Shaun, a 65-year-old from New York, has been leading a tobacco-free life for the past 20 years, after 2 packs per day smoking span that lasted for over two decades. The habit relapsed multiple times before that one fine day, when he decided to quit smoking with the help of hypnosis, as suggested by his girlfriend. It was a stress-free regime that took him by surprise, and he stopped smoking with such great ease. Thousands of similar examples and positive results are a testimony to the efficacy of hypnosis for treating the deadly habit of smoking.
Quitting smoking can turn out to be a great challenge. It is one of the best steps that you can take to improve your health. Smoking is one of the key causes of cancer, and can expose you to many health risks such as heart ailments, lung diseases, cataracts, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – to name a few. About 480,000 people die every year in the US from smoking-related illnesses.
Consult your doctor and find out if hypnosis can be an option for you. Many studies have reinstated the fact that hypnosis can help smokers stop smoking. Hypnotherapy is quickly becoming one of the most trusted forms of smoking addiction treatment. If your doctor has suggested you to try out hypnosis for quitting smoking, your first step should be to etch this point clearly in your mind that you are going to stop smoking with hypnosis for no one else in the world except yourself. It should not be done out of peer or social pressure as the results might not turn out that quickly or effectively if done in such a scenario.
Hypnotherapy works best when you’re inspired from within to quit smoking. Many patients have benefited from the single session of hypnotherapy; however, some could get benefit after one or two follow-up sessions. A lot of experts are of the opinion that hypnotherapy alone is effective enough to quash the habit, but there are also some people who opine that hypnotherapy only when combined with some medications can treat the addiction.
So how does hypnosis work for helping you quit smoking?
Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation helps you relax, unwind and puts you in a deep state of mind to help you concentrate more and be open to suggestions such as imagining nasty consequences of smoking – bad breath, foul smell, parched mouth, etc. It strengthens your determination to stop smoking. The hypnotherapist will then analyze your thought patterns by infusing negative views about the evil habit of smoking in your mind.
Most smokers start these hypnotherapy sessions quite reluctantly. Since nicotine addiction dampens our spirits and highly dependent on cigarettes, hypnotherapy can turn the table in your favor by building your self-confidence and desire to succeed again.
Now that you know hypnotherapy is a quick aid to treat your long drawn plan of quitting smoking, the time is now. Get started right away.