Reverend Conehead
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Of late I've been using self hypnosis to better my life. I have some pre-made hypnosis recordings, but I'm finding it more effective to make and use my own recordings tailored to my specific needs. I'm finding this tool very helpful. One of my goals is to eat healthier and to lose weight in the process. I had been setting goals to do so and then not following through. It's very easy to be stuck in the pattern of eating junk food that you like, and it can be very difficult to stop. One pattern I noticed was I would happen to drive by Dairy Queen and feel urges to go inside and get a vanilla soft cone dipped in chocolate. I like these things, but they impede my ability to lose weight and get healthier. I would feel the urge to go in and buy one and I would have to resist that urge and then drive past. However, the next time I would drive past, I could feel that my resistance was weaker and it was much harder to say no and keep driving. By the text time, my resistance would be kaputt and I would give in. Hypnosis has changed that. I made a recording that encourages me to find and eat healthy foods that will help me to lose weight.
After doing this hypnosis several times, I felt much better prepared to deal with urges. The next time I drove past Dairy Queen, I felt an urge to go in and get the dip cone, but then all these other feelings flooded in. I felt excited about how great it is to eat healthy things like canteloupe, watermelon, whole grain bread, vegetables and I felt an intense desire to get healthy and down to my ideal weight. Basically, that flood of healthy emotions overrode my old urge to get the ice cream cone or other junk food. I didn't need to put up any resistance and was able to just keep driving. I'm finding my desire for junk food fading, and if any desires do come up, they're swept away by stronger desires to lose weight and improve my health.
Years ago when I was a Freshman in high school, I was a crappy student. In that year every single grade I got in every class was a D. I'm not sure if anyone else has ever done that – straight Ds in everything all school year. My mom took me to a hypnotist who did several sessions with me, putting ideas into my head about how great it is to learn, how good it feels to do a great job on an assignment, etc. There was no instant transformation, but over a period of about 2-3 years my grades slowly came up. By the time I was in college, I was an honor student.
What I like about self hypnosis is I can do it myself without having to pay a specialist a lot of money. Plus, I can customize it exactly for my needs. It also has side effects of making me feel very relaxed and at peace. I've also noticed I improve at it over time. It's a skill that can be developed. I bought a book named Instant Self-Hypnosis by Forbes Robbins Blair and I checked a book out from the library named Everything Self-Hypnosis Book by Rene A. Bastarache. Each book has its different things that it emphasizes. The Blair book focuses on meditating deeply with your eyes open while either reading or free writing. The Bastarache book encourages you to make your own recordings so that you can meditate with your eyes closed. Both are good books, and I have no financial or other interests in them. The way I do it is with my own recordings while staring at a geometric form known as a mandala.
A lot of people use self hypnosis to quit smoking. I'm fortunate to not need to do that because I've never been a smoker. However, I can see how hypnosis could help a person to override his cravings. I also have a recording I've made to help myself do better in my career. I find myself getting urges and feeling excited about studying more about my profession and meeting people who can help me to do well instead of wanting to turn on the TV or watch a movie. I think this is going to help. I also use hypnosis to relieve headaches. It works well. I can get rid of a tension headache in about an hour with no drugs. Migraines are harder. Sometimes, I can make them go away in an hour. Other times they go away while I'm in state, but come back about half an hour after I come out of state.
What I've found is that hypnosis is effective with multiple sessions. Rarely does one session bring about instant changes. For me it's brought gradual change, but highly effective and permanent change. And, like any skill, don't expect to be great at it instantly. It takes some time to learn, but it can be learned. This is something that's working for me, so I thought I would put it out there in case anyone is interested.
After doing this hypnosis several times, I felt much better prepared to deal with urges. The next time I drove past Dairy Queen, I felt an urge to go in and get the dip cone, but then all these other feelings flooded in. I felt excited about how great it is to eat healthy things like canteloupe, watermelon, whole grain bread, vegetables and I felt an intense desire to get healthy and down to my ideal weight. Basically, that flood of healthy emotions overrode my old urge to get the ice cream cone or other junk food. I didn't need to put up any resistance and was able to just keep driving. I'm finding my desire for junk food fading, and if any desires do come up, they're swept away by stronger desires to lose weight and improve my health.
Years ago when I was a Freshman in high school, I was a crappy student. In that year every single grade I got in every class was a D. I'm not sure if anyone else has ever done that – straight Ds in everything all school year. My mom took me to a hypnotist who did several sessions with me, putting ideas into my head about how great it is to learn, how good it feels to do a great job on an assignment, etc. There was no instant transformation, but over a period of about 2-3 years my grades slowly came up. By the time I was in college, I was an honor student.
What I like about self hypnosis is I can do it myself without having to pay a specialist a lot of money. Plus, I can customize it exactly for my needs. It also has side effects of making me feel very relaxed and at peace. I've also noticed I improve at it over time. It's a skill that can be developed. I bought a book named Instant Self-Hypnosis by Forbes Robbins Blair and I checked a book out from the library named Everything Self-Hypnosis Book by Rene A. Bastarache. Each book has its different things that it emphasizes. The Blair book focuses on meditating deeply with your eyes open while either reading or free writing. The Bastarache book encourages you to make your own recordings so that you can meditate with your eyes closed. Both are good books, and I have no financial or other interests in them. The way I do it is with my own recordings while staring at a geometric form known as a mandala.
A lot of people use self hypnosis to quit smoking. I'm fortunate to not need to do that because I've never been a smoker. However, I can see how hypnosis could help a person to override his cravings. I also have a recording I've made to help myself do better in my career. I find myself getting urges and feeling excited about studying more about my profession and meeting people who can help me to do well instead of wanting to turn on the TV or watch a movie. I think this is going to help. I also use hypnosis to relieve headaches. It works well. I can get rid of a tension headache in about an hour with no drugs. Migraines are harder. Sometimes, I can make them go away in an hour. Other times they go away while I'm in state, but come back about half an hour after I come out of state.
What I've found is that hypnosis is effective with multiple sessions. Rarely does one session bring about instant changes. For me it's brought gradual change, but highly effective and permanent change. And, like any skill, don't expect to be great at it instantly. It takes some time to learn, but it can be learned. This is something that's working for me, so I thought I would put it out there in case anyone is interested.