subject: Kick The Habit What About Hypnosis? [print this page] As of the time of writing this article, there's some fairly convincing evidence that the rapidly growing trend of using hypnosis and/or Neuro Linguistic Programming (commonly known as NLP) to help people kick the habit of smoking completely and permanently is gaining some pretty successful ground.
The defining line is actually very fine between NLP and hypnosis and both methods are very often interchanged or used at the same time for varying programs.
As a simple explanation; the basics forming the idea that NLP and/or hypnosis can halt you smoking is that it's a habit, meaning that something in our minds is giving us the craving for nicotine and so the need to smoke.
Practitioners hold a strong belief that both hypnosis and NLP have a strong influence on the sub-conscious, meaning they're able to halt the cravings which of course would only be seen as enormously supportive for any smoker desperate to quit.
The rapidly rising popularity of hypnosis is quite spectacular and covers varying issues, including stress management, weight-loss and various other areas of psychotherapy and is one of the most modern methods utilised to aid people to quit their destructive smoking habit.
So, let's cut to the chase and get to the very often asked question - does it actually work?
It goes without saying that hypnosis is treated the same as any new or previously unused process or program so there will be, skeptics and of course the naysayers - would hypnosis truly work or is it just another scam or fad that devious practitioners use for monetary gain?
The fact is, there have so far been a vast array of studies that have revealed very positive results after NLP or hypnosis has been utilised as a means for altering habits, including smoking. A whole lot of people have claimed that the treatment helped them to completely and effectively quit smoking permanently.
It's also a fact that although the practitioners of mainstream psychotherapy still don't fully acknowledge either NLP or hypnosis as legitimate treatments for quitting smoking, the facts are that the results from using either one of them as a treatment or part of a program for stopping smoking are very encouraging, meaning they are effective methods and are proving constantly harder to ignore.
It could well be a whole hearted faith or a mind-related thing that forces the belief it's going to work which is enough to help specific types of people to quit smoking - well, why should we care about that? If there are loads of people that have experienced life and health changing results, then surely it's a fine thing and is certainly an adequate amount of proof for me.
In summary; if you're desperate to stop smoking and haven't been able to find the method that easily helps you, then maybe this is exactly what you need and even though you're bound to find it a little tough at first, being able to kick the habit is much easier than you think YOU ONLY HAVE TO WANT TO!
Quitting smoking naturally, speedily, and permanently isn't and has never been about overly complicated systems and/or poisonous pills and patches - it's all about simplicity, a little bit of will-power and some genuine tried and tested tobacco-quitting knowledge.
