Our lives are becoming more and more stressful. We have increasing workloads and responsibilities, we work more hours, and are placed under more pressure to succeed. There are many ways to reduce stress levels, and hypnotherapy can be an effective option.
What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy (also known as hypnosis) involves getting into a trance-like state with hyper-focused concentration. When you are under hypnosis, you are more susceptible to opening up and you feel much more relaxed. This is the exact opposite of when we’re in a stressed state when we want to bottle everything up and feel everything but relaxed!
Effects of stress on the body
Symptoms can vary for everybody, but the common symptoms of stress include:
- Inability to focus and concentrate on daily tasks
- Forgetfulness
- Anxiety and panic attacks
- Racing heartbeat
- Nausea
- Shortness of breath
- Excessive sweating
- Getting easily irritated and angry
- Feeling tense
- Getting regular headaches
- Changes in appetite
Long-term effects of stress include hormone imbalances, raised blood pressure, poor immunity, and poor memory, so finding effective ways to manage this stress is incredibly important. Hypnotherapy can be used on its own to reduce or remove stress, or alongside other forms of stress management like yoga, walking, mindfulness, or meditation.
How Stress Hypnotherapy can help
Stress hypnotherapy aims to disrupt and remove negative thought patterns that are due to stress. The outcome of hypnotherapy is to change the way we react to the stress we feel in our everyday lives. During the session, the hypnotherapist might suggest different ways in which we can cope with stress to provide a healthier mindset towards these triggers. It can also help to reduce the use of negative habits you use to cope.
We can identify the behaviours that surround the stressful things in our lives. Sometimes the way we react to the initial stress we feel perpetuates the stress even further, so it becomes a never-ending cycle!
Hypnotherapy sessions help us identify what the causes of our stress are, and they can teach us new ways to manage stress, and may even increase our stress thresholds. Many people have reported that they feel calmer and their head feels clearer after hypnotherapy. They are able to make better decisions more easily, which reduces their stress levels almost immediately after the session.
This form of therapy is great for long-term stress, as well as short-term events that are causing us anxiety. These could be interviews, presentations or speeches, exams, social events, travelling, or flying. Hypnotherapy helps us to separate our anxiety from these events.
Studies show that combining stress hypnotherapy with mindfulness is an amazing way to reduce stress and feel more consciously aware of each moment. Hypnotherapy can help people achieve a mindful state more easily and more quickly. Being mindful and relaxed often leads to goals being reached, and dreams coming true.
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