the TV, the subconsious mind filled in the missing part of the picture, it "Flashed" the image of the food in the hand, and the subject felt a urge, and a compulsion to eat. The Flash is an approach that gives us the ability to program the subconsious mind to use the mental image of the TV as a trigger for an image of the self, watching TV without eating. When we lose the mental image of the food, we lose the compulsion to eat. When we momentarily disassociate (see ourselves from the point of view that another person would), we are not able to feel our feelings (cravings and urges). When we see ourselves in a behavior (watching the television without eating), we feel a compulsion to generate that behavior. So the subject loses the cravings, and actually gets a compulsion to reject food. In paragraph "B" above: The subject is eating and drinking for relaxation and pleasure. We teach the subject self-hypnosis for weight loss, because the very essence of the hypnotic state is deep relaxation. And we utilize the "Flash" to program the subconsious mind to use the mental pictures that are causing feelings of stress, as triggers for secondary thoughts and images that will cause feelings of peace in their place. When the subject feels more relaxed overall, oral cravings are drastically reduced. In paragraph "C" above: We discussed emotional eating which makes the person get fat. The "behavior" of being overweight then provides some sort of emotional protection. So we use a technique called a reframe, which re-programs the subconsious mind to assume responsibility for making the person automatically substitute some other more acceptable behavior that will provide the same emotional protection, in place of being overweight. And that reframe will eliminate the compulsion to eat for emotional purposes. Hypnotherapy for appetite control can be a very effective technique. I can only discuss the tip of the iceberg in this short document. You’ll want to see my website for more comprehensive information.
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Alan B. Densky, CH is the developer of the Neuro-VISION Video Weight Loss Hypnosis Technology, which was granted a US Patent. He also offers NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis CDs for appetite suppression. Visit the Neuro-VISION Weight Loss Hypnosis website and download a FREE Hypnotic Power Relaxation Program, or subscribe to one or more of the world-class hypnosis newsletters.
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