Nicotine patches and chewing gum not helping you to kick your smoking habit? Try another anti-smoking aid … stop smoking hypnosis.

Hypnosis usually gets a bad rep due to “stage hypnosis” where hypnotists like to give the illusion that the individual has no idea or control of what is happening. According to professional hypnosis specialists, this could not be further from the truth. The client is always conscious during the session and if they want to terminate it, they can simply open their eyes because hypnosis is not some magical or supernatural experience. It is a state of inward attention and focused concentration used to make positive changes in one’s life. When used for therapeutic purposes, the practice is known as hypnotherapy.

So how can hypnotherapy help you quit smoking? Being under hypnosis allows you to remove the barrier your conscious mind (normal, awake state of mind) places in front of you in order to reach your subconscious mind (relaxed state of mind). It is no different from when you are mesmerized in the plot of a good book or your favorite television show and you fail to hear somebody calling you. Alternatively, when you are so caught up in a movie, you forget there are dozens of other people in the theater. That is a trance-like state, very similar to when you are asleep. When you close your eyes and let your mind and body slip into a state of relaxation, your active mind calms down and dreams. In this neutral state, your mind does not know the difference between reality and imagination, so if you imagine yourself to be a non-smoker, your subconscious will accept this as reality. However, do not think of hypnosis as a quick fix to your tobacco dependency.

In order for the method to be effective, the suggestion for you to stop smoking with hypnosis must be believable so that your mind can accept it as a real possibility. You also need to support this idea with other smoking aids. If you are accustomed to smoking, that craving is planted deep in your psyche and will not go away with just one mention. You need a regular reminder to further assist in the process until you notice a significant change in behavior. This is why specialists give patients “stop smoking” cds and other audio aids, which also prove that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis; the hypnotherapist is just there to help you in the process. However, these approaches are meaningless without self-motivation. If you do not want to quit, then anti-smoking techniques will not work. Using hypnosis to stop smoking is not an instant way to quit; it is an aid to help. There is no way to predict the amount of time it will take for you to quit but multiple studies have shown that a several people do stop smoking with hypnosis.

Hypnotherapy is a safe and relaxing way to change your behavioral habits and other personal difficulties. If you want to put down the cigarette, stop smoking with hypnosis.