Is it time to quit smoking?
Chances are, you’ve already tried to stop smoking, but you’re still struggling. You may even have stopped before, but whether it’s been for a few days or for several months, somehow the smoking habit has crept back and you’ve found yourself back following the same cycle over and over again.
Why does this keep happening?
Smoking lowers dopamine receptors in the brain, which may cause some degree of depression. Nicotine stimulates the hypothalamic pituitary axis which in turn, stimulates the endocrine system, therefore continually increasing dose levels of nicotine would be necessary to maintain the stimulating effects.
Hypnosis can help you quit cigarettes by addressing the psychological aspects of your addiction and looking into your underlying motivations for smoking. Quitting may be hard, but not impossible, it can improve your health and lower your risk of disease and premature death, even if you’ve smoked for many years. You may even come across some new sharpened senses that have disappeared while you were smoking.
Instead of replacing and slowly reducing the amount of addictive chemicals in your system, hypnotherapy works by breaking the negative behaviors and thought patterns associated with smoking–such as smoking to relieve stress.
Hypnosis treatment targets the unconscious motivations for smoking. These may include the need to reduce boredom, stress, loneliness, or simply its a social part of society. It may also target some of the unconscious smoking triggers, such as driving, pouring a drink, or finishing a meal, and help break these associations.
A key aspect of hypnotherapy is letting go of old routines and challenging smoking habits. Hypnotherapy helps to break the negative behaviors and thought patterns associated with smoking – such as smoking to relieve stress or even to keep the weight off.
There could be a substantial reduction or shift from the first session, we do advise a follow up session within 2 weeks. Remember this is a life long change.
Smoking effects on the body
- The tar content in tobacco smoke can lead to lung cancer which is almost 10 times more likely than occurring to a non-smoker.
- Lungs get coated with tar which also leads to cancer.
- Effects of smoking on the heart include straining of heart muscle and blood vessels.
- Smoking leads to oxidative stress that mutates DNA.
- There are very high chances of smokers suffering from pancreatic cancer.
- Carbon monoxide obstructs the oxygen that is required by the muscles, brain and other body tissues.
- Antioxidants that help repair damaged cells are found to be less in smokers.
And lets not even go to the effects of smoking while pregnant, breastfeeding or even trying to conceive.
Hypnotherapy can help you develop a new mindset towards smoking. You may be aware of the dangers of smoking to yourself and to others, whatever the reason may be that you have decided it is time to stop, save more money and enjoy the flavors of life more than you have ever thought you did. Stay motivated, its worth it!