Ive tried giving up smoking countless times before, why is hypnotherapy different?
Smoking serves a need to the smoker, a basic necessity which is actually laid down very early in their life: the need of ‘oral satisfaction’. It is something that must be met. When the smoker tries to stop by willpower alone, the need is no longer met, and the person can feel anxious, restless, and irritable. Usually the need reinforces itself, and the smoking starts all over again. Curiously, it is this same need which can sometimes cause ex-smokers to put on weight. Hypnotherapy aims to ‘reprogram’ that need, and channel its energies into feeling pride and pleasure in stopping the smoking habit. It also aims to counter the possibility of ‘symptom substitution’, which can lead to overeating, for example.
