When you are feeling tired, drained and fraught, it is easy to reach for comfort foods for a fleeting boost. Unfortunately, many of us are always living with sentiments of discomfort and irritation that lead to frequent overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Bad feelings feed the stress beast and worsen the cycle of overeating. Unless you move to control how you react to stress, you are likely to suffer from obesity, diabetes, hypertension or a heart attack.
Many of us walk into the home after work to face a bustling household, when we just need a few minutes of quiet. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt tempts us to believe we should put our families first and we reach for the chips. Many people do not recognize that stress is causing the afternoon craving.
Eating does work to relieve stress temporarily. The chemicals and energy in food alter your mood, but the respite does not last long. Once the emotional benefit fades, we feel guilty for eating foods we know are bad for us.
Recognizing the Problem
Once you recognize that you have problems 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 issue, resulting in more axious 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 consciousness is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is an erroneous view. A hypnotized state is only a state of being completely awake and alert, but the body is relaxed. It is used to help people with many issues like controlling birthing pain.
What Happens in a Hypnotherapy Session?
In your first meeting, 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 soft music. He may ask you to focus on a focal point. The hypnotist will lead you through a series of mental exercises that will help you to become deeply relaxed. You will be fully awake and alert throughout the process and will retain complete memory of the experience afterwards.
How it Works
Through more sessions, you will become more adept at finding the state of complete relaxation. Over time, the therapist will bring you to the realization that your mind can control your feelings. You will learn that you have a choice of how you react to stress 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 emotional strength. Your new self-esteem will help you in other areas of life as well, influencing you to make up your own mind instead of instantly reacting to the problems you are presented with in life.
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