Deciding to lose weight for real often involves the help of professionals like nutritionists, dietitians, health coaches, and personal trainers. But there may be one you haven't considered yet: a hypnotherapist.
But it's not about someone else manipulating your mind, making you do funny stuff when you're unconscious. In reality, mind control and lack of control-like doing things against your will-are the greatest stereotypes about hypnosis.
Contrary to popular belief, a trance isn't going to get you trudging about like a mindless zombie. In fact, most of us get into a trance while we're having a daydream or doing a routine job. In these moments, our "hamster brain" ceases spinning, and we get less focused on our to-do list or our everyday stressors. While in the trance state, patients are hypnotized through a set of activities to help them get in touch with their impulses to switch.
Hypnosis may be effective because it gives people the ability to slow down the analytical and logical chatter of their brains, making it easy to access and concentrate on what is simpler and more relevant to them.
In other words, hypnosis will help people tap into their subconscious minds, which largely affect our habits. Being in that condition makes you more prone to improvement, which is why hypnosis for weight loss can be successful.
Who should undergo weight loss hypnosis? The perfect candidate is, frankly, someone who has difficulty committing to a balanced diet and fitness routine because they can't afford to get off their bad habits. Getting caught in unhealthy habits-like eating a whole bag of potato chips instead of stopping when you're full, is a symptom of a subconscious problem.
Your subconscious is where your emotions, patterns, and addictions lie. And because hypnotherapy explores the subconscious-instead of only the conscious-it might be more efficient. In fact, the 1970 study showed that hypnosis had a 93% effectiveness rate, with fewer sessions required than both psychotherapy and behavioral therapy.
But hypnosis is not a magic bullet, so don't go to a hypnotherapy appointment and think you're going to start dropping your pounds in an instant. It's a tool that can help interrupt cycles of behavior that prevent anyone from creating better habits. These lifestyle changes can lead to weight loss over time.
If you're looking for weight loss hypnotherapy, do your research. You ought to be careful about who you're dealing with. Know just how hypnotherapy is governed in your state since it can get some sort of murky.
Look for someone with a license, either a psychiatrist or a psychologist. Book someone knowledgeable, and you can trust in order not to waste time and resources.
