When you are feeling beat, drained and fraught, it is easy to grab for comfort foods for a fast boost. Unfortunately, many of us are constantly living with feelings of discomfort and agitation that lead to common overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Doubting feelings feed the axiety monster and worsen the cycle of overeating. Unless you act to control how you react to axiety, 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 tempts us to believe we should put our families first and we grab for the junk food. Many people do not recognize that axiety is causing the afternoon craving.
Eating does work to relieve axiety temporarily. The chemicals and energy in food alter your mood, but the change 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 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 consciousness is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is a mistaken view. A hypnotized state is only a state of being completely alert and alert, but the body is relaxed. It is used to aid people with many issues like controlling birthing pain.
What Happens in a Hypnotherapy Session?
In your first meeting, the hypnotist will have you either rest 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 aid you to become deeply relaxed. You will be fully alert 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 guide you to the realization that your mind can control your feelings. You will learn that you have a choice of how you relate to axiety 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 self-esteem. Your new confidence will help you in other areas of life as well, teaching you to make up your own mind instead of instantly reacting to the situations you are presented with in life.
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