Hypnosis has been know to help people with all kinds of self-improvement goals, but did you know hypnosis has also been shown to help relieve stress and anxiety?
The overall experience can vary from person to person. In fact, many people have reservations about hypnosis or hypnotherapy, fearing that they will lose control of their thoughts and actions and these concerns are understandable considering how often hypnotherapy has been shown on TV or in the movies as a way to make people behave in crazy ways.
Hypnotherapy is non-invasive and natural state that we go in and out of every day, without even realizing it. There is no clucking like a chicken or doing anything that you normally wouldn’t do. In fact, during hypnosis you will feel calm and relaxed and you will hear the sounds around you and be completely aware of what is going on. Our clients are in control throughout the entire session.
So, what is stress and anxiety? Stress and anxiety are related to concerns that are exaggerated as a result of an uncomfortable situation the person is experiencing, although it doesn’t feel exaggerated to the person experiencing it.
The symptoms of stress and anxiety are related to our built in stress response or ‘fight-flight-freeze’. This primitive human response protects us against perceived threats of things happening around us. For example, if you were in a forest and saw a big bear, this would trigger a perceived danger, which would trigger a rush of blood to the arms and legs so that the person can fight or run away, but bears are not the only triggers.
Stress and anxiety can also result from tensions in relationships, uncomfortable social situations or struggles with school or work. Although in these cases we don’t always fight or run away, but instead we shut down. When any of these types of things happen and we’re not able to cope, the increase in adrenalin causes the heart to beat faster and pumps more oxygen around the body to the parts that are needed for protection, sometimes causing a panic attack. For those that have experienced this, hypnotherapy very often leads to better sleep and reduction of the unwanted feelings or emotions that can cause this to happen.
How does hypnotherapy help? As a hypnotherapist I am trained to help our client reduce the feelings of stress and anxiety, in a non-judgmental way. I’ll work with you to consider the cause or “trigger” and how to reduce the symptoms so that you feel more calm, more confident and more in control... more of the time.
David Klaproth is a clinically trained and certified hypnotherapist, with a degree in mind body psychology from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, College of Hypnotherapy, in Tarzana, California. He specializes in stress, anxiety, stop smoking, confidence and general self-improvement. He helps clients world wide online become happier, healthier and more productive, becoming the person they really want to be. For more information, visit http://www.KlaprothHypnosis.com
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