Reasons To Consider Hypnosis to Quit Smoking

Hypnosis To Quit Smoking Video

Okay, you've tried it all: the gum, the patches, the pills.  You've even tried going cold turkey.  But you failed.  You want to quit; you're convinced you must quit, not only for the health reasons but for social and financial reasons as well. Yet you are ambivalent about your chances for success.

First of all, don't be so hard on yourself.  Nearly everyone who has successfully quit smoking has relapsed at least once—the average ex-smoker relapsed three to four times, before they achieve success. Hypnotherapy helps you quit smoking by dealing with all the elements that addicted you in the first place.

Confidence, Strength, and Motivation

Cigarette smoking is one of the hardest addictions to overcome. If you have ever tried to quit smoking and relapsed, you now have a built-in tape telling you that you failed once, so you'll probably fail again.  Hypnosis changes those internal tapes.

Using hypnosis to quit smoking also boosts your self-confidence; it reinforces your inner strength to stay tough, and keeps you motivated through the hard times.

The nicotine in cigarettes promotes the release of dopamine to the reward pathways of your brain. Dopamine encourages the brain to repeat pleasurable activities.  In other words, it ignites the addiction.  Nicotine makes you feel happy and calm, and the dopamine released from brain as a result of the nicotine, tells the brain: "Hey let's do that again."  Hypnotherapy assists with quitting smoking by providing healthy non-chemically induced ways to release dopamine into the reward pathways.

Nicotine also triggers the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate that stimulates learning and memory.  Glutamate strengthens the connections between sets of neurons. The release of glutamate aids in your addiction to nicotine by strengthening the memory of the good feelings achieved from smoking.  Hypnotherapy to quit smoking breaks the connections and helps build new connections to healthy activities.

Quit smoking hypnosis is a legitimate and successful tool in helping individuals to quit smoking.  There a several methods you can use to avail yourself of hypnosis treatments.  One way is contact a hypnotherapist is your area.  The telephone book and your physician can offer recommendations.  Look for a hypnotherapist that is certified and licensed. Ask for references from patients who have had success.

Another way to gain access to hypnosis for quitting smoking is to order self-hypnosis tapes or CDs from a reputable company.  Again, you physician may be able to recommend some.

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