When you are feeling beat, run down and stressed, it is easy to reach for comfort foods for a fleeting boost. Unfortunately, many of us are always living with sentiments of discomfort and agitation that lead to common overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Negative feelings feed the axiety animal 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 home after work to face a bustling household, when we only need a few minutes of rest. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt makes us to believe we should put our families first and we reach for the chips. 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 relief does not last long. Once the emotional boost fades, we feel guilty for eating foods we know are bad for us.
Recognizing the Problem
Once you recognize that you have an issue 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 disorder, 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 consciousness is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is a mistaken view. A hypnotized state is really a state of being completely awake and alert, but the body is relaxed. It is used to assist people with many issues like controlling birthing pain.
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 assist you into a state of relaxation, often with the aid of relaxing music. He may ask you to focus 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 awake and alert 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 how you feel. 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 emotions, 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, showing you how to make decisions instead of instantly reacting to the problems you are presented with in life.
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