Are Hypnosis Recordings Effective?

Are Hypnosis Recordings Effective?

The question comes up frequently in discussions of hypnosis: are self-improvement hypnosis recordings any good? The answer to this varies. For any intervention to be effective several factors must be present. First, is the subject open and willing to change? And, are they wanting the change for personal reasons or to please someone else?

Must Be Personal

If an individual decides to lose weight because a spouse or significant other has been nagging them to, then the true motivation, the sincere drive to reach and maintain a reasonable weight is missing – and without a personal stake in the goal, results are certain to be non-existent or greatly compromised. This goes for any goal, from weight loss and smoking to building self esteem and overcoming procrastination – the goal must be personal.

Providing the goal is personal and truly self-motivated, hypnosis recordings then have a chance of working providing they contain two important elements. Let’s look at the first of these: the recording must address the symptoms of the condition. In other words, there must be post hypnotic suggestions dealing with the desire to overcome smoking, weight loss, etc. For example, a recording designed to help someone stop smoking should contain language like: just the idea of smoking feels very unnatural to you and you experience no ill effects as you release the smoking habit.

Most self-improvement hypnosis tapes do an adequate job of addressing the symptomatic causes of the condition. But I believe there’s more to it than just symptomatic treatment. For a recording to be truly effective it must address the underlying root cause of the behavior. You see, in my experience, most non-supportive behavior, whether it’s overeating, smoking, drugs, overindulgence in alcohol, virtually anything, is a substitute for something missing in a person’s life. And often, what is missing revolves around issues of self-respect, self-love, self-esteem or self-worth.

So, when a hypnosis recording addresses both the symptoms of the condition and the root causes, and the subject really wants to make a change, there is a excellent chance the change will not only happen, but will be a lasting change. With regard to quitting smoking, suggestions aimed at underlying root causes might be: you honor, love and respect yourself in every aspect of your life and you are the master of all of your thoughts and behaviors.

It isn’t always easy to accept the idea that there is something going on at the unconscious level driving the undesired behavior. But think about it for a moment, in a perfect world where all people were psychologically faultless, we would not need to use destructive behavior to feel good. In a perfect world, we would have developed with the necessary skills and tools to meet virtually any challenge. And without such skills, people turn to non-supportive practices to receive gratification. Hypnosis is an excellent way to eliminate unwanted behavior and add the resources we desire.

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