When you are feeling tired, drained and fraught, it is easy to go after comfort foods for a fleeting boost. Unfortunately, many of us are often living with feelings of discomfort and aggravation that lead to general overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Negative feelings feed the nervousness animal and worsen the cycle of overeating. Unless you move to control how you react to nervousness, you are likely to suffer from obesity, diabetes, hypertension or a heart attack.
Many of us walk into the living room after work to face a bustling household, when we just need a few moments of quiet. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt makes us to believe we should put our families first and we go after the chips. Many people do not recognize that nervousness is causing the afternoon craving.
Eating does help to relieve nervousness temporarily. The chemicals and energy in food affect your mood, but the change does not last long. Once the emotional benefit fades, we feel guilty for eating foods we know are not healthy.
Recognizing the Problem
Once you recognize that you have an issue with emotional eating, you will begin looking for stress related eating management techniques. Willpower is the first solution many people try. Unfortunately, willpower is not enough to overcome this type of problem, resulting in more stressful feelings and overeating. You can learn to control this disorder through stress related eating hypnotherapy.
What is Hypnotherapy?
Many people think of hypnotism as a deep sleep state where your brain is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is a mistaken view. A hypnotized state is actually a state of being completely alert and conscious, but the body is relaxed. It is used to help people with many problems like compulsive disorders.
What Happens in a Hypnotherapy Session?
In your first appointment, the hypnotist will have you either recline in a comfortable chair or have you lie down. He will then assist you into a state of relaxation, often with the aid of melodic music. He may ask you to concentrate on a focal point. The hypnotist will guide you through a series of mental exercises that will aid you to become deeply relaxed. You will be fully alert and conscious throughout the process and will retain full memory of the experience afterwards.
How it Works
Through successive sessions, you will become more adept at acquiring the state of complete relaxation. Over time, the therapist will guide you to the realization that your mind can control your emotions. You will learn that you have a choice of how you react to nervousness when it arises.
Not Just for Overeating
Stress related eating hypnotherapy has other benefits as well. Because you learn to control your feelings, you will have a greater sense of self and gain self-esteem. Your new confidence will help you in other areas of life as well, teaching you to make up your own mind instead of instantly reacting to the situations you are presented with in life.
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