When you are feeling tired, run down and tense, it is easy to grab for comfort foods for a fleeting boost. Unfortunately, many of us are always living with feelings of discomfort and agitation that lead to frequent overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Negative feelings feed the stress animal 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 living room after work to face a bustling household, when we only need a few seconds of quiet. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt makes us to believe we should put our families first and we grab for the chips. Many people do not recognize that stress is causing the afternoon craving.
Eating does help to relieve stress 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 a problem with emotional eating, you will begin looking for stress related eating management techniques. Willpower is the first solution many people try. Unfortunately, willpower is insufficient 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 mind is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is an erroneous view. A hypnotized state is only a state of being completely alert and aware, 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 session, the hypnotist will have you either sit in a comfortable chair or have you lie down. He will then help you into a state of relaxation, often with the aid of relaxing music. He may ask you to concentrate on a focal point. The hypnotist will guide you through a series of mental exercises that will help you to become deeply relaxed. You will be fully alert and aware throughout the process and will retain complete memory of the experience afterwards.
How it Works
Through repeated 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 feelings. You will learn that you have a choice of how you respond to stress when it arises.
Not Just for Overeating
Stress related eating hypnotherapy has other benefits as well. Because you learn to control your reactions, you will have a greater sense of self and gain self-esteem. Your new self-esteem will help you in other areas of life as well, teaching you to make choices instead of instantly reacting to the situations you are presented with in life.
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