Hypnotherapy

By Paul W Howard

 We all like to believe we’re unique. But when it comes to our fears, we’re anything but.

Spiders, flying and public transport are all it takes to send many people into a state of anxiety or panic. Crowded places are simply terrifying to some people; some fears are of course rational, but others seem to have no simple explanation.

Experts say a few are evolutionary and they have developed in response to dangerous situations that may cause harm, such as a poisonous bite, or being in a situation that makes us feel trapped. If they aren’t instinctive we generally learn them from our parents, or by some long forgotten childhood event or a more recent trauma.

Many fears have some element of perceived danger in them, said Paul White, Chairman of the National Council for Hypnotherapy. To the sufferer, even a seemingly silly phobia - for example of boiled eggs - will hold a perceived danger, food poisoning perhaps, and this may have been set up by eating an egg that was rotten.

Fortunately, in the main, these responses are normal and often useful.

Children for instance, may retreat from a cliff edge because they sense they could fall. Fear of public speaking, which can reduce even the most confident person to a gibbering wreck, comes from a belief that they may be judged and seen as stupid, incapable or unprofessional. As a result, they will spend more time preparing to make sure their speech or presentation goes well.

However, for a large proportion of the public who experience a seemingly irrational reaction to an everyday object or situation, they have to deal with an entirely different form of anxiety that is commonly known as a phobia.

For instance, an agoraphobic may have a fear that they will be sick in public, which could have been set up because they were sick in front of some friends when they were a child and were ridiculed for it. This fear/phobia may not appear for 20 years and will seem to come out of the blue. For example he or she may initially have feelings of nausea, rapid heartbeat, flushing, increased respiration and chest pain when travelling on a bus. This initial attack will be interpreted in their mind as being unwell, believing it might be a heart or asthma attack. Not surprisingly this often makes the feelings of panic a lot worse. This attack will now be linked to the bus and travelling on public transport, where they felt trapped. He or she may have no understanding that it came from an earlier event. The fear of another attack may cause them to go to great lengths to steer clear of any situation where they may be trapped in a public place, or whatever circumstance triggered the reaction in the first place.

Surveys show that as our lives are improving in materialistic ways, our expectations are also rising with regard to happiness and fulfilment, and when the reality doesnt match the expectation; it leaves many of us feeling less content.

Acts of terrorism, despite the low odds of actually being affected by one, have naturally made flying and even travelling into our cities, more stressful.

But don’t get too worried or depressed. According to The Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy, major anxiety problems are very treatable. Statistically hypnotherapy has been shown to be far more effective than virtually any other form of psychotherapy. Dr. Mary Lee Smith, world-renowned statistician, concludes in her book The benefits of Psychotherapy, that hypnotherapy is the most effective type of psychotherapy; with hypnotherapy being twice as effective as most other forms.

The Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy has been working successfully with various types of anxiety for many years. They have seen just about every type of anxiety going, from a fear of bananas, to a lady in her seventies with claustrophobia, agoraphobia and OCD.

Paul Howard has been specialising in Anxiety and Psoriasis for nearly ten years. He has trained many hypnotherapists around the country. He works at The Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy in Wallington, Surrey, UK. He can be contacted via the website at www.sich.co.uk. He is also the Marketing director for The National Council for Hypnotherapy - The premiere governing body in the UK.

Quitting Smoking Is An Art
By suegold

 Quitting smoking does not make everyone gain weight but it results in gaining a few extra pounds. Weight gain is much possible for chain smokers. It gives the smoker the false feeling of weight gain which is actually due to water retention after which the body comes to its previous position.

Chain smokers are more prone to health dangers when they try to quit smoking and the main symptom is weight gain.

How to preserve health after quitting smoking:

1. Physical fitness

* Daily exercise can be a good reminder to make one realize that how much of the energy he has lost due to smoking as he will find it quite tough to exercise properly. Physical fitness enhances your energy levels and by bringing you close to the nature, it also diverts your mind off smoking.

* Beginners should exercise for 30 minutes initially not essentially on regular basis. Exercise not only ensures good health but also helps in controlling weight. You can go for exercises like brisk walking and playing.

2. Good eating habits

* Good eating habits ensure prevention of weight gain and make you feel good. Eating nutritious diet on regular basis helps a lot but you should not change yourself too fast as it can result in fatigue.

* Never try to quit smoking during bouts of tension only to prevent snacking. It can result in consuming more snacks or taking to smoking again and the person becomes addicted once again.

3. Resisting longings

* Once you quit smoking, you should also learn how to resist craving for cigarettes and food. If one learns to overcome craving for 5 minutes, then it generally goes off.

* Try to busy your hands and mouth with things like chewing gum, solving puzzles to replace smoking.

* Try not to accompany your loneliness with tea or coffee. It can increase the nervous feeling.

* Have required sleep when tired and also try to lessen your anger and loneliness. Go for meditation and relax properly.

* Take up another subject to talk other than smoking.

* List the places where you feel urge to smoke and also list things you can have as a substitute of smoking. Avoid going to the pubs, having chips when watching television.

* Some anxious smokers can also go for nicotine gum or patch known for reducing the weight gain only on being prescribed by the doctor.

4. Be optimistic

* Eating habits become better with the passage of time as you left smoking and food tastes nice when you become habitual of eating healthy food.

* Dont be pessimist and let yourself not to be afraid about weight gain. If it happens you will surely lose weight with the help of your eating habits and be confident about your choice to stay healthy.

The author Tom Baldwin manages the website on that offers people many

ways to quit smoking easily. If you

have been trying to stop smoking and have been struggling and not making any head way, then visit Tom’s site for access to several easy ways to stop smoking online.

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Is Covert Hypnosis And Mind Control Possible
By Marc Savage

 Many people have heard of hypnosis. This can be in the form of self hypnosis or hypnotic therapy. However, there is not a large group of people that will tell you that they have heard of covert hypnosis. Covert hypnosis is the type of hypnosis that is done without the knowledge of the person who’s mind is being controlled.

There is a belief that covert hypnosis is not possible. This thought is lead by the idea that a person has to be willing to be put in a hypnotic trance for it to happen. This is not true. Covert hypnosis is possible for a number of reasons.

Covert hypnosis is using subliminal mind control techniques to alter someone’s action or thoughts without them knowing it. The key piece of this that makes it differ from regular hypnosis is that the person who’s mind is being controlled does not know that it is going on.

The reason that covert hypnosis is possible is that it is all about simple communication techniques. Mind control is not some elaborate chant or magical incantation. It is truly communication taken to the subconscious level. This is a simple way of explaining how covert hypnosis takes effect.

The communication that is used to make covert hypnosis possible can be broken down into four parts. They are body language, facial expressions, para language and the actual words that are spoken during communication.

These simple ways of communication are used by regular people everyday. It is the way that a person uses these tools to get the person to change their mind and act differently than they would to be covert hypnosis.

There have been many people that you have dealt with through out your life that have used covert hypnosis. You have seen this in action and did not realize you were seeing a form of mind control.

The politician that is giving a speech that engages and brings hope to the people listening to him is a form of this. Top sales people use covert hypnosis all the time to close a sale.

Perhaps, you have walked away from making a purchase only to realize that you really did not want to have bought the item, but the sales person was just so amazing. You were under the forces of covert hypnosis.

Covert hypnosis is something that is often played up as being magical and elusive in the movies. This tends to lead to the misconception that this form of mind control is not possible. This is not true. Covert hypnosis is possible. It only takes simple communication techniques to be able to control the mind through hypnosis.

Covert hypnosis is possible and easy if you are willing to learn the techniques. How can you learn these techniques?

Learn more about the right program for you at my website

Marc Savage is the owner of http://www.hypnoticmindcontrol.net

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