Habits, bad habits in particular can be at the very least be a nuisance and in extreme cases life threatening. Smoking, Excessive eating, Nail biting, these are just a few of the bad habits that a lot of us find hard to overcome. Many people have reluctantly accepted one or more of these as a part of their life and go from day to day wishing that they had the will power or courage to change them.
There are many quick fixes offered from pills and potions to things you stick on yourself, in yourself or even inhale into your lungs. While these work to a degree for some people the underlying problem remains and it is often a constant battle to break free of these habits.
Many of us have tried to either break a habit or change some part of ourselves for the better. We start off full of good intentions and brimming with enthusiasm only to go back to our old ways a short time later. It often seems a never-ending battle that we fight over and over again with little chance of success.
You know there is a way to permanently change these habits without the constant battle of will power and the almost inevitable succumbing to our old ways. We must change the way our conscious mind reacts. The conscious mind receives instructions from the subconscious mind and the subconscious mind always tells the conscious mind to react in the same way.
To change the way our conscious mind reacts we must first change what is stored in our subconscious mind, as it is the subconscious mind that influences the conscious mind to react in the way it does. We do this by reprogramming or changing what is stored in the subconscious mind. When we do this our conscious mind will then react to our desired message the way we have programmed our subconscious mind to instruct it to.
The subconscious mind is the main cause of many of our physical and emotional problems. These problems are often the result of some past event or experience that has been pushed down deep into the subconscious and although the conscious mind often has no recollection of this past event the conscious mind will react in the way it does due to the instructions it receives from the subconscious. It has been conditioned to react in this way by the subconscious mind. These past events can manifest themselves through the conscience mind causing many of our problems.
The only way to change this is to access the subconscious mind and reprogram it to store what we want it to store.
Hypnosis is a way of communicating with your subconscious mind that has been used successfully for Centuries. Hypnosis comes from the Greek term 'ypnos' which means sleep because of the trance like state the hypnotised person attains. The Hypnotised person does not sleep though, in fact they can become even more aware of what is happening around them and if they feel comfortable and safe they will be quite happy to remain in this state while the world continues on at it's own merry pace.
Self-Hypnosis is another option that can easily be done at home with a little practice and works just as well as being hypnotised by a professional hypnotist. In fact all hypnosis is self-hypnosis as it's you who attains the hypnotic state. There are many ways to attain the state of relaxation required for hypnosis. One of the most popular and easiest ways is through the use of audio CD's or cassettes. These tend to help the subject relax and attain the right state for hypnosis to take place.
Because hypnosis affects the subconscious mind it can be used effectively to not only cure bad habits but also to improve confidence reduce stress and attain goals that have otherwise seemed out of reach.
Self-hypnosis is completely safe, it is pleasant and extremely relaxing.
If you want to change undesirable habits into desirable habits but have found it just too hard then Self Hypnosis might be the answer you are looking for.
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