Understanding the Benefits of Hypnosis for Reducing Anxiety and Quitting Smoking
Smoking is addictive, especially tobacco smoking because any product containing tobacco contains nicotine. When nicotine enters the blood vessels it stimulates adrenal glands to secrete more ‘adrenaline’ or ‘epinephrine’. As you might have heard, adrenaline is the ‘fight or flight’ hormone, it puts the body in an excited state which eventually ends up increasing the amount of dopamine that is reaching the brain. This state of ‘high’ is often addictive and hence smokers keep on craving smoking. Thus, quit smoking hypnosis is recommended. Similarly, hypnotherapy for anxiety is also effective. Unlike the depiction of hypnotherapy in movies, hypnosis is an induced state of sleep of the mind but unlike sleep, the recipient is focussed in his sub-conscious mind and can respond to suggestions of the hypnotherapist. Any individual who takes up smoking does it because of a trigger. Be it peer pressure, stress or mental illness. A hypnotherapist is able to diagnose the rigg