Are you Sick of Smoking Cigarettes? Are you one of the thousands of people in the Western Sydney struggling to give up smoking? Many smokers try giving up several times before achieving success, chances are if you are a smoker then you most likely want to give up, so why don’t you?….. It’s common knowledge that cigarettes contain the addictive substance, nicotine that maintains our physical addiction, interesting fact is, that 48 hours after you have had your last cigarette there is no nicotine left in your body. You are then faced with the daunting task of overcoming the strong psychological addiction you have over our cigarette smoking habit. Those of you who smoke know there are so many triggers that we attach to smoking; coffee, after meals, social drinks with friends, when feeling stressed, on the phone, to think, to have a break, to relax, for comfort or even to treat ourselves, the list goes on and on….. Many smokers unconsciously use cigarette smoking as a tool to find a peaceful or calm emotional state, the very act of smoking helps then person to psychologically create that calm state, and over time and through habit they believe at some level that without cigarettes they will not have the ability to feel at ease, quickly, ever again. So they decide they want to stop smoking, they have had enough of the foul smell and taste, feeling socially ostracised, the expense, and most importantly for health reasons. The subconscious mind does not like the idea, in fact it freaks out. ‘What do you mean!, now we don’t get to relax, what are we going to do, how will we cope?’ Stress and anxiety levels quickly begin to peak as the subconscious mind believes it cannot relax or find that comfort without a cigarette. It becomes unbearable as the smoker snaps at loved ones and co-workers and decides, ‘it’s just not worth being this upset myself and I certainly don’t want to create waves in my relationships, I’d rather smoke and be happy!’ and the cycle goes on… To successfully stop smoking permanently, the best way to do this, is to overcome the psychological/subconscious addiction the smoker has to cigarettes. Why would someone take up smoking again 6 months after going through successfully giving up? Simply because there was still a subconscious belief about smoking deep in the ex-smokers mind that had not been addressed. If you want to, yes you can stop smoking forever. If you are a smoker, ask yourself this question, how would like to feel when you become a non-smoker? Calm, relaxed, in control, at ease? Of course you would. Using up-to-date hypnotherapy and psychotherapy techniques I can help you address your individual issues relating to your smoking habit, they may even go deeper than you realise, but that’s Ok because the focused outcome if to be feeling really good within yourself and that is achievable. To be most successful, it’s important to focus on the specific needs of the client, because the reasons why a person smokes vary. Hypnotherapy is a gentle and relaxed state of body and mind with the client being aware of the therapist speaking and hearing what they are saying, it’s through the client’s willingness to create change that change can be created! If you want to stop smoking using, I believe, the most effective method, removing the need to struggle and fight with yourself, then be brave and give hypnotherapy a go, it actually works! Attitude.... Whenever life acts we respond. If you win the lottery you might be happy. If you lose your job you may be angry. Whatever your reaction it will depend upon your attitude. Fortunately, we can control our attitudes. In determining how we face life it is our attitude that is the key. See whether or not you agree with the following statement. "You are responsible for all of your experiences of life." This statement is absolutely true but it is somewhat of a trick. The trick is that it does not say "in life" but "of life." You are not responsible for everything that happens to you, but you are responsible for how you react to what does happen to you. The formula is that, "Life acts. You react." Your reaction is under your control. In any life situation you are always responsible for at least one thing. You are always responsible for the attitude towards the situation in which you find yourself. Your attitude is your reaction to what life hands you. You can have either a more positive or a more negative attitude. Your attitude is under your control and can be changed. With the right attitude you can be a resilient person. |
