Hypnotherapy - A Tool For Life
How Does It Work?
Please note that this is a simple explanation to illustrate how hypnotherapy can help you. You can think of your mind as made up of a conscious and a subconscious part. Your conscious mind looks after the day to day running of your life, while your subconscious looks after your safety and really runs the show. When we learn to do something, we start off with our conscious mind and slowly learn, by practicing, what it is we are trying to do. A good example of this is learning to walk as a small child, or learning to drive a car in adulthood. At first it is hard and we make many mistakes. Gradually though, our subconscious learns how to do it and takes over from our conscious mind and suddenly it becomes “natural”. This “natural” stage is when your subconscious has completely taken over the job. We don't even think about how we do it once this stage is reached.
The Problem
The problem starts when our subconscious learns something that we would rather it didn’t – a fear of bees, or spiders, or flying . . . . We tell ourselves to “stop being silly” but that’s our conscious mind we are talking to. Our subconscious has other ideas and sticks to its idea that these things are dangerous, even though our conscious mind knows they are not. Why does it do this? Because its job is to keep you safe, and it does this by not letting you tamper with its settings.
The Solution
We need a way to unlock the barrier that stops your subconscious mind from listening to you, and that way is basically deep relaxation. Meditation can do this, but hypnotherapy does it better, and can be much quicker and more effective. All a trained hypnotherapist will do is help you into a deeply relaxed state so you can consciously communicate with your subconscious mind. The hypnotherapist will talk to you and offer suggestions that, as long as your conscious mind is happy with them, are then passed on to your subconscious mind so it can unlearn the faulty programming that is there. Once the barrier has been lowered, your conscious mind soon updates your subconscious mind and the problem fades away.But remember, everything goes through your conscious mind, so only suggestions that are acceptable will be allowed - you cannot be made to do anything against your will. Not only is this important for your own peace of mind, it also means you must want to remove the bad habit or phobia, gain more confidence etc., otherwise it just won't work. You cannot be made to love spiders, love flying, stop smoking unless you consciously want to.Interestingly, it can be several days after the hypnotherapy before you start to realise it has worked. And when you do, it can be quite a surprise. This is because your conscious mind still expects your subconscious to resist, so it can take a while to realise your problem has gone.
Is Hypnotherapy Safe?
Yes, completely. Throughout the process you remain fully aware of what is said and can reject any ideas given to you if you do not feel them to be right. The whole experience is very, very relaxing and pleasant and you cannot be made to do anything you would not normally do.People often ask about the stage and TV shows where people are made to act like chickens and so on. These people are carefully chosen from the extroverts in the audience, they are the people who dance on tables after a few drinks, you know the type. So they are happy to act like a chicken, or think they are a footballer or whatever. A professional hypnotherapist will not do this, and as I said, they cannot make you do anything you would not normally do, or would not want to do.Would you like to chat and see how hypnotherapy might help you? Then please use the contact page to get in touch - you can click here - or book a free appointment for an online chat.
Please note that this is a simple explanation to illustrate how hypnotherapy can help you. You can think of your mind as made up of a conscious and a subconscious part. Your conscious mind looks after the day to day running of your life, while your subconscious looks after your safety and really runs the show. When we learn to do something, we start off with our conscious mind and slowly learn, by practicing, what it is we are trying to do. A good example of this is learning to walk as a small child, or learning to drive a car in adulthood. At first it is hard and we make many mistakes. Gradually though, our subconscious learns how to do it and takes over from our conscious mind and suddenly it becomes “natural”. This “natural” stage is when your subconscious has completely taken over the job. We don't even think about how we do it once this stage is reached.
The Problem
The problem starts when our subconscious learns something that we would rather it didn’t – a fear of bees, or spiders, or flying . . . . We tell ourselves to “stop being silly” but that’s our conscious mind we are talking to. Our subconscious has other ideas and sticks to its idea that these things are dangerous, even though our conscious mind knows they are not. Why does it do this? Because its job is to keep you safe, and it does this by not letting you tamper with its settings.
The Solution
We need a way to unlock the barrier that stops your subconscious mind from listening to you, and that way is basically deep relaxation. Meditation can do this, but hypnotherapy does it better, and can be much quicker and more effective. All a trained hypnotherapist will do is help you into a deeply relaxed state so you can consciously communicate with your subconscious mind. The hypnotherapist will talk to you and offer suggestions that, as long as your conscious mind is happy with them, are then passed on to your subconscious mind so it can unlearn the faulty programming that is there. Once the barrier has been lowered, your conscious mind soon updates your subconscious mind and the problem fades away.But remember, everything goes through your conscious mind, so only suggestions that are acceptable will be allowed - you cannot be made to do anything against your will. Not only is this important for your own peace of mind, it also means you must want to remove the bad habit or phobia, gain more confidence etc., otherwise it just won't work. You cannot be made to love spiders, love flying, stop smoking unless you consciously want to.Interestingly, it can be several days after the hypnotherapy before you start to realise it has worked. And when you do, it can be quite a surprise. This is because your conscious mind still expects your subconscious to resist, so it can take a while to realise your problem has gone.
Is Hypnotherapy Safe?
Yes, completely. Throughout the process you remain fully aware of what is said and can reject any ideas given to you if you do not feel them to be right. The whole experience is very, very relaxing and pleasant and you cannot be made to do anything you would not normally do.People often ask about the stage and TV shows where people are made to act like chickens and so on. These people are carefully chosen from the extroverts in the audience, they are the people who dance on tables after a few drinks, you know the type. So they are happy to act like a chicken, or think they are a footballer or whatever. A professional hypnotherapist will not do this, and as I said, they cannot make you do anything you would not normally do, or would not want to do.Would you like to chat and see how hypnotherapy might help you? Then please use the contact page to get in touch - you can click here - or book a free appointment for an online chat.
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Phobias
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Past Life Regression
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