NLP & Self-Hypnosis CDs - Can You Get Rid Of Body Weight Using Them?

Self-Hypnosis, thanks to TV shows, the very word conjures up the of a evil-eyed hypnotist swinging a pendulum and droning, "You are getting sleepy."

Do a Google search and you will find thousands of web pages devoted to the subject. Unfortunately, many websites that sell self-hypnosis tapes make crazy, unsubstantiated claims. I've been in professional practice since 1978. So I think that I'm more than competent to set the record straight on weight loss hypnosis.

First of all, hypnotic suggestion is a tool, just like a scalpel is a tool. Just as all surgeons have different levels of skill in the use of a scalpel, different hypnotherapists have varying levels of skill in the use of hypnotic suggestion. And to complicate the matter, there are many different forms and types of hypnotic suggestion.

Listen to a couple of the wild claims about weight loss hypnosis that I've seen on websites, along with the facts of reality:

"Hypnotherapy will speed up your metabolism." The truth is that hypnotic suggestion cannot directly speed up your metabolism. But it can be very effective at helping to re-program your subconscious with increased motivation to exercise. And that exercise can increase your metabolism. Similarly, hypnotic suggestion to speed up the metabolism for quick weight loss can be effected by re-programming the subconscious to motivate the intake of increased amounts of protein, because that intake will step up your metabolism.

"Hypnotherapy will make you get rid of your excess weight." This is false. But hypnotic suggestion can be used to help annihilate your appetite, so that you eat less. And eating less can help you to get rid of your excess weight.
Your appetite and cravings for food and compulsion to eat are triggered by two subconscious programs:

A. When you combine eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings for food and a compulsion to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example, if you eat when you talk on the phone, you will automatically get an urge to eat each time you get on the phone.

B. When you feel stressed, you feel a strong urge to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. This is because of training that you received as a baby. When you got upset, your mom put a bottle in your mouth. You got distracted, relaxed, and probably fell asleep. Now when you get cranky (anxious or tense), you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure.

C. There is a third unconscious program that is present for some people. It's called emotional eating. Emotional eating takes place when a person is motivated to make him or herself fat, because by being fat they will protect themselves in some way. For example, if a person gets their heart broken in a relationship, their subconscious can usually motivate them into a behavior that would prevent them from getting their heart broken again. Example: They are motivated to gain weight to keep them out of another relationship, because that will eliminate the possibility of another broken heart.

I have written several articles on this complex topic that are available on my website. These articles outline some powerful and effective methods of using hypnotherapy for compulsive eating.

So just how can hypnosis for losing weight remedy the above mentioned problems?

Let's cover them one at a time.

In paragraph "A" above: Conditioned responses can be "obliterated" easily and immediately using a technique that I call the "Flash." The Flash programs the unconscious mind to setup a new system of triggers. In the above example, the subject had unconsciously associated the image of food in the hand, with the image of a TV. Each time he / she started to watch the television, the subconscious filled in the missing part of the picture, it "Flashed" the mental image of the food in the hand, and the subject felt a urge, and a compulsion to eat.

The Flash is a method that allows us to program the subconscious to use the image of the television as a trigger for an image of the self, watching television without eating. When we lose the mental picture of the food, we lose the compulsion to eat.

When we momentarily disassociate (see ourselves from the point of view that another individual would), we are not able to feel our feelings (cravings and urges).

When we see ourselves in an activity (watching the TV without eating), we feel a compulsion to engage in that behavior. So the subject loses the cravings, and actually gets an urge to reject food.

In paragraph "B" above: The subject is eating and drinking for relaxation and pleasure. We teach the subject self-hypnosis for weight loss, because the very essence of the hypnotic state is deep relaxation. And we utilize the "Flash" to program the subconscious to use the mental pictures that are causing feelings of anxiety and stress, as triggers for secondary thoughts and images that will create relaxation in their place. When the subject feels more relaxed overall, oral cravings are greatly reduced.

In paragraph "C" above: We discussed impulsive eating which makes the person gain an excessive amount of weight. The "behavior" of being overweight then provides some sort of emotional protection. So we use an approach called a six-step reframe, which re-programs the subconscious to accept the responsibility for making the overweight person automatically substitute some other more acceptable behavior that will provide the same emotional protection, in place of being overweight. And that reframe will eliminate the compulsion to eat for emotional purposes.

Hypnotherapy for appetite control can be a very effective modality. I can only uncover the tip of the iceberg in this short article. You’ll want to see my website for more comprehensive research.

Alan B. Densky, CH is the developer of the Neuro-VISION Appetite Suppression Video Hypnosis Technology, which was awarded a US Patent. He also offers NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis CDs for appetite elimination. Visit the Neuro-VISION Weight Loss Hypnosis website and download a FREE Hypnotic Power Relaxation Program, or subscribe to one or more of the world-class hypnosis newsletters.

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