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Yes, hypnosis can be a very useful and powerful tool to help people overcome anxiety and even depression. One factor that contributes to the success of my hypnosis clients is how hypnosis is used to build a strong sense of self-worth and self-esteem.

Meet T’ea. She was referred to me by her sister who used hypnosis to quit smoking. Hear, in her own words, how hypnosis helped her to stop her anxiety.

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Can hypnosis help with anxiety? Treating anxiety with hypnosis has a long and successful history. Many people associate hypnosis with a deep state of relaxation and that will certainly contribute to easing anxiety. Hypnosis goes even further than mere relaxation. Hypnosis goes to the most basic habit of how we respond to the world around us.

Many people thrive in high-stress environments while other people find it hard to cope. The difference between these two people is in how their subconscious minds respond to stress. It makes sense that to change a person’s subconscious response to stressful events they will not perceive or react to that event in the same way. Hypnosis can change a stressful event, like public speaking, into an exciting opportunity that builds ones confidence and self esteem.

Hypnosis helps make this subconscious change buy first imagining the ideal response. This could be a state of calm, or ease, or peace of mind. In building this is ideal response the subject is given more control over it until the they can feel at ease in any situation.

Creating Resourcefulness

This is much more than just imagining one so-called “happy place” because the immediate response to stress is now peace of mind. Peace of mind, comfort, ease happens automatically, without conscious effort. An additional part of the hypnosis process is also call the ego strengthening. Ego strengthening consist of building the self-image and self-esteem of the subject so the on a very deep level they see themselves as stronger and more resilient.

For many people the amount of control they feel after hypnosis is dramatic and positive. To demonstrate this to the subject the hypnotist will ask the subject to try to create anxiety after the hypnosis session. The subject will often report being unable to feel anxiety no matter how much they try. The results can be truly amazing.

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Yes, can hypnosis help with anxiety. If you know someone suffering from anxiety hypnosis is worth looking into further. Call Eastern Oregon Hypnosis (541)216-6696 for a free consultation.

No, hypnosis is not magic. Hypnosis is a very specific process that anyone can go through to make changes in their life. Changes can include

• getting rid of habits, craving and addictions
• eliminating fears
• relieving PTSD
• improve motivation
• enhance sports performance
• remove anxiety
• build confidence and self esteem
• …. and more, a lot more.

There is little wonder while some people put hypnosis in the realm of magic. Many people have tried everything to gain control of some part of their lives only to have gotten results with hypnosis. So… it MUST be magic, right? No. Hypnosis is not magic.

How Hypnosis Works

Most people try to make improvements to their lives with conscious effort. Many times it will work, yet for many people there are changes that can’t be made no matter how hard you resolve to change them. A cigarette craving will become overpowering, a chocolate donut will seemingly call your name, anxiety pops up even when you’ve resolved to stay calm.

All of these things continue to happen because, even though you’ve made a conscious decision, there is a deeper process going on. This SubConscious process is stronger than willpower and is often tied to deep seated emotions. Hypnosis bypasses your willpower by going directly to the SubConscious level to make changes. This may be experienced in the hypnosis session by a strong focus on the positive things you want instead of removing things you don’t.

Sometimes changes happen by reevaluating old events in light of new wisdom. By doing that traumas can be turned into events where something valuable was learned.

At no point is the SubConscious mind told it’s bad, wrong or evil. By contrast, the SubConscious mind is recognized for doing the best it could with such limited information. It is then told what would be even better and given specific instructions how to implement the changes.

So, So Simple…

The SciFi writer Author C. Clark said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Hypnosis is truly a technology that works to make changes within the human mind. For many it can seem like magic, but for a skilled hypnotist it is an amazing tool for change and self-improvement.

Find out how hypnosis can easily work for you. To schedule a your free telephone consultation to call our offices at (541)216-6696.

One of the reasons hypnosis has been proven useful for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is because of the similarity between hypnotic phenomena and the symptoms of PTSD. The similarities include the absorption of awareness and the linking of emotional responses to outside stimuli. One can argue with some accuracy that PTSD is a form of hypnosis in that PTSD creates an effect in the same way as a post-hypnotic instruction. The difference between PTSD and hypnosis is that PTSD is highly negative and unintended while hypnosis is beneficial and consciously directed.

Absorption of Awareness

The trauma of an event causing PTSD has the effect of taking up all the the awareness. The trauma of the event becomes EVERYTHING the subject experiences. In psychological terms the subject becomes DISsociated from themselves and associate into the trauma.  From this one of two things can result. The first result is the fear/panic/anxiety becomes linked to specific events, situations and environments causing phobias and extreme forms of aversion. Avoidance of crowds and loud noises is an example. The second result isn’t linked to anything specific and can erupt as free floating panic attacks and anxiety. Another symptom is a detachment from reality, where the subject doesn’t feel connected to anything they are experiencing.

Linking Strong Emotions

Both PTSD and hypnosis utilize emotions to make change. PTSD associates the subject into a trauma, hypnosis works by associating the subject into an positive and resourceful emotional state. For this reason hypnosis is a very useful tool to undo traumatic stress responses created by PTSD.

The hypnosis process is straightforward. The subject’s attention is guided by the hypnotist, thus all that’s needed is the ability to understand and follow simple instructions. Hypnosis creates a resourceful emotional state where the subject can experience events and situations free from fear and anxiety.

One client I worked with had been traumatized by a debilitating car accident that left her fearful to drive long distances. Even though the accident occured years earlier speaking about the accident was still emotional. Her life was reshaped by the event and eliminated any feeling of control or peace of mind from her day to day experience. At the end of the first hypnosis session she as asked to talk about the accident and be aware of her emotions. To her surprise she could talk about the event without tears or emotion. She reported feeling “a peace or mind and acceptance” now when talking about driving. Even when pressed to try to feel fearful and anxious she couldn’t do it. Other hypnosis sessions reinforced her feeling of control and focused on building a stronger sense of identity and self worth.

For more information about how hypnosis can help with phobia, anxiety and posttraumatic stress please call Eastern Oregon Hypnosis at (541)216-6696 for your free telephone consultation.

Trying to quit smoking can be frustrating. Every time you quit you may also find a reason to start up and having that happen several times makes it very easy to start beating yourself up. After several attempts to quit you feel more frustrated and worse about yourself.

I’m here to tell you IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT and beating yourself up only lessons your resolve to quit.

Consider nicotine is a DRUG your brain gets very accustomed to and it can be EASY to fall back into the addictive habit. This is by intentional design of the tobacco industry. They want you to stay addicted to maintain their profits. The tobacco industry use a mind control tactic used by the worst of humanity: human traffickers. They will frustrate and punish every attempt to leave until their victims surrender to the horrible life of a literal slave. Big Tobacco wants you to become a slave to their product. Big Tobacco knows the best way to keep you addicted is to make sure you repeatedly fail to quit smoking until you give up and give in to the cigarette. After a while you become so depressed and frustrated you will surrender to them and agree to your enslavement. It’s devious, it’s insidious and it’s intentional.

Don’t beat yourself up at your frustrated efforts to quit smoking. Instead get angry and direct that anger at Big Tobacco. Direct your anger at smoking and away from yourself. Getting angry is a much healthier response.

I once spoke with a former smoker who told me what got him to quit smoking permanently. As a smoker he had a very contentious relationship with someone who constantly attacked and berated him and lived by a set of ethics he found objectionable and offencive. Like him this other person was also a smoker. He realized that as long as he smoked he was, in that way, like this loathsome and despicable person. He made the conscious decision that as uncomfortable tobacco withdraw could be, it didn’t matter ,  as long as he was unlike the person he hated. Anger made it easy for him to quit smoking because as long as he was a non-smoker he was unlike is enemy.

Turn your negative feelings away from yourself and aim them at smoking… and NEVER STOP until you have removed the tobacco habit from your life forever. If you need help hypnosis has proven to be an incredible tool to remove cravings, calm the addiction and strengthen your resolve. Contact us today to begin your quit smoking hypnosis program. (541) 216-6696.