| Smoking is an addiction on different levels. There is the | | | | Imagine that someone has been smoking for 30 years. |
| physical addiction to nicotine and other ingredients such | | | | That is a lot of synapses to be dealt with! Again, these |
| as sugar. Few people know that there is quite a bit of | | | | can be changed, at the very least, be redirected with |
| sugar in a cigarette. This is part of the reason that | | | | hypnosis for smoking. |
| many people crave sweets when quitting or stopping | | | | People can enjoy the benefits of hypnosis for smoking |
| smoking. Sugar and its effects actually play a role | | | | in several ways. They can see a professional |
| during hypnosis for smoking therapy. | | | | hypnotherapist for short but highly effective sessions. |
| Then there is the mental addiction. This manifests itself | | | | A well-trained hypnotherapist can help someone stop |
| in the relief and calm that you might experience when | | | | smoking with 1 or 2 sessions. An important factor here |
| lighting up a cigarette. Unless a decent replacement is | | | | is the motivation of the client to stop, no motivation |
| found, this mental connection with the cigarette can be | | | | means no results. High motivation usually results in |
| an even bigger call to start smoking again. During | | | | great effects, I've personally seen people who had |
| hypnosis for smoking sessions, this connection is | | | | been smoking their whole life quit in one session and |
| deleted and replaced by a more positive substitute. | | | | never look back! |
| Finally, there is the behavioral addiction. Every time a | | | | Another way to use hypnosis for smoking is by |
| person lights up a cigarette, they are creating and | | | | listening to self-hypnosis and subliminal hypnosis CDs |
| reinforcing synapses in their brain to further this | | | | and MP3s. These are more general in nature but can |
| behavior. Synapses are tiny places in the brain where | | | | be listened to repeatedly. Each time the tracks are |
| the neurons (brain cells) communicate with each other. | | | | listened too, the process is reinforced and |
| The more synapses we have for an action or thought, | | | | strengthened. |
| the more it is reinforced until it becomes an automatic | | | | It really depends on what you want and how much |
| process. | | | | money you are willing to spend to quit smoking. |
| We have synapses for everything, from walking and | | | | Hypnosis for smoking sessions with a therapist can be |
| driving, to singing, reading and even rock climbing. You | | | | pricey but they are 1-on-1 and often more effective. |
| name it and you have synapses for it. The reason is | | | | Self-hypnosis for smoking session are cheaper and |
| takes time to learn new behaviors is because the | | | | provide a regular alternative. The combination of both |
| synapses must first be created. Not until we have | | | | is a great way to make sure you quit, if you really do |
| enough synapses will a new behavior become | | | | want to stop. |
| automatic or subconscious. | | | | The choice is yours. |