Caring for Your Health: Can Hypnosis Help You Break These 5 Bad Habits?
Old habits die hard, as the saying goes. Everyone has a vice or two, but some habits are more common than others, and there’s a reason why they’re so hard to break. Our “bad habits” are sometimes feel-good tendencies or stress relievers, but in some cases, they’re little more than a biological response.
Hypnotherapy is a safe, relaxing, and natural type of therapy that exerts an immediate and direct influence on a person’s subconscious, where bad habits form and persist if left untreated. With the usage of various hypnotic techniques, clients may gain greater control over their habits while developing new and positive behaviors. Read on to learn about five bad habits that may be broken through hypnosis.
Nail Biting
Although nail biting isn’t the most dangerous habit, it’s not one of the most appealing, either. For certain chronic nail-biters, the habit can essentially develop into a form of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). If you’ve tried keeping your nails short or using bitter nail polish, but nothing has worked, hypnosis downloads may help break the habit once and for all.
Playing With Hair
Particularly among those with long hair, twirling and splitting ends is a hard habit to break. For some people, hair-twirling is an anxious or nervous habit that provides comfort. For others, it’s an impulsive action that usually stems from boredom. Though silly putty and stress balls will give your hands a distraction (and prevent you from instinctively reaching for your hair), hypnosis provides another viable, lasting solution.
Late-Night Snacking
Many people fall into the after-dinner snacking trap, but numerous studies show that the habit is closely linked to sleep deprivation and weight gain. The body’s circadian rhythm increases hunger and the desire for salty, sweet foods in the evening, but there are ways to resist those cravings. A food journal will help you stay accountable while identifying unhealthy patterns, and self-hypnosis will help you reprogram your mind to ignore those random cravings when they do hit.
Skipping Breakfast
This bad habit is more common than you might think. Some people simply don’t have time to eat a balanced breakfast in the morning, while others skip it to reduce caloric intake. However, research shows that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day (as far as the body and the brain are concerned). Breakfast helps to jump-start the metabolism, turning the body into a fat furnace. If setting your alarm earlier doesn’t help, hypnosis may encourage you to form healthier morning eating habits.
Knuckle Cracking
We’ve all done it: cringed at the sound of someone’s knuckles cracking in an otherwise quiet room. The noise is bad enough, and the habit is even worse. Though the notion that knuckle cracking causes arthritis has been dispelled, the habit is an irksome one. For many, it’s a stress-relieving, feel-good tendency, but there are ways to avoid it. Stretching, joint massage and hypnosis are all great ways to relieve stress and tension without cracking joints.
In Closing
Though some of the habits on this list are worse than others, all have the potential to become damaging if they’re left untreated. When small changes and redirection don’t work as they should, it may be time to take more drastic measures. With hypnosis, it’s possible to modify your behavior, turning bad habits into more desirable ones.
