Hypnotherapy Stress

Hypnosis has long been recognised as an effective means of treatment for a number of psychological conditions. Hypnotherapy can help you to create more confidence for yourself and improve feelings of self worth. You can also learn to overcome problems like the fear of public speaking; phobias like being terrified of traveling on the tube; and become more at ease with yourself by building your confidence and self-esteem.

Typical examples of area where hypnotherapy can help include:

Overcome the fear of public speaking
Do you freeze before or during meetings or presentations? Suffering from dry mouth, blushing or sweating? Are you lost for words, desperate to escape? Are you terrified of interviews? Is public speaking anxiety your number one fear? With hypnotherapy you can overcome this anxiety, speak with confidence and feel more comfortable with other people. Come and see how hypnotherapy works with an experienced and confident speaker – visit my home page and call or email me today.

Low self esteem and depression
Are you depressed or feeling low in self-worth? This is an increasingly serious problem: find out how hypnotherapy can help you create and build up feelings of self worth and self belief. Overcome the hurts of the past and move on towards a more positive and hopeful future. You can move into a better future. Please visit my home page and email me for more information.

Panic attacks
Do you ever feel as if you are losing control of yourself in everyday situations? Have you ever been in the grip of frightening physical symptoms, like intense sweating, palpations, nausea, fainting? Hypnotherapy can calm your nerves and get to the root of the problem – reducing or even releasing this terrifying anxiety. Visit my home page for my contact details and ask me how hypnotherapy can help you.

Build confidence
Do you want to lift low self-esteem and improve relationships or career prospects? Is lack of self-worth getting you down or holding you back? Find out by calling or emailing me from the home page how hypnotherapy can help you create a more positive YOU.

Fears, phobias & flashbacks
Hypnotherapy can be most effective in releasing phobias -amongst the ones I am often asked to treat is the fear of traveling on the tube in London. It can also deal with the effects of trauma, including flashbacks. Modern techniques can substantially reduce or even remove the symptoms in 2/3 sessions. If you are in the grip of any irrational fear then please contact me now. Visit my home page for contact details.

Post traumatic stress
Have you have been the victim of a traumatic and frightening event? Then you could be suffering the disabling effects of post traumatic stress. Nowadays there are techniques which have been seen to effectively and safely release the symptoms.

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Let me explain to you how hypnosis can help, but first, let’s get rid of some old myths. I know that many people are a little bit suspicious of hypnotists. A lot of those suspicions come.

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It seems that these days many people want to learn hypnosis, maybe they’ve seen Paul McKenna or Derren Brown on TV and think to them selves how cool it would be to be able to easily put people into a deep trance.

The funny thing about hypnosis is that once you first start to learn how to hypnotize people you realize that it doesn’t quite work how most people think it does. And while this is probably one of the most life changing things you can possibly learn about in terms of how you see yourself and the world, it can actually leave you a little confused as to how to actually go about developing this new skill. So in order to get you on your way I’ve compiled my top 5 tips for learning hypnosis.

1. Get a massage.
Somehow I can sense your surprise as you read that line in another time and place from where I’m sitting now. The thing is, communication between two people happens mostly on channels other than that of spoken language.
Most of our communication happens at the level of body language, voice tone and tonality and facial expressions.

If you want to hypnotise someone then you have to be able to easily enter a relaxed state. Some people can do this easily but others have been subject to stress for such a long period of their lives that they are unknowingly quite tense, breathe shallowly and might exhibit other signs of stress. Basically they’ve forgotten what it’s like to feel really relaxed and good inside their body.

So when you get the chance, get a really good massage that will leave you feeling like jelly. If done properly you won’t have a tense muscle left in your body and your voice will sound very relaxing. Once you’ve had this done at least once you’ll have an example you can compare yourself to when your next in a situation where you want to lead someone else into a relaxed and comfortable state.

2. Learn to breathe deeply.
This is something I am still working on. For one reason or another I acquired the habit of breathing into my chest (chest goes up and down as you breathe) as opposed to breathing into my belly (belly goes in and out). Not only does this mean I have to breathe in and out more often to get the oxygen I need, it also causes my body to tense up and makes the pitch of my voice higher. Whenever I remember to I focus on breathing deep into my belly. This also doubles as a good mindfulness exercise.

A hypnotists voice is his or her most important tool and it is one that can be improved to help you become a better hypnotist.

3. Choose a particular time and place to practise your hypnosis skills.

Most people think that since they are meeting people in every aspect of their life they will remember to use their hypnosis skills whenever they speak to someone. Unfortunately this isn’t always the case. That’s why it’s better to think of a time or place where you can practise. Maybe it’s when you have to make sales calls at work or when you are the bar on a Friday night. Pick a time or place and you’ll soon be reminded to use your skills and ensure lots of practise.

4. Focus on one skill or technique at a time.

Often when people learn a lot of new information they can become overwhelmed. For example, maybe you’ve just received a new hypnosis course, listened to all 18 hours of audio and read the 600 page e-book, you can’t wait to get started. But somehow when a practise situation arises you don’t know which technique to use as your spoilt for choice. You end up not doing anything. Or you try to use every technique you read about at the same time without having mastered them individually.

It comes down to wanting to improve quickly yet not realising that if you take things slowly you’ll improve a lot faster than you think. So pick just one thing that you’ll focus on, you’ll instinctively know when it’s time to move on.
5. Use hypnosis to learn hypnosis.

If your going to learn something that helps people improve their ability to do just about anything in life then you might as well use it to learn hypnosis as efficiently as possible.

So listen to good hypnotists as often as you can, whether in person or on an audio recording. Sometimes, allow yourself to go into trance, other times stay ‘awake’ and listen to what the hypnotist is doing.

If you can, record your own hypnosis inductions where you hypnotise yourself into being a great hypnotist. Some the best courses out there are actually designed this way.

If you implement the above tips you’ll be well on your way to learning hypnosis. Pick one of the five and focus on it for a couple of weeks. You’ll be surprised at how quickly you progress.

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Neil has been studying NLP and Hypnosis since 2000. You can read his hypnosis tips, techniques and articles as well as reviews of hypnosis courses at www.hypnosisproductsreviews.com/blog How to learn hypnosis: 5 tips you can implement today
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What do you think of when someone mentions hypnosis? Do you think of a gaunt
figure with long limbs, a cloak, and polarizing eyes that beckon submission? For many, the mere utterance of hypnosis is all it takes to see a sinister figure with captivating eyes, a mysterious wand, and the ability to turn people into slaves with the telling phrase, "Look deep into my eyes." In all actuality, this mystical pocket-watch wielding creature is nothing more than a false stereotype. This representation bears no real resemblance to hypnotism. In fact, what some refer to as hypnosis is actually an amalgamation of its genesis, Animal Magnetism, combined with what some foolishly refer to as the mythical modern aspects of hypnosis.

Hypnosis has taken on many meanings over the past two centuries. Its roots
stretch deep into the culture of the ancient Greeks and their worship of Hypnos, the god of sleep. In the 18th century, Franz Anton Mesmer captured popular culture by injecting his concept of Animal Magnetism, a process involving magnets, into society by proving successfully–most of the time, that his theory enhanced the body by ridding it of paralysis, toothache, depression, and urine retention .

Furthermore, Mesmer’s influence on hypnosis did not end with the introduction of his treatments. In 1778, Mesmer left Vienna for Paris where he was afforded more freedom to develop his theories that evolved into a form of musical stage-bound theatrics, which were quite popular and garnered him large crowds. Mesmer dressed in flowing robes and would touch people with his wand "urging them to yield themselves up to the magnetic fluids that surrounded them. He exhorted them that they would be cured if only they could focus on the heavenly powers within their sick bodies."

A couple centuries later, George Kresge changed how many would view
hypnosis. Kresge, who is known too many as The Amazing Kreskin is a mentalist,an entertainer, a practical psychologist, and a student of hypnosis. Kreskin added cohesion to Mesmer’s premise, which relied on belief coupled with the use of magnets to cure various ailments.

Through a myriad of stage performances, television interviews, and published
works, Kreskin explained the power of suggestion and autosuggestion as the real means behind what many refer to as hypnosis. Moreover, Kreskin believes everyone is prone to suggestion without the semblance of a trance. An excerpt from his book reflects this thought, "What I believed to be so-called ‘hypnosis’, and ardently fostered the trance concept. I now tell the audience that my references to ‘hypnosis’, both historically and as I practiced it, are in the framework of the past. This is also why I use quotation marks
when dealing with the subject."

The power of suggestion is demonstrated through Kreskin’s stage performances. He starts by inviting fifty to sixty volunteers on stage with only twenty or so chairs for them to sit. With the psychological conditioning already seeded,and the participants strength in numbers alleviated, he fills the chairs with workable subjects while leaving the remainder of the volunteers on stage. Now,most hypnotists believe their subjects need to be relaxed in order to respond to suggestion, Kreskin displays the contrary.

With a wave of his hand in front of the subject’s face, Kreskin begins by asking questions, such as, "Are you awake?" Or "Are you in a trance?" After Kreskin has asked a reasonable amount of identifying questions, he turns to the audience and announces that he can make people not under a hypnotic trance even forget their name. He does this by asking a series of interrelated questions along the lines of, "Where do you live?" And,
"Where do you work?" After a few carefully chosen questions, he changes inflection as he proposes, "What is your name?" Mysteriously, the subject has no answer.

In the early 1970s, Kreskin went on record claiming, "I am convinced that no
person under ‘hypnosis’ has ever been asleep unless sent to that non-trance
happy state by the lullaby drone of the guide. I am convinced that there is no such thing as a specific state, condition, trance–call it anything with any twist of semantics–that can be considered ‘hypnosis’."

Kreskin backed up his claim by offering $25,000 to whosoever could disprove his theory and illustrate the existence of the ‘hypnotic trance’. Utilizing the EEG and the polygraph to prove the subjects purported to be in a hypnotic trancecompared to those in an awakened state presented no change in brain waves, Kreskin refuted all who sought to take up his challenge.

In the 1980s, Kreskin upped the offer to $50,000. He was unsuccessfully
challenged in 1983 and then in 1985. The latter resulted in a court proceeding, which was eventually dismissed due to lack of evidence. The following year, Kreskin raised his offer to $100,000 and so followed a second court appearance, which was soon dismissed for lack of evidence.

The following is Kreskin’s challenge verbatim:

"I now offer $100,000.00 to any Psychologist, Psychiatrist or Hypnotist who can conclusively prove under scientific conditions, that I shall clearly outline and define a specific condition, trance or state called ‘hypnosis’.

Secondly, the challenger must clearly demonstrate that what can be done in the so-called state cannot be reproduced without that state. Yours truly knows of no such special phenomenon.

After going through legal ramifications of what was a pending trial, it is only justice that in the future, aside from the claimant meeting the conditions that I
shall specify, they will also agree to sign a statement that should they fail to prove, and fail to win the $100,000 they must pay all expenses incurred by me in the legal preparation of such a challenge. This, I feel, is only justice."

If Kreskin managed to prove hypnosis’ healing qualities have nothing to do with a trance induced state, what then are the healing qualities so ardently attached to hypnosis?

The answer is autosuggestion. Kreskin illustrates the use of autosuggestion in his book The Amazing World of Kreskin. He refers to Autosuggestion as something that should be preceded by auto conditioning, which are a series of mental relaxation exercises.

After getting yourself in a passive frame of mind, you mentally melt and give your imagination free rein.

The following sequence will aid in relaxation:

1. Sitting in a deep chair, or lying down, make yourself comfortable.
2. Reflect for a few seconds on some time and place where you were very deeply relaxed–a quiet afternoon on a beach, falling asleep in front of a fireplace after a walk in the snow, lying in deep shade on a river bank. Recall as vividly as you can the total experience.
3. Close your eyes and think of a soft, mellow color like blue or green, or the pink hues of roses.
4. After a few seconds take three deep breaths; hold the third and the deepest, and mentally repeat the color image three times.
5. Exhale and let your entire body go limp. Make no effort to move a muscle.

Simply stay relaxed and count backwards, mentally, from fifty to zero–very
slowly. When you reach zero, count forward from one to three. Then open your
eyes.

This routine consumes about five minutes and relaxes the body for autosuggestion. Obviously similar to the process of meditation, Kreskin does not take credit for this process. He emphasizes this procedure as one that if practiced a few times a day over the course of a couple of weeks an individual will recognize the change in which they command, such as, an ability to overcome smoking habits, dietary issues, or stress-related pressures.

One last point, although some look at hypnosis as a kind of special state of consciousness in which a trance is induced so one can redress previous wrongs,relieve pain, or overcome obnoxious habits, those who do not want to be hypnotized will not be hypnotized. The ‘hypnotist’ does not hold any special powers such as an ability to move mountains and they cannot get people to do anything against their will, in the words of B. Richard Bugelski and A.M. Graziano:

"When hypnosis is defined as a heightened state of suggestibility, it implies that we are in a special state. Actually, we can be no more suggestible than we are, once we have let down the safeguards that might normally prevent us from doing whatever anyone tells us to do. If we have agreed to let someone hypnotize us, we have agreed to cooperate and follow instructions. We are not in any different state of suggestibility; we are merely less critical. Those who worry about all the harm that hypnotists might cause are misplacing their worries. There are enough persuaders around to cause all the trouble we need. Popular leaders such as Hitler could get others to do all sorts of horrible things without relaxing them and telling them that they are falling asleep. All they had to do was to promise to satisfy strong yearnings of their followers. The followers wanted to believe, and so they believed. Similarly, the hypnotized subject wants to believe; he or she does not dispute or argue, and does what he or she is told to do. He or she cannot do, however, anything that he or she cannot do without the help of hypnosis. If someone wants to quit smoking, for example, he or she can quit. If the subject does not want to quit, a hypnotist might be able to make him or her believe what is essentially true and what no one can deny: that smoking is a filthy habit, disease promoting, a public nuisance, and so on. The additional support to the belief may help the subject quit."

Those who claim to have lost track of time because they have sat in front of a television set or been engrossed by a novel have not experienced a mind altering hypnotic trance anymore than those who bring nicotine into their bodies are held captive by the cigarette. The purpose of hypnosis is to gain control over one’s thoughts, emotions, and the physical properties of the body controlled by the mind. Although a hypnotist can act like a guide by directing the subject through the trance-like-state, commonly referred to as hypnosis, it is a fallacy because we already have the answers to the questions the body seeks without having to be put into a trance–all we have to do is seek the right question to the answers we already possess.

Sifting fallacies from fodder until next time..

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How to get your hands on hypnosis scripts that have been written by qualified Hypnotherapists.

For a choice of over 60 different Hypnotherapy scripts and downloadable MP3s please visit the People Building website. Here you will find collection of scripts ranging from inductions, deepeners, quit smoking scripts, weight loss scripts and metaphors.

I have spent years creating and refining the scripts listed on this page and have used these as the basis of inspiration for the People Building E-books. One such e-book gives a step by step introduction to how you can write your own Hypnotherapy or Hypnosis scripts. There is information about all of the linguistic and hypnotic language patterns and how to embed these into the scripts you write by using nested loops, metaphors and hidden commands for positive suggestions. There are also easy to understand examples with each technique and a tasking box to prompt you to use the skills you have learned.

In addition to this e-book is a collection of all of the Hypnosis scripts I have ever written, also published as a downloadable e-book. Or you can buy any of these scripts individually on the Hypnosis scripts page.

The real benefits to this method of increasing your collection of hypnosis scripts is that you can take a look at the quality of our scripts by first downloading our free hypnosis scripts. All of our scripts are in a PDF format, which means that there is instant access to them and that they are then easy to save, read and print from your computer. You can then pick and choose from the ever increasing collection so that you only pay for what you actually do want.

The reason why the collection continues to increase is simply because on a weekly basis we have other therapists contacting us, asking for advice, or scripts that focus on a particular area of improvement or development.

When we receive a request, it is acted upon almost immediately. A qualified Hypnotherapist will begin working to creating a script to deal with the problem that has been detailed to us and as soon as the script is written, the customer will be informed and the script will be published on the website so that others can also get access to it.

We also include other people’s work on our website, if they have a Clickbank account, and if we think it is fitting with the general theme of our website. For example, some of our affiliates include those who are selling e-books about improving confidence, or diabetes, or creating better relationships. When we sell their work, we receive a percentage of their sale. There is also the option for others to sell our hypnosis scripts and e-books- which despite being cheap, sell in quantity, earning our affiliates 40% commission on all of our products. So if you have a website and also have an interest in personal development, you may like to set up a Clickbank account and sell our products too. And because we want you to be successful at selling your products (and ours too) we even publish a free e-book on our website that advises you on how to be a successful Clickbank affiliate.
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Symptoms of stuttering and lazy tongue can greatly be reduced with basic stress management and hypnosis techniques.

Symptoms of stuttering and lazy tongue or twisted tongue can greatly be improved with basic stress management technique and hypnosis.

The phrase "lazy tongue," which I coined, basically speaks for itself. When the affected person attempts to speak, it seems that the tongue is lazy, twisted and simply doesn’t move fast enough to enunciate what is spoken. The result is slurred speech and or stuttering. It often feels as though the twisted tongue is enlarged and because of this feeling it is often easy to bite the tongue or the side of the mouth–rather painful.

Typically stuttering is not necessarily associated with a lazy tongue, but more often simply stuttering is associated with excessive tension in the mouth. Whereas one can begin suffering from lazy tongue at any age, stuttering is often left over from child hood.

The issues surrounding both lazy tongue and stuttering are similar. Stuttering is often associated with a less than healthy self image resulting from a conditioning experience of an embarrassing nature as a youngster, or having an overbearing and critical parent. Lazy tongue, on the other hand, is usually the result of a major stressor such as loss of a marriage, death of a loved one, loss of a job…

With both stuttering and lazy tongue, there is a situation of low self esteem. However, a boost in self esteem (although helpful) usually will not solve either problem without stress management intervention.

For example, Carl was 19 years of age and away at college. Stuttering since elementary school he successfully stopped all stuttering within three weeks of stress management training. He returned home over semester break and promised his father to clean the garage one Saturday.

Carl became distracted and never got around to fulfilling his promise. His dad came home from work later on Saturday, noticed the garage wasn’t cleaned, and called Carl a "stupid shit," for not cleaning the garage. Carl’s stuttering returned instantly.

This is a case of having an overbearing, over critical parent who in combination with the son’s sensitive nature, contributed to his son’s stuttering which often makes overcoming stuttering a two part program.

1. Using basic stress management skills involving deep rhythmic breathing, and muscle tensing relaxation exercises for the various muscles of the jaw, mouth, and tongue.

The deep breathing into the diaphragm is for composure. The muscle exercises are to stretch the jaw in various directions, stretch the tongue and press it against various locations in the mouth. It also involves tensing the facial muscles. Each time the muscles are tensed, they are tensed to the point of extreme discomfort–almost to the point of fatigue. Then the tension is then released and self mental programming is done as to which feelings are preferred and which are disliked.

2. Self hypnotic affirmations are used to change the perspective so as to build confidence and create building self esteem. Focus is on dealing with the emotions of rejection, disappointment, and frustration. Through hypnosis the individual moves to embrace the emotion and then move beyond it to somehow benefit from the experience.

An enlightened approach to stuttering and lazy tongue involves more than one approach. Whereas many programs only focus on the mechanical, you wonder why the obvious self esteem issues are left out or only dealt with in passing. It’s clearly a mistake to ignore either the stress management or the self esteem issues. Doing the physical exercises and dealing with the mental issues of building self esteem produces real results.

Richard Kuhns B.S.Ch.E., NGH certified is a prominent figure in the field of stress management. His best selling cds for managing stress are at http://www.DStressDoc.com and http://www.PanicBusters.com His aim is to raise awareness as to how using basic stress management skills can be used to over come stuttering and lazy tongue syndrome. To find out more please visit http://www.dstressdoc.com/TwistedTongue.htm

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