When you are feeling beat, run down and stressed, it is easy to reach for comfort foods for a quick boost. Unfortunately, many of us are always living with feelings of discomfort and aggravation that lead to frequent overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Negative feelings feed the stress monster and worsen the cycle of overeating. Unless you act 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 minutes of quiet. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt makes us to believe we should put our families first and we reach for the junk food. 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 alter your mood, but the relief 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 too inconsistent to overcome this type of issue, resulting in more negative 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 brain is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is an incorrect view. A hypnotized state is really a state of being completely alert and aware, 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 session, the hypnotist will have you either recline in a comfortable chair or have you lie down. He will then help you into a state of relaxation, often with the aid of soft music. He may ask you to concentrate on a focal point. The hypnotist will lead you through a series of mental exercises that will assist 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 finding the state of complete relaxation. Over time, the therapist will help you to the realization that your mind can control how you feel. You will learn that you have a choice of how you relate 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 emotional strength. Your new emotional strength 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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